As Biography.com notes, yesterday was William F. Buckley's birthday. He died on February 27, 2008.
William F. Buckley founded the conservative journal National Review in 1955 and added syndicated columnist to his resume in 1962. At its height, the twice-weekly column ran in more than 300 newspapers. The magazine, columns and TV’s Firing Line all made Buckley's intellectual political writings famous. His 40 books dealt with contemporary politics, and in the 1970s he turned to writing spy novels.
William Frank Buckley, Jr. was born into a wealthy Irish-Catholic family on Nov. 24, 1925 in New York City.
You can read the rest of the piece via the below link:
http://www.biography.com/people/william-f-buckley-jr-9230494
I reviewed two of Buckley's books for the Philadelphia Inquirer.
You can read my review of Buckley's spy thriller Last Call for Blackford Oakes via the below link:
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And you can read my review of Buckley's book on President Ronald Reagan The Reagan I Knew Knew via the below link:
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