In 28 days it began. In 28 weeks it spread. In 28 years it evolved.

When William F. Buckley Jr. died in 2008, the United States lost its most articulate champion of conservative ideas. Over the course of a 60-year career in the public eye, Buckley did just about ...

Buckley had for years been withdrawing from public life, starting in 1990 when he stepped down as top editor of the National Review. In December 1999, he closed down "Firing Line" after a 23-year run, ...

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 ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Turn on cable TV, and there's no shortage of opinions, but long before today's talking heads turned up the volume, public television featured a more civilized exchange of views on a ...

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 ...

Stephen Spender had spent the Thirties as Mr Buckley puts it dancing along the precipice attempting at once literary integrity and Communist fellow traveling He recovered from that infatuation and ...