Topic: Bill Buckley

Reflections: William F. Buckley, Jr.

Helium - 476 days ago
To be honest, I haven't read much by William F. Buckley, Jr., nor did I watch Firing Line all that often. I first heard of William F. Buckley when my mom bought me a copy of his book, Up from Liberalism. I ...

Buckley Praised as Conservative Legend, 'Intellectual Giant'

Crosswalk - 1450 days ago
Firing Line" television program, made Wednesday "a very sad day for a lot of people" who remembered the 82-year-old author and commentator as "the father of the modern conservative movement. In 1955, Buckley founded National Review, which rose in circulation from 16,000 ...

Bill Buckley is dead. A world ends.

Beliefnet - 1450 days ago
"He might have been working on a column," Mr. Buckley said. On the occasions I had dinner with National Review editors at the Buckleys' townhouse in Manhattan, there would always be an Ur-liberal present. It was fascinating to watch Bill -- and ...