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William F. Buckley Wire

Comprehensive News Feed for William F. Buckley.

Results 1 - 20 of 296 in William F. Buckley

  1. Schundler to run for Jersey City MayorRead the original story

    Thursday Aug 14 | PoliticsNJ

    In 1999, the late William F. Buckley recognized a rising star in conservative Republican circles named Bret Schundler, who had been mayor of Jersey City for six years.

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    Related Topix: Jersey City, NJ, Hudson County, NJ

  2. Malignant brain tumor forces Robert Novak to retireRead the original story

    Monday | Tulsa Beacon

    ... opinion column in the country. Novak had taken over the title earlier this year with the death of William F. Buckley. With 46 years of continuous production, Novak's column ranks behind only those of Buckley and David Lawrence, the U.S. News & World ...

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  3. Obama: Prophet sent from AboveRead the original story

    Monday Aug 18 | Illinoisreview

    ... say, but Kennedy was not a great President as many would wistfully want to remember as stated here , by William F. Buckley. Being young, handsome, articulate and full of hopeful ideas does not necessarily make you a great President. But, enough is ...

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    Related Topix: Illinois, Illinois Government, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Barack Obama, US Senate, Democrat, 2008 Presidential Election

  4. HIV disclosure creeps into mainstream discourseRead the original story

    Thursday Aug 14 | Xtra.ca

    FrA quence VIH president Albert Martin is outraged by a Quebec judge's decision to convict a woman for having unprotected sex without informing her sexual partner that she is HIV-positive. The conviction, ...

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    Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian

  5. Are You Ready for Some TMQ?Read the original story

    Wednesday Aug 13 | Media Blog

    ... in Life He Advocated a Federal Ban Against Cigarettes; If You Smoke, Think About That: TMQ will also miss William F. Buckley. Somehow it was a fitting exclamation point to his extraordinary life that Buckley managed, in his passing, to get the word ...

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  6. Dorothy Livadas: Writer, teacher, sharp wit, flirtRead the original story

    Monday Aug 11 | Democrat & Chronicle

    ... and Chronicle in 1979. Years later, Dorothy would also tell stories of a party at their home at which William F. Buckley, the late conservative television host and National Review magazine founder, kissed her on the cheek. "She was such a flirt," ...

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    Related Topix: Greece, NY, University of Rochester, Monroe County, NY, Rochester Metro, Rochester, NY

  7. Replacing the Irreplaceable

    Sunday Aug 10 | Free Republic

    ... year, the mortality of moral greatness was not proven with brief rainstorms but by a constant deluge. William F. Buckley died this year. This brilliant, decent, devout, and kind man overshadowed everything that the conservative movement in America ...

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    Related Topix: US News

  8. Boomsday and the Estate Tax

    Saturday Aug 9 | Death and Taxes

    ... Buckley is a satirist of the first order, and usually turns his eye to Washington politics (his father is William F. Buckley). I recently picked up a copy of Mr. Buckley's most recent novel, Boomsday , which focuses on the coming entitlement crisis. ...

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    Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law

  9. ConservativeRead the original story

    Friday Aug 8 | The Washington Post

    ... the classic case of cafeteria Catholicism came from the conservative National Review , edited by the late William F. Buckley. Reacting to Blessed John XXIII's encyclical that supported the internationalism of the United Nations, the magazine ran ...

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    Related Topix: Pope Benedict XVI, Roman Catholic Church, Religion

  10. UghRead the original story

    Friday Aug 8 | The Corner

    ... the classic case of cafeteria Catholicism came from the conservative National Review , edited by the late William F. Buckley. Reacting to Blessed John XXIII's encyclical that supported the internationalism of the United Nations, the magazine ran ...

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  11. David Brooks Hates Pitchfork

    Friday Aug 8 | Gawker

    In what is perhaps a brilliant meta move, today's David Brooks column on how aggregation is the new taste is actually composed entirely from ten years of embittered blog posts, fifty years of William F. Buckley ...

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  12. Ships of FoolsRead the original story

    Wednesday Aug 6 | Gawker

    ... Gig in the Sea" or attend the yearly National Review cruise with Dinesh D'Souza and the enraged ghost of William F. Buckley? Please answer in the form of a short essay, in the comments. The best response wins a free ride on the Staten Island Ferry!

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  13. Barry Noreen: 63 years after fact, Hiroshima disputedRead the original story

    Tuesday Aug 5 | The Gazette

    ... to hit them with that awful thing." Other critics have included Time Magazine owner Henry Luce, columnist William F. Buckley, and former Gen. Douglas MacArthur. In recent years conservatives have changed their tune and are nearly unanimous in their ...

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  14. Robert Novak - From Joliet to powerful D.C. 'prince'Read the original story

    Tuesday Aug 5 | Free Republic

    ... Monday after a "dire diagnosis" of brain cancer. Novak's hugely influential run -- after the passing of William F. Buckley, he became the longest-running syndicated political columnist in America -- began May 15, 1963, in a column written with ...

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  15. The best Thursday everRead the original story

    Feb 28, 2008 | Bokane.org

    ... I received the contract for a large, fun project that I'm not currently at liberty to discuss, and William F. Buckley died. Later in the day, a massive amount of work threatened to turn it into the Worst Thursday Ever, but then I got an email from ...

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    Related Topix: Temple University

  16. From Joliet to powerful D.C. 'prince'Read the original story

    Tuesday Aug 5 | Chicago Sun-Times

    ... Monday after a "dire diagnosis" of brain cancer. Novak's hugely influential run -- after the passing of William F. Buckley, he became the longest-running syndicated political columnist in America -- began May 15, 1963, in a column written with ...

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  17. Alexander Solzhenitsyn is DeadRead the original story

    Monday Aug 4 | Delaware Watch

    ... book " One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich " had a big impact on me in my youth. His interview with William F. Buckley on the old Firing Line series, if you can find it, is not to be missed. Alexander Solzhenitsyn , the Soviet dissident writer ...

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    Related Topix: Obituaries

  18. it All Begins with Democratic Legitimacy:Read the original story

    Sunday Aug 3 | BrothersJudd Blog

    ... who embrace the ideas of John Locke and Adam Smith. They are not social liberals. Like Fredrick Hayek and William F. Buckley, they shout "stop" to the ideas of economic and institutional equality when those ideas threaten liberty. Thus, conservative ...

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    Related Topix: Cincinnati Metro, Ronald Reagan

  19. How news became fun againRead the original story

    Saturday Aug 2 | Milwaukee Journal-Sentinal

    ... respect instead of being condescending," said Sykes. Before, there were witty conservative magazines. William F. Buckley had a TV show. But those were occasional. Talk radio is available daily as a complement to news and a reaction to its ...

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  20. Scientific advice for potential presidentsRead the original story

    Friday Aug 1 | San Francisco Chronicle

    Physics for Future Presidents The Science Behind the Headlines By Richard A. Muller W.W. Norton; 380 pages; $26.95 The late William F. Buckley famously said he'd rather be governed by the first 2,000 people in ...

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