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William F. Buckley, Jr. and the Politics of Reality February 28, 2025

This year is the centennial of the birth of William F. Buckley, Jr., the best-known American conservative intellectual of the second half of the 20th century, and February 27 is the anniversary of his death in 2008 at the age of 82. To most Americans...

American Renaissance Man February 24, 2025

American Impresario: William F. Buckley, Jr., and the Elements of American Character is mistitled. The title, and the advertising that has accompanied the book, suggests a biography of Buckley and his role in American life. (Something I was still ant...

Would Bill Buckley Yell Stop? November 22, 2024

The year 2025 marks the centenary of modern conservativism’s founder, William F. Buckley Jr. But given the takeover of the Republican Party by Donald Trump, whether conservative still means what it once did is an open question. In these times it’s na...