One of the architects of the modern conservative movement, who rose to prominence as a public intellectual and influenced generations of politicians—including Ronald Reagan and Barry Goldwater. The ...

William Frank Buckley, Jr. was an American conservative author and commentator who founded the political magazine National Review in 1955. He died in 2008. When William F. Buckley burst onto the ...

William F. Buckley Jr., 1925-2008, masterminded a conservative, Catholic challenge to selective liberal dogmas. His fame exceeded his intellectual depth and principles. He knew what he was against ...

On June 25, AEI’s Matthew Continetti hosted a discussion on the life of William F. Buckley Jr. Mr. Continetti began the event by reflecting on Buckley’s career and accomplishments. He observed that ...

What does the life of William F. Buckley, Jr. reveal about the deeper currents shaping American politics today? The Sorcerer's Apprentice? American Politics from Buckley to Trump (w/ Sam Tanenhaus) In ...

Buckley’s first police action was with respect to the magazine he himself controlled. He barred antisemites from appearing in National Review. As he later wrote about this effort, “When it became ...

Sam Tannenhaus, the author of the best-selling biography of Whittaker Chambers and a book entitled “The Death of Conservatism,” was chosen by William F. Buckley and given unlimited access to files and ...

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Gloria Cervantes, our Mexican-American cook, brought my lunch in on a tray: two pieces of whole-wheat toast, each topped with tuna fish and then with a cheese something that my wife, Pat, read about ...

The late William F. Buckley, Jr. must be credited as one of the people who established modern conservatism in the United States. He had a weather eye for what or who could help or hurt the movement.