Pat Buchanan biography   Writer and politician Pat Buchanan is a
nationally syndicated columnist. He was twice a candidate for
the Republican presidential nomination and the Reform Party's
candidate in 2000. He served as President Nixon's speechwriter
and President Reagan's White House Communications Director. He
coined the term "Silent Majority" and helped shape the strategy
that drew millions of Democrats to Nixon.  Political Instincts
Writer, politician. Born November 2, 1938, in Washington, D.C.
The third of the nine children of Washington accountant William
Baldwin Buchanan and his wife, Catherine, Buchanan attended
Catholic schools and Georgetown University, graduating in 1961
with a bachelor's degree in English. He earned a master of
science from New York City's Columbia University Journalism
School in 1962, then began his professional career as a reporter
with the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, a conservative newspaper.
Buchanan was soon promoted to editorial writer and by 1964 had
become the paper's ass