 In "Bringing America Home" (2010), Pauken outlines what he believes to be the causes of America's economic downturn, misguided foreign policy, and moral decline.Like the columnist and former presidential candidate Patrick J. Buchanan, Pauken places much of the blame on neoconservatives within the Republican Party leadership.He outlines a plan for addressing the nation's ills rooted in the Founding Fathers and traditional conservative principles.