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4 days ago · William Frank Buckley Jr. (born William Francis Buckley; November 24, 1925 – February 27, 2008) was an American conservative writer, public intellectual, and political commentator. [1] Born in New York City, Buckley spoke Spanish as his first language before learning French and then English as a child. [2]
May 8, 2024 · National Review Founder, William F. Buckley, Jr. By Lee Bolman Classmate Neal Freeman , author and chairman of the Foundation Management Institute, recently published an article in the National Review under the title, “The Enduring Legacy of William F. Buckley, Jr.” Describing Buckley as both friend and mentor, he argues that “Bill ...
May 13, 2024 · William F. Buckley Jr., a renowned television host and intellectual giant known for his influential program “Firing Line,” harbored a secret that remained concealed for decades—his covert tenure as a CIA agent. Born into a large Catholic family in 1925, Buckley’s path from military service during World War II to Yale University ...
May 13, 2024 · Years ago, I interviewed the late William F. Buckley Jr. This was early in the 1990s, not long after an upstart Republican member of Congress from Georgia named Newt Gingrich had led a revolt ...
May 6, 2024 · In keeping with his patrician bearing, William Frank “Bill” Buckley Jr. was born in New York City 1925 to an oil baron lawyer of Irish-Catholic descent and a Southerner of Swiss-German descent.
6 days ago · Matthew Sitman and Sam Adler-Bell May 21, 2024. Matt and Sam talk to historian David Austin Walsh about his new book, Taking America Back: The Conservative Movement and the Far Right. Read highlights on William F. Buckley Jr. from the Dissent archives.
May 16, 2024 · The childhood home of National Review founder and influential conservative commentator William F. Buckley Jr. has been listed for the first time since 1923 for $5.5 million. According to a Mansion Global report, the property known as Great Elm in the town of Sharon, Connecticut, encompasses 6.3 acres, with an 8,872-square-foot, eight-bedroom ...
