Timothy Buchanan column
Timothy Buchanan is a US Navy veteran, a former defense contractor and broadcast engineer. He's the author of two published books and a regular contributor to BarbWire.com. Timothy and his wife live among the Blue Ridge mountains of Virginia.
Timothy Buchanan
July 16, 2023
The wicked walk on every side when the vilest men are exalted. Psalm 12:8
The decaying effects of the Biden administration and Democrat control of Congress . . .
Timothy Buchanan
March 29, 2023
Another deadly outburst – another hideous boil on the face of the nation. The mass murder on Monday, of six people at The Covenant School in Nashville, . . .
Timothy Buchanan
October 7, 2022
One needn’t be a doomsday fruit loop or an end times prophet to understand that the United States is in desperate trouble. Now, even secular humanists and . . .
Timothy Buchanan
June 28, 2022
In the darkest hours of human history, God often brings great light. Thus, He has provided America with a majority of noble Supreme Court Justices willing to . . .
Timothy Buchanan
February 16, 2021
Contrary to what breathless Breaking News reports would have us believe, COVID-19 is not the leading cause of death in the U.S. or the world. Neither is it . . .
Timothy Buchanan
February 8, 2021
The question is on the minds of many today. What most of us really want to know is, Can the United States be salvaged in a form that will be recognizable as the . . .
Timothy Buchanan
January 28, 2021
Now that the dust has settled and Joe Biden occupies the White House, many things will change very quickly. While no one in his or her right mind believes that . . .
Timothy Buchanan
January 20, 2021
President Trump left Washington without fanfare. In his wake, 80 or so millions of Americans were left empty and anguished. Evil triumphed today. Honorable . . .
Timothy Buchanan
January 16, 2021
In 2016, Hillary Clinton came to the conclusion that most Americans are stupid and would end up electing her president that year. Fortunately, she was wrong . . .
Timothy Buchanan
January 15, 2021
Against all odds, Donald J. Trump became president in 2016. He courageously entered the nasty political fray armed with little more than an implacable devotion . . .
Timothy Buchanan
January 11, 2021
A soft and gentle snowfall outside the nation’s capital creates a deceptively peaceful scene in which to consider such a thing as this.
Like so many . . .
Timothy Buchanan
January 8, 2021
Virginia Democrat Senator Tim Kaine wasted no time taking to local news and social media via video conference to echo disreputable national networks in blaming . . .
Timothy Buchanan
January 7, 2021
On Wednesday, January 6th, 2021 the flame of freedom was finally and sorrowfully extinguished, at least in the short-term. In Washington DC yesterday, amidst a . . .
Timothy Buchanan
January 4, 2021
A new year ordinarily brings great hope for a better one ahead, but 2021 may prove to be a turning point. For the past few weeks, voices all across the country . . .
Timothy Buchanan
January 2, 2021
Every social upheaval has costs that often go unrecognized until many years have passed. Most of us no longer have the luxury of spending a quiet Saturday or . . .
Timothy Buchanan
December 23, 2020
How do you eat an elephant? South Africa’s Anglican Bishop Desmond Tutu once declared, "There is only one way to eat an elephant: a bite at a time." Tutu’s . . .
Timothy Buchanan
December 18, 2020
It is manifestly true that peaceful people will tolerate increasing levels of crime and corruption until one day they rise up against it. United States citizens . . .
Timothy Buchanan
December 14, 2020
That the people of the United States are deeply divided has become a cliche in our national discourse. Contrary to the claims of some, the singular source of . . .
Timothy Buchanan
November 27, 2020
If President Trump wins a landslide election but Democrats flood the polls with fraudulent, flipped, and fabricated ballots, is Joe Biden the president? Does it . . .
Timothy Buchanan
November 23, 2020
I was raised in Columbus, Ohio with solid Midwestern ideals of right and wrong and respect for legal authority. These values were reinforced by my military . . .
Timothy Buchanan
November 18, 2020
Much has been said and written warning of threats to the rights that the First and Second Amendments guarantee to U.S. citizens. Countless millions of dollars . . .
Timothy Buchanan
November 10, 2020
Veterans Day should be a time of celebration. It should be a time to reflect upon the heavy human cost of freedom willingly risked, that most U.S. citizens take . . .
Timothy Buchanan
November 9, 2020
President Trump is the rightful winner of last Tuesday’s election. Everyone knows that. He won the election for three important reasons: the President is . . .
Timothy Buchanan
October 29, 2020
Modern presidential contests are often described as the choice between the lesser of two evils. Certainly, if uninformed and shallow-thinking voters focus their . . .
Timothy Buchanan
October 7, 2020
Freedom is only one election away from being forfeited. America’s first leaders knew well that once lost, regaining precious liberty would require much blood . . .
Timothy Buchanan
September 19, 2020
Associate Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died on Friday, September 18, from pancreatic cancer at the age of 87. When the news hit the pro-life . . .
Timothy Buchanan
August 17, 2020
As Americans, we tend to think of ourselves as intelligent, knowledgeable, rational, and not the least bit superstitious. Nothing crushes that myth to dust more . . .
Timothy Buchanan
July 1, 2020
Talk is cheap, but action proves a profession.
On a daily basis from the first announcement of the COVID19 outbreaks in March, Americans have been inundated . . .
Timothy Buchanan
May 20, 2020
The United States is engaged in a bitter civil war for its very survival as a free nation. Most of us have an innate aversion to emotional disturbance and . . .
Timothy Buchanan
March 17, 2020
In just a few short weeks, the United States has been transformed from a relatively peaceful and highly prosperous (if deeply divided) nation, into a depressed . . .
Timothy Buchanan
February 19, 2020
There's a strange political paradox in Washington and in state capitals that frustrates and angers conservative voters relentlessly. You've seen it, too. The . . .
Timothy Buchanan
February 12, 2020
The Academy Awards were handed out last weekend and since then, newscasters have engaged in nearly non-stop promotion of this year's Hollywood offerings in . . .
Timothy Buchanan
February 5, 2020
Ignoring the drama of Democrats' failed bogus impeachment scheme, President Trump boldly and courageously seized the historic moment. He donned the mantle of . . .
Timothy Buchanan
January 31, 2020
Since the 2016 presidential campaign, Congressional Democrats have leveled so many false accusations and perpetrated so many acts of hypocrisy that it becomes . . .
Timothy Buchanan
January 27, 2020
It's a subject that many of us would prefer to ignore, avoid or dismiss. For this reason, sex-trafficking is now the largest industry in the world with the . . .
Timothy Buchanan
January 10, 2020
At least ninety-five Virginia communities have now been declared Second Amendment sanctuaries. Does this mean that the threat to our Second Amendment rights has . . .
Timothy Buchanan
January 9, 2020
Far too much erroneous information has been broadcast across the United States about the basis for the impeachment of the president and the implied vilification . . .
Timothy Buchanan
January 2, 2020
As we begin another exciting year of political and social conflict, Americans can expect great and numerous challenges as well as amazing opportunities. Indeed, . . .
Timothy Buchanan
December 12, 2019
When the long-awaited report of Inspector General, Michael Horowitz was released this week, it landed with a sickening thud like a Palestinian missile outside . . .
Timothy Buchanan
November 29, 2019
One sure sign of the escalating inflammation of conflict in America is the controversial formation of sanctuary counties in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The . . .
Timothy Buchanan
November 4, 2019
Puppies and kittens may chase their own tails until they experience the pain of catching them in their teeth. After one or two painful episodes, most will . . .
Timothy Buchanan
October 28, 2019
The world is a safer place today than it was just one week ago. News of the successful U.S. military strike that resulted in the death of ISIS leader Abu Bakr . . .
Timothy Buchanan
October 11, 2019
The West is swimming in an endlessly roiling sea of gross political dishonesty, fake news, fake science, and phony feelings. Every new season seems to bring . . .
Timothy Buchanan
May 30, 2019
How do you undermine a nation's moral structure? It can be as simple as a television commercial. It seems that corporate bullies will spare no effort or expense . . .
Timothy Buchanan
May 29, 2019
Baseless criticisms foisted upon the Church are cyclic. They repeatedly appear, are confronted and debunked by one generation, only to reappear in a future . . .
Timothy Buchanan
May 24, 2019
Few topics are more certain to incite universal wrath and condemnation within the community of believers and without, than judgment. As a friend once told me . . .
Timothy Buchanan
May 1, 2019
Whenever a ship sinks during wartime or peace, the scope of the tragedy is measured according to the number of souls onboard. Few circumstances on earth . . .
Timothy Buchanan
April 28, 2019
One of the longest running television programs was the popular BBC science fiction adventure series, Doctor Who. At the height of its success, actor Tom Baker . . .
Timothy Buchanan
April 18, 2019
In an ostensibly Christian nation that has largely abandoned the idea of objective truth, does the Church fare any better than secular society? In many ways, it . . .
Timothy Buchanan
April 6, 2019
Just when it seemed as if the world was spinning out of control and that the crazy and confused culture of subjective reality was about to prevail in the United . . .
Timothy Buchanan
March 23, 2019
Involvement in pro-life efforts like 40 Days for Life, especially the defunding of Planned Parenthood, quickly makes one thing abundantly clear – that the . . .
Timothy Buchanan
February 7, 2019
In his introduction to President Trump's State of the Union speech, George Stephanopolis of ABC News claimed polling data showed that the president's approval . . .
Timothy Buchanan
February 1, 2019
In this age of unprecedented hostility, ignorance, wickedness and death, the one place that worldlings should be able to find refuge is ablaze and in shambles. . . .
Timothy Buchanan
January 21, 2019
As Democrats and the news media continue in their effort to blame President Trump for the failure of Congress to pass a responsible federal budget bill, . . .
Timothy Buchanan
January 8, 2019
ABC News – that bastion of honesty and journalistic integrity – is at it again. This time, using Jonathan Karl as their sacrificial goat, the . . .
Timothy Buchanan
January 5, 2019
Time was, that Democrats would wait for their promises to be forgotten before allowing them to be exposed as lies. But this is new era of overt fraudulence and . . .
Timothy Buchanan
January 4, 2019
It's going to be a wild couple of years, with bogus "scandals" and endless political inquisitions unless President Trump and Republicans are willing to take off . . .
Timothy Buchanan
December 9, 2018
At this most glorious time of year, we are confronted with numerous strange and wonderful images that are unique to the season. Among them are facts and stories . . .
Timothy Buchanan
December 8, 2018
Each year, new challenges invade the Christmas season. New obstacles are erected that make it more difficult to keep our focus on the singular event that shaped . . .
Timothy Buchanan
November 19, 2018
Television and screen writers have a favorite story line that has been played out hundreds of times in various forms. It elicits strong emotional responses . . .
Timothy Buchanan
November 8, 2018
There's a question that is difficult to ask except among friends who are committed disciples of Christ. Most people will either be provoked to launch a vicious . . .
Timothy Buchanan
November 2, 2018
At a Thursday afternoon White House press conference carried live only by Fox News and ignored by the three major news networks, President Trump superbly . . .
Timothy Buchanan
October 30, 2018
"Gosnell: The Trial of America's Biggest Serial Killer" is a film that liberals in America censor, ignore, blacklist, and want people to avoid. For this reason . . .
Timothy Buchanan
October 29, 2018
The horrors of mass murder gripped the nation once again on Saturday morning, October 27. Pittsburg, Pennsylvania was the site of the senseless killing of 11 . . .
Timothy Buchanan
October 10, 2018
Peace has departed from the land. Americans live in a state of tense detente. There is no denying that the United States is locked in a bitter struggle . . .
Timothy Buchanan
September 26, 2018
At the beginning of his first term, President George W. Bush championed a number of public-private partnerships as a way to increase the efficiency of . . .
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