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Pat Buchanan was twice a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination and the Reform Party's candidate in 2000. He is also a founder and editor of The American Conservative. Buchanan served three presidents in the White House, was a founding panelist of three national TV shows, and is the author of nine books. His latest book is "Suicide of a Superpower: Will America Survive to 2025?"
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Is civil-disobedience on 'marriage' imminent?

by Patrick J. Buchanan -- That "loving Jesus means hating gay people" is "proclaimed in Christian churches and on Christian television and radio broadcasts." So declares Dan Savage in his review of Jeff more…

Who is winning the gun war?

by Patrick J. Buchanan -- Attacks from abroad – Pearl Harbor, 9/11 – have united us. Yet domestic atrocities lately seem only to deepen our divisions. The bombing of the Murrah federal building more…

Has the welfare state killed the work ethic?

by Patrick J. Buchanan -- That America created only 88,000 jobs in March, less than half the number anticipated, was jolting news, indicating the recovery the White House has boasted about may not more…

Is war with North Korea inevitable?

by Patrick J. Buchanan -- "If you see 10 troubles coming down the road, you can be sure that nine will run into the ditch before they reach you," said Calvin Coolidge, who more…

Today, Cyprus, tomorrow ...

by Patrick J. Buchanan -- "Government is theft." The old libertarian battle cry came to mind when the news hit, two weeks ago, that Cyprus was about to confiscate 7 percent of all more…

Is America still a good country?

by Patrick J. Buchanan -- "Not until I went to the churches of America and heard her pulpits aflame with righteousness did I understand the secret of her genius and power. America is more…

Who killed the 'new majority'?

by Patrick J. Buchanan -- The Republican National Committee has produced an "autopsy" on what went wrong in 2012, when the party failed to win the White House and lost seats in Congress. more…

Goading gullible America into battle

by Patrick J. Buchanan -- As President Obama departed for Israel, there came a startling report. Bashar Assad's regime had used poison gas on Syrian rebels. Two Israeli Cabinet members claimed credible evidence. more…

Was Iraq worth it?

by Patrick J. Buchanan -- Ten years ago today, U.S. air, sea and land forces attacked Iraq. And the great goals of Operation Iraqi Freedom? Destroy the chemical and biological weapons Saddam Hussein more…

Pope Francis – against the West?

by Patrick J. Buchanan -- "The Faith is Europe. And Europe is the Faith," wrote Hilaire Belloc after that bloodbath we call World War I. "Either Europe will return to the Faith or more…