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William F. Buckley
Howard Hunt Was Buckley’s Deep Throat
ExcerptOne of the masterminds of the Watergate break-in, Hunt confided in his friend, the conservative icon, leaving Buckley the journalist uncomfortably compromised.
Why Are We Dumbing Down the SAT?
SAT to OED: Drop DeadAmerica’s college entrance examine wants to do away with difficult vocabulary.
Bill Buckley Gets Bigger Over Time
PolymathBiographer Sam Tanenhaus calls him the architect of modern conservatism and the inventor of the TV debate format. Yet today generations have no idea who Buckley was.
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The Birth of the Political Divide
PUNDITRYThis exclusive clip from the documentary ‘Best of Enemies,’ about the famous ’68 debates between Buckley and Vidal, explains how America became separated along political lines.
Why Did Vidal & Buckley Hate Each Other?
Harsh WordsThe liberal and conservative titans famously tore into each other in an ABC confrontation in 1968. A brilliant documentary reveals that flashpoint's bitter legacy--both personal, and for punditry in general.
Vidal vs. Buckley Paved the Way for 2016
WASP FIGHTIn the 1960s, Gore Vidal and William F. Buckley were having the same political arguments we’re having today—and had a lot more fun making them.
Behind the Fiery Buckley/Vidal Debates
GENTLEMEN!Vidal called Buckley a 'crypto-Nazi' and Buckley threatened to ‘sock you in your goddamn face.’ The Sundance documentary ‘Best of Enemies’ goes inside the famous feud.
Quit Redefining Conservatism
As CPAC continues its right-wing celebration this weekend, The Daily Beast’s Christopher Buckley (politely) takes on his first cousin, Brent Bozell III, and the other signers of the Mount Vernon Statement, for trying to redefine conservatism by updating his father’s original manifesto—when all they’re really doing is bashing Obama.
Chris Matthews on the Buckley Mystique
The MSNBC host celebrates Christopher Buckley’s lively tribute to his parents—and says Losing Mum and Pup answers JFK’s key question about biography: What were they really like?
Remembering William F. Buckley, a Year Later
From Palin and Blago to the trillion-dollar stimulus, if only we could know what he would make of all this.
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