Commentary By Patrick J. Buchanan

Is Flynn's Defection a Death Blow? By Patrick J. Buchanan

Why did Gen. Mike Flynn lie to the FBI about his December 2016 conversations with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak?

Why did he not tell the FBI the truth?

Little Rocket Man's Risky Game By Patrick J. Buchanan

In the morning darkness of Wednesday, Kim Jong Un launched an ICBM that rose almost 2,800 miles into the sky before falling into the Sea of Japan.

North Korea now has the proven ability to hit Washington, D.C.

Why Roy Moore Matters By Patrick J. Buchanan

Why would Christian conservatives in good conscience go to the polls Dec. 12 and vote for Judge Roy Moore, despite the charges of sexual misconduct with teenagers leveled against him?

The US-Saudi Starvation Blockade By Patrick J. Buchanan

Our aim is to "starve the whole population -- men, women, and children, old and young, wounded and sound -- into submission," said First Lord of the Admiralty Winston Churchill.    

Unserious Nation By Patrick J. Buchanan

How stands John Winthrop's "city upon a hill" this Thanksgiving?

How stands the country that was to be "a light unto the nations"?

Is America Up for a Second Cold War? By Patrick J. Buchanan

After the 19th national congress of the Chinese Communist Party in October, one may discern Premier Xi Jinping's vision of the emerging New World Order.

Reining in the Rogue Royal of Arabia By Patrick J. Buchanan

If the crown prince of Saudi Arabia has in mind a war with Iran, President Trump should disabuse his royal highness of any notion that America would be doing his fighting for him.

That Bloodbath in the Old Dominion By Patrick J. Buchanan

The day after his "Silent Majority" speech on Nov. 3, 1969, calling on Americans to stand with him for peace with honor in Vietnam, Richard Nixon's GOP captured the governorships of Virginia and New Jersey.

Red Lines & Lost Credibility By Patrick J. Buchanan

A major goal of this Asia trip, said National Security Adviser H. R. McMaster, is to rally allies to achieve the "complete, verifiable and permanent denuclearization of the Korean peninsula."

Yet Kim Jong Un has said he will never give up his nuclear weapons. He believes the survival of his dynastic regime depends upon them.

Their America, and Ours. By Patrick J. Buchanan

"Meet you at Peace Cross."

In northwest D.C. in the 1950s, that was an often-heard comment among high schoolers headed for Ocean City.

That Other Plot -- to Bring Down Trump By Patrick J. Buchanan

Well over a year after the FBI began investigating "collusion" between the Trump campaign and Vladimir Putin, Special Counsel Robert Mueller has brought in his first major indictment.

It's Trump's Party Now By Patrick J. Buchanan

"More is now required of us than to put down our thoughts in writing," declaimed Jeff Flake in his oration against President Trump, just before he announced he will be quitting the Senate.   

Are Our Mideast Wars Forever? By Patrick J. Buchanan

"The Kurds have no friends but the mountains," is an old lament. Last week, it must have been very much on Kurdish minds.

Is Liberalism a Dying Faith? By Patrick J. Buchanan

Asked to name the defining attributes of the America we wish to become, many liberals would answer that we must realize our manifest destiny since 1776, by becoming more equal, more diverse and more democratic -- and the model for mankind's future.

Equality, diversity, democracy -- this is the holy trinity of the post-Christian secular state at whose altars Liberal Man worships.

Is War With Iran Now Inevitable? By Patrick J. Buchanan

With his declaration Friday that the Iran nuclear deal is not in the national interest, President Donald Trump may have put us on the road to war with Iran.

Is Trump the Heir to Reagan? By Patrick J. Buchanan

Three decades ago, as communications director in the White House, I set up an interview for Bill Rusher of National Review.

Trump Embraces the Culture War By Patrick J. Buchanan

To attend the Indianapolis Colts game where the number of the legendary Peyton Manning was to be retired, Vice President Mike Pence, a former governor of Indiana, flew back from Las Vegas.

The Dead Soul of Stephen Paddock By Patrick J. Buchanan

What was his motive? Why did he do it?

Moment of Unity in a Disintegrating World By Patrick J. Buchanan

"An act of pure evil," said President Trump of the atrocity in Las Vegas, invoking our ancient faith: "Scripture teaches us the Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit."

Judge Moore & God's Law By Patrick J. Buchanan

"A just law is a man-made code that squares with the moral law, or the law of God. An unjust law is a code that is out of harmony with the moral law. To put it in the terms of St. Thomas Aquinas, an unjust law is a human law that is not rooted in eternal and natural law."