Scott Richert, Author at The American Spectator

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The Devil Is in the Details

by Scott Richert | May 15, 2012

The Crusader: The Life and Tumultuous Times of Pat Buchanan By Timothy Stanley (Thomas Dunne Books, 464 pages, $27.99) On the dust jacket of Timothy Stanley’s The Crusader: The Life and Tumultuous Times of Pat Buchanan, Paul Gottfried offers this…