Capital Scene: Living with Nationalism

YOU DON’T have to like Pat Buchanan to learn from him. In 1992 and again in 1996, Mr. Buchanan has proved the power and importance of a new cluster of issues, “national” issues, that a Republican Party dominated by social and economic conservatives has until now ignored. Condemn Mr. Buchanan’s positions on these issues as much as you like. The discontents to which he speaks are real.

But what precisely are they?