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  1. 1 day 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. Born in New York City, Buckley spoke Spanish as his first language before learning French and then English as a child.

  2. May 15, 2024 · The childhood home of conservative godfather and National Review founder William F. Buckley Jr. has hit the market for $5.5 million. Known as Great Elm, the Georgian Colonial-style home in...

  3. May 13, 2024 · By The Smartencyclopedia Staff. 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.

  4. 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...

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  6. May 5, 2024 · Among the public speakers I regard as veritable magicians, few have ever been as great as the magician William F. Buckley. The founder of the modern American conservative movement, Buckley was a man of multiple talents. Maybe too many. He was a superb public speaker, columnist, and magazine editor. He founded National Review.

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  7. May 3, 2024 · Our founder William F. Buckley Jr. wrote upon his 300th in 1985 that Bach’s birth was “as though God had decided to clear his throat to remind the world of his existence.” Buckleys celebration of Bach was a reflection of both his conservative reverence for the Western canon and his endearing Catholic faith.

  8. May 9, 2024 · William F. Buckley Jr., the leading political and cultural symbol of American conservatism for almost 50 years, is universally credited with godfathering the ideological revolution that...

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