Patrick Buchanan

Patrick Buchanan talked about his book Day of Reckoning: How Hubris, Ideology, and Greed Are Tearing America Apart, published by Thomas Dunne Books. He argues that America is facing a crisis from which it may not survive. In his book he argues that the effects of mass immigration, ineffective foreign policy, an overextended military, and the worship of “free trade” are leading the country on a path of destruction. Mr. Buchanan offers recommendations on these and other issues that he says would rescue America from itself. The guest interviewer was Diana West.

Patrick Buchanan is a syndicated columnist, a political analyst for MSNBC, and editor emeritus of The American Conservative magazine. He has written numerous books including State of Emergency: The Third World Invasion and Conquest of America; The Death of the West; and A Republic, Not an Empire. Mr. Buchanan ran for the Republican nomination for president in 1992 and 1996 and was the Reform Party’s presidential candidat close