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 Francis Buckley (May 30, 1928 – June 3, 1985) was a United States Army officer in the United States Army Special Forces, and a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) station chief in Beirut from 1984 [1] until his kidnapping and execution in 1985.

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.

2024年3月19日 · 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...

William F. Buckley Jr., pictured on the right with Ronald Reagan in 1988, became close to the Republican president and later wrote a book about their friendship. Buckley wrote more than 50 books about politics, sailing, history, rhetoric, and writing, as well as a series of spy novels.

Bill Buckley could have been the playboy of the Western world but chose instead to be the St. Paul of the modern American conservative movement.

2008年2月28日 · William F. Buckley Jr., the columnist, novelist, television talk show host and tireless intellectual who founded the modern conservative movement and was its articulate voice for nearly six ...

William F. Buckley, Jr. was the renaissance man of modern American conservatism. He was the founder and editor in chief of National Review , a syndicated columnist, the host of Firing Line (TV’s longest-running weekly public-affairs program), the author of more than 50 books, and a college lecturer for nearly five decades.

As the founder of National Review, host of Firing Line, writer of a weekly syndicated column, author of some 50 books, and frequent guest lecturer on college campuses and policy circles, Bill Buckley’s impact was so notable that he became a household name and part of popular culture. Buckley was a central figure in the movement he founded ...

The world that was Bill Buckley’s.