Three years ago I was invited, along with 30 other guests – mainly politicians and journalists – to a private dinner party given by one of Britain’s richest Jews at a Jerusalem hotel. After a mediocre steak and some fantastic wine, we were addressed by our host. The British media [...]]]> http://buchanan.org/blog/is-the-israel-lobby-doing-more-harm-than-good-3053 By Patrick J. Buchanan

As George W. Bush famously asked, “Is our children learning?”

Apparently not in the twin capitals of liberalism, D.C. and New York. In a ranking of 50 states and D.C. by how much each spent per pupil in public schools in 2005, New York ranked first; D.C. third. The state spent $14,100, and New [...]]]> http://buchanan.org/blog/dumbo-university-3050 by Justin Raimondo – AntiWar.com

A weird concatenation of events – the Ft. Hood shoot-up, the decision by the Obama administration to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other 9/11 plotters, and the seizure of a mosque and other properties said to be owned by a front [...]]]> http://buchanan.org/blog/the-trial-of-the-century-and-the-long-shadow-of-911-3046 by JonathanTurley – JonathanTurley.org

It was the Queen of Hearts in Alice in Wonderland that declared “Sentence first! Verdict afterwards.” However, President Barack Obama appears to have taken a lesson our two from her majesty. Today, President Obama assured Americans that they should not be offended by trying Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in federal court because he [...]]]> http://buchanan.org/blog/sentence-first-verdict-afterwards-obama-assures-public-ksm-will-be-convicted-and-executed-3043 Thousands of firearms were confiscated from law-abiding gun owners. The police gave no paperwork or receipts for those guns. They just stormed in and seized them.

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The American people, barely coping with nearly 20% in actual as opposed to statistical unemployment, a broken health care system, a skyrocketing federal deficit, and a collapse in home values really don’t need another war, but another war is what they are going to get. Blame the usual players in [...]]]> http://buchanan.org/blog/same-song-different-verse-3029 By Paul Craig Roberts – Online Journal

It is conventional wisdom that it was the draft that ended the Vietnam war. According to this explanation, cowardly college students subject to the draft and their unpatriotic families, forced an end to the war. This is Karl Marx’s explanation. Material interests, not empty morality, are said to have [...]]]> http://buchanan.org/blog/the-us-needs-to-be-censured-for-its-immoral-behavior-3027 By Patrick J. Buchanan

Are we at war — or not?

For if we are at war, why is Khalid Sheikh Mohammed headed for trial in federal court in the Southern District of New York? Why is he entitled to a presumption of innocence and all of the constitutional protections of a U.S. citizen?

Is it possible [...]]]> http://buchanan.org/blog/is-america-at-war-3018 by Daniel McCarthy – The American Conservative

When Irving Kristol died on Sept. 18, neoconservatism lost more than just its “godfather.” It lost its most unabashed exponent, “a true, self-confessed—perhaps the only—‘neoconservative,’” as he described himself in the title of a 1979 essay. Others of his persuasion have disclaimed the label, coined as a reproach by [...]]]> http://buchanan.org/blog/kristol-reflections-how-the-neocon-godfather-rewrote-the-american-right-3007 Levy: “Those presidents who were called ‘friendly to Israel,’ were worse for Israel. The worst of all was George W. Bush….”

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Media commentary on the upcoming 9/11 trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed has raised concern that state secrets may be divulged, including details about how the Bush administration used torture to extract evidence about al-Qaeda.

“I think that we’re going to shine a light on something that a lot of people don’t want [...]]]> http://buchanan.org/blog/shining-light-on-roots-of-terrorism-2999 Outstanding talk by former 27-year CIA analyst Ray McGovern on “Why Accountability for Torture Is Crucial for Human Rights, Our Security and Our Souls” given November 12, 2009 at Kane Hall on the University of Washington campus in Seattle. McGovern served under seven U.S. presidents, presenting the morning intelligence briefings at the White House for [...]]]> http://buchanan.org/blog/video-ray-mcgovern-why-accountability-for-demonic-torture-techniques-are-crucial-for-human-rights-2996 Jane D’Arista: Strong dollar, lower wages and relaxed regulations – Wall Street got what they wanted.

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After President Obama announced he would fight the release of photographs showing American soldiers abusing “war on terror” detainees, Richard Haass, president of the quintessentially mainstream Council on Foreign Relations, said that Obama had learned the difference between campaigning and governing. He wasn’t being sarcastic.

It was said during [...]]]> http://buchanan.org/blog/obama%e2%80%99s-betrayals-2992 Jane D’Arista: Banks’ wild speculation led to the crash – it’s happening again.

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VIDEO: Anatomy of Casino Capitalism Pt.2

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As America debates whether to send tens of thousands more troops to Afghanistan, in the ninth year of a war for ends we cannot discern, a riveting new history recalls times when Americans fought for vital national interests. “A Country of Vast Designs: James K. Polk, the Mexican War, and the Conquest of [...]]]> http://buchanan.org/blog/james-k-polk-forgotten-great-2973 WebNote from Linda: Well that’s it. Now there is never any reason to watch CNN again. After Pat Buchanan left CNN, Lou Dobbs was the only patriot left standing to have a full time news anchor position – on any network.

Nightly he exposed corruption in state and federal government. Dobbs stood strong against the New [...]]]> http://buchanan.org/blog/dobbs-out-cnn-succumbs-to-the-left-right-global-establishment-2968 By Akiva Eldar – Haaretz

Web Note: The report is actually much worse than what is covered in this brief article. See the full text of the State Department Report here….

Israel dismally fails the requirements of a tolerant pluralistic society, according to a new report from the U.S. State Department.

Despite boasting religious freedom and protection of [...]]]> http://buchanan.org/blog/u-s-state-department-israel-is-not-a-tolerant-society-2961 by Meron Rapoport in Jerusalem – Guardian, UK

Palestinian labourers work at a construction site in a West Bank Jewish settlement. Adrian Agassi believes Israel has a biblical claim to territory beyond its borders. Photograph: Ammar Awad/Reuters

• Settlements lawyer reveals core beliefs • Peace with Palestinians ‘goes against nature’

Major Adrian Agassi did not make the connection [...]]]> http://buchanan.org/blog/west-bank-land-belongs-to-jews-says-israeli-army-judge-2957 By Victoria McGrane – Political.com

Frank’s supporters contend that critics are overblowing the potential for a more powerful, more intrusive Federal Reserve… But Ron Paul himself is not so sanguine. “It’s not finished yet, but they’re getting more powers, and I want them to have less powers,” said Paul. The Fed “gave us the financial crisis, [...]]]> http://buchanan.org/blog/bill-gives-fed-new-power-to-police-risk-2953 by Michael Moss and Ray Rivera – New York Times - Veterans for Common Sense

Fort Hood, Texas — Staff Sgt. Gilberto Mota, 35, and his wife, Diana, 30, an Army specialist, had returned to Fort Hood from Iraq last year when he used his gun to kill her, and then took his own life, the [...]]]> http://buchanan.org/blog/pattern-of-escalating-violence-at-fort-hood-2949 By Kelley B. Vlahos – AntiWar.com

Veterans Day arrives tomorrow, and with it, the anticipated harvest of heartbreaking anecdotes driving the press coverage and our ever wandering attention back to less desirable realities: the disfigured but persevering hero, the homeless warrior, the unemployable sergeant, the father or [...]]]> http://buchanan.org/blog/90000-casualties-but-who%e2%80%99s-counting-2947