by Patrick J. BuchananThe polls and pundits are all in alignment now. The Republican Party is headed for a victory Tuesday to rival the biggest and best of those that the party has known in the lifetime of most Americans. In 1938, the GOP won 72 seats in the House. In 1946, Republicans swept both houses and presented Harry Truman with a "fighting 80th Congress" that Continue reading...

By Patrick J. BuchananOn June 30, 1972, two weeks after the Watergate burglars were taken into custody, Richard Nixon vetoed a congressional bill to double and treble federal funding for public broadcasting.Nixon's stunning veto was sustained. Yet he had only "scotched the snake, not killed it," in the words of MacBeth.Having escaped the ax, PBS and its little sister, National Public Continue reading...

By Patrick J. BuchananBefore the Tea Party philosophy is ever even tested in America, it will have succeeded, or it will have failed, in Great Britain.For in David Cameron the Brits have a prime minister who can fairly be described as a Tea Party Tory. Casting aside the guidance of Lord Keynes -- government-induced deficits are the right remedy for recessions -- Cameron has bet his own and Continue reading...

By Patrick J. BuchananIs Europe's adventure in international living about to end?At Potsdam, Germany, this weekend, Chancellor Angela Merkel told the young conservatives of her Christian Democratic Union that Germany's attempt to create a multicultural society where people "live side by side and enjoy each other" has "failed, utterly failed."Backing up her rueful admission are surveys Continue reading...

By Patrick J. BuchananFor the fourth day running, France has been crippled by strikes. Airlines are canceling flights. Travelers making their way to Paris from DeGaulle and Orly face long delays.Tourists are stranded. The Eiffel Tower was closed. Rail and subway traffic into the city has been curtailed. By shutting down refineries, French oil workers may cause a shutdown of gas stations Continue reading...