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 ...

The June issue of The Atlantic features an excerpt from Sam Tanenhaus’s long-awaited biography of the conservative intellectual and polemicist William F. Buckley Jr. That book—Buckley: The Life and ...

What would William F. Buckley Jr. have made of the presidencies of Donald J. Trump? That’s the inevitable question after poring over Sam Tanenhaus’s forthcoming biography of the man who did so much to ...

For decades, William F. Buckley Jr. was a one-of-a-kind character: an author and columnist, and a celebrity intellectual. He hosted a TV debate show, "Firing Line," and was often a guest on late night ...

The author is almost solely responsible for conservatism as we know it in America today. A new biography traces the rise of the conservative... William F. Buckley, Father Of American Conservatism When ...

William F. Buckley Jr. kept busy. Between the publication of “God and Man at Yale” in 1951 when he was 25 years old and his death in 2008 at age 82, the founder of National Review magazine and leader ...

National Review magazine founder William F. Buckley Jr. is seen in an undated file photo. (CNS photo/Reuters) An issue of National Review that went online in December 2024—marking the 100th birthday ...

John J. Miller is joined by Lawrence Perelman to discuss his new book, American Impresario: William F. Buckley, Jr., and the Elements of American Character. John J. Miller signs off. John J. Miller is ...

Bruce Fein’s July 11 op-ed, “William F. Buckley was gifted but no history-maker,” attacking Buckley’s intellectual bona fides and significance, leaves questions about Fein’s intellectual bona fides ...

What was it about Buckley that made him so attractive to liberals—and what was it about liberals that caused them to be attracted to conservative figures like Buckley in the first place? William F.

Former U.S. Ambassador to NATO Ivo Daalder and Former Director of Russian Affairs at the NSC, David Shimer discuss Pres. Trump’s newly placed pressure on Russia. Zahra Nader, Editor-in-Chief of the ...

President Trump has moved aggressively to reopen long-settled issues and to dismantle long-established institutions as he tries to return to what he considers better times. By Peter Baker William F.