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- From 1966 to 1999, Buckley hosted 1,429 episodes of the public affairs television show Firing Line, the longest-running public affairs show with a single host in American television history, where he became known for his distinctive Transatlantic accent and wide vocabulary.
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William Frank Buckley Jr. (born William Francis Buckley; [a] November 24, 1925 – February 27, 2008) was an American conservative writer, public intellectual, and political commentator. [1] Born in New York City, Buckley spoke Spanish as his first language before learning French and then English as a child. [2]
William F. Buckley, Jr. (1925–2008), American editor, author, and conservative gadfly who became an important intellectual influence in conservative politics in the United States. He founded the magazine National Review in 1955, and he hosted the television program Firing Line from 1966 to 1999.
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Mar 19, 2024 · As founder of the National Review and host of the public affairs program “Firing Line” for over 30 years, Buckley created new spaces for civic discourse that were accessible to the public. This...
May 13, 2017 · Buckley was outraged when white supremacists set off a bomb in a Birmingham church on Sept. 15, 1963, killing four young African American girls. An early biographer reported that Buckley...
Aug 6, 2024 · He was a founder of modern conservatism, a public intellectual and controversial provocateur whose razor-sharp wit, erudite writing, and colorful personality left an indelible imprint on political discourse over the latter half of the twentieth century.
See how William F. Buckley, Jr., one of the foremost public intellectuals, galvanized the modern conservative movement.
Author, editor, and political activist, William F. Buckley, Jr. (born 1925) helped to create the modern conservative political movement. His journal, National Review, prepared the way for the presidential terms of Ronald Reagan and George Bush.
