author-image Patrick J. Buchanan 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

P. BUCHANAN: The unraveling myth of Watergate

by Patrick J. Buchanan -- It was, they said, the crime of the century. An attempted coup d'etat by Richard Nixon, stopped by two intrepid young reporters from the Washington Post and their more…

P. BUCHANAN: What if Zimmerman walks free?

by Patrick J. Buchanan -- Three months ago, George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer in Sanford, Fla., shot and killed Trayvon Martin. Handcuffed, taken in and interrogated, Zimmerman told police Trayvon had been more…

P. BUCHANAN: The declaration of dependents

by Patrick J. Buchanan -- When the April figures on unemployment were released May 4, they were more than disappointing. They were deeply disturbing. While the unemployment rate had fallen from 8.2 percent more…

The Antietam of the culture war

by Patrick J. Buchanan -- It took Joe Biden's public embrace of same-sex marriage to smoke him out. But after Joe told David Gregory of "Meet the Press" he was "absolutely comfortable" with more…

Is this the end of '1 Europe'?

by Patrick J. Buchanan -- How Europe's crisis resolves itself as yet remains unknown. But with Sunday's returns from France and Greece, the mega-trends on the Old Continent are unmistakable. And for the more…

P. BUCHANAN: 10 years of war – for what?

by Patrick J. Buchanan -- "My fellow Americans, we have traveled through more than a decade under the dark cloud of war," said Barack Obama from Bagram Air Base. "Here in the predawn more…

P. BUCHANAN: Is Europe sailing on the Titanic?

by Patrick J. Buchanan -- U.S. growth in the first quarter fell to 2.2 percent, a disappointment. But in Europe, that news would have caused general rejoicing. For consider the gathering crisis on more…

P. BUCHANAN: Marco Rubio: The newest neocon

by Patrick J. Buchanan -- Among the GOP victories in 2010, none was sweeter than that of Marco Rubio. The charismatic young Cuban-American challenged Gov. Charlie Crist in a Senate primary, ran him more…