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April 23, 2019

The Democrats Divide on Impeachment By Patrick J. Buchanan

The release of the Mueller report has left Democrats in a dilemma. For consider what Robert Mueller concluded after two years of investigation.

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April 19, 2019

Is Bernie Stealing Trump's 'No More Wars' Issue? By Patrick J. Buchanan

"The president has said that he does not want to see this country involved in endless wars... I agree with that," Bernie Sanders told the Fox News audience at Monday's town hall meeting in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

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April 16, 2019

Mayor Pete and the Crackup of Christianity By Patrick J. Buchanan

"(T)here is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so," said Hamlet, who thereby raised some crucial questions:

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April 12, 2019

Where Trump's and Bibi's Interests Clash By Patrick J. Buchanan

On Monday, President Donald Trump designated the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist organization, the first time the United States has designated part of another nation's government as such a threat.

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April 9, 2019

Already Deep in the Politics of Hate By Patrick J. Buchanan

During an Iowa town hall last week, "Beto" O'Rourke, who had pledged to raise the level of national discourse, depicted President Donald Trump's rhetoric as right out of Nazi Germany.

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April 5, 2019

2020: Socialist America or Trump's America? By Patrick J. Buchanan

In the new Democratic Party, where women and people of color are to lead, and the white men are to stand back, the presidential field has begun to sort itself out somewhat problematically.

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April 2, 2019

Trump Should Close NATO Membership Rolls By Patrick J. Buchanan

When Donald Trump meets with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg today, the president should give him a direct message:

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March 29, 2019

Must the West Beg the World for Forgiveness? By Patrick J. Buchanan

As the Democratic Party quarrels over reparations for slavery, a new and related issue has arisen, raised by the president of Mexico.

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March 26, 2019

Russiagate -- a Bright, Shining Lie By Patrick J. Buchanan

"The Special Counsel's investigation did not find that the Trump campaign or anyone associated with it conspired or coordinated with Russia ... to influence the 2016 US presidential campaign."

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March 22, 2019

Why Joe May Be Courting Stacey By Patrick J. Buchanan

Of 895 slots in the freshman class of Stuyvesant High in New York City, seven were offered this year to black students, down from 10 last year and 13 the year before.

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March 19, 2019

Who Spawned the Christchurch Killer? By Patrick J. Buchanan

Last Friday, in Christchurch, New Zealand, one of the more civilized places on earth, 28-year-old Brenton Tarrant, an Australian, turned on his cellphone camera and set out to livestream his massacre of as many innocent Muslim worshippers as he could kill.

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March 15, 2019

Is Diversity a Root Cause of Dual Loyalty? By Patrick J. Buchanan

"We can't be divided by race, religion, by tribe. We're defined by those enduring principles in the Constitution, even though we don't necessarily all know them."

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March 12, 2019

How Middle America Is to Be Dispossessed By Patrick J. Buchanan

In all but one of the last seven presidential elections, Republicans lost the popular vote. George W. Bush and Donald Trump won only by capturing narrow majorities in the Electoral College.

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March 8, 2019

Can Trump Stop the Invasion? By Patrick J. Buchanan

In its lede editorial Wednesday, The New York Times called upon Congress to amend the National Emergency Act to "erect a wall against any President, not just Mr. Trump, who insists on creating emergencies where none exist."

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March 5, 2019

Mike Pompeo's War Warning to China By Patrick J. Buchanan

As President Trump flew home from his Hanoi summit with Kim Jong Un, Mike Pompeo peeled off and flew to Manila. And there the Secretary of State made a startling declaration.

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March 1, 2019

Is the American Century Over For Good? By Patrick J. Buchanan

"Politics stops at the water's edge" was a tradition that, not so long ago, was observed by both parties, particularly when a president was abroad, speaking for the nation.

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February 26, 2019

Left's Latest Demand: Race-Based Reparations By Patrick J. Buchanan

Having embraced "Medicare-for-all," free college tuition and a Green New Deal that would mandate an early end of all oil, gas and coal-fired power plants, the Democratic Party's lurch to the left rolls on.

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February 22, 2019

On to Caracas and Tehran! By Patrick J. Buchanan

In the Venezuelan crisis, said President Donald Trump in Florida, "All options are on the table." And if Venezuela's generals persist in their refusal to break with Nicolas Maduro, they could "lose everything."

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February 19, 2019

Why Autocrats Are Replacing Democrats By Patrick J. Buchanan

"If you look at Trump in America and Bolsonaro in Brazil, you see that people want politicians that do what they promise," said Spanish businessman Juan Carlos Perez Carreno.

The Spaniard was explaining to The New York Times what lay behind the rise of Vox, which the Times calls "Spain's first far-right party since the end of the Franco dictatorship in 1975."

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February 15, 2019

Will Diversity Be the Death of the Democrats? By Patrick J. Buchanan

Both of America's great national parties are coalitions.