Commentary By Patrick J. Buchanan

Ted Cruz and the Trump Takeover By Patrick J. Buchanan

The self-righteousness and smugness of Ted Cruz in refusing to endorse Donald Trump, then walking off stage in Cleveland, smirking amidst the boos, takes the mind back in time. 

Is the Party Over for Bushism? By Patrick J. Buchanan

Neither George W. Bush, the Republican Party nominee in 2000 and 2004, nor Jeb, the dethroned Prince of Wales, will be in Cleveland. Nor will John McCain or Mitt Romney, the last two nominees.   

Who Gave Us Justice Ginsburg? By Patrick J. Buchanan

"Her mind is shot."

That was the crisp diagnosis of Donald Trump on hearing the opinion of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the possibility he might become president.

Will Hillary Ditch Black Lives Matter? By Patrick J. Buchanan

After the massacre of five Dallas cops, during a protest of police shootings of black men in Louisiana and Minnesota, President Obama said, "America is not as divided as some have suggested."   

Is Hillary Morally Unfit to Be President? By Patrick J. Buchanan

Does Hillary Clinton possess the integrity and honesty to be president of the United States? Or are those quaint and irrelevant considerations in electing a head of state in 21st-century America?  

Will the West Survive the Century? By Patrick J. Buchanan

"Nativism ... xenophobia or worse" is behind the triumph of Brexit and the support for Donald Trump, railed President Barack Obama in Ottawa.

Obama believes that resistance to transformational change in the character and identity of countries of the West, from immigration, can only be the product of sick minds or sick hearts.

Why Trump Is Routing the Free Traders by Patrick J. Buchanan

On trade, Bernie Sanders is closer to Trump. Even Hillary Clinton has begun to renounce a TPP she once called the "gold standard" of trade deals.

After Brexit, a Trump Path to Victory By Patrick J. Buchanan

Some of us have long predicted the breakup of the European Union. The Cousins appear to have just delivered the coup de grace.

While Scotland and Northern Ireland voted to remain in the EU, England voted for independence. These people, with their unique history, language and culture, want to write their own laws and rule themselves.

Has Trump Found the Formula? by Patrick J. Buchanan

Stripped of its excesses, Donald Trump's Wednesday speech contains all the ingredients of a campaign that can defeat Hillary Clinton this fall.

Trolling for War with Russia By Patrick J. Buchanan

Some 50 State Department officials have signed a memo calling on President Obama to launch air and missile strikes on the Damascus regime of Bashar Assad.

A "judicious use of stand-off and air weapons," they claim, "would undergird and drive a more focused and hard-nosed U.S.-led diplomatic process."

Is Islamic Terror America's Future? By Patrick J. Buchanan

If the cliches hold -- nothing succeeds like success, the past is prologue -- this generation will not likely see an end to the jihadist terror that was on display at Pulse in Orlando on Sunday.

Islam & the West: Irreconcilable Conflict? by Patrick J. Buchanan

On Saturday night, Omar Mateen was a loner and a loser.

Why Trump Must Not Apologize By Patrick J. Buchanan

"Never retreat. Never explain. Get it done and let them howl."

Donald Trump has internalized the maxim Benjamin Jowett gave to his students at Balliol who would soon be running the empire.

The Donald & The La Raza Judge By Patrick J. Buchanan

Before the lynching of The Donald proceeds, what exactly was it he said about that Hispanic judge?

Hillary Rejects 'America First' By Patrick J. Buchanan

"Clinton to Paint Trump as a Risk to World Order."

Will There Always Be an England? By Patrick J. Buchanan

In his op-ed in The Washington Post, Chris Grayling, leader of the House of Commons, made the case for British withdrawal from the European Union -- in terms Americans can understand.

'The Great White Hope' By Patrick J. Buchanan

"Something startling is happening to middle-aged white Americans. Unlike every other age group, unlike every other racial and ethnic group ... death rates in this group have been rising, not falling."

The big new killers of middle-aged white folks? Alcoholic liver disease, overdoses of heroin and opioids, and suicides. So wrote Gina Kolata in The New York Times of a stunning study by the husband-wife team of Nobel laureate Angus Deaton and Anne Case.

Is Scarborough Shoal Worth a War? By Patrick J. Buchanan

If China begins to reclaim and militarize Scarborough Shoal, says Philippines President Benigno S. Aquino III, America must fight.

Who's the Conservative Heretic? By Patrick J. Buchanan

In his coquettish refusal to accept the Donald, Paul Ryan says he cannot betray the conservative "principles" of the party of Abraham Lincoln, high among which is a devotion to free trade.

But when did free trade become dogma in the Party of Lincoln?

Is Mitt on a Suicide Mission? By Patrick J. Buchanan

"It's a suicide mission," said the Republican Party Chairman.