I have just learned the sad news that William F. Buckley has passed away at the age of 82.
Mr. Buckley, probably the man second-most personally responsible, directly through his writings and indirectly through his influence, for my own political beliefs, founded the great National Review and hosted the show Firing Line. He nearly single-handedly drove the bigoted, anti-Semitic paleoconservatives out of the mainstream conservatism and helped nominate Barry Goldwater for president in 1964. And without him, the conservative revolution by Ronald Reagan, which ended decades of failed statist policies, would never have been possible.
For now, here is the New York Times article about the life of one of the greatest champions of freedom our nation has known in its entire history.
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