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Steering Right - John O. McGinnis

1 week ago | lawliberty.org | Sam Tanenhaus |John O. McGinnis |Jon Miltimore |Michael Auslin

The art of biography from Plutarch onwards shows how character is destiny. And superb books in the genre show how that character was shaped by upbringing and environment. In this respect, Sam Tanenhaus’s Buckley: The Life and the Revolution That Changed America is magnificent. Tanenhaus shows in detail “how everything Buckley learned and everything he became began at home.”A middle child in a pack of ten, he had to become a performer from the start simply to be heard over his siblings.
Ho visto Castro a Harvard

3 weeks ago | ilfoglio.it | Sam Tanenhaus

Foto Getty l'estratto Nel 1959, William Buckley raccontò gli studenti in visibilio di fronte al leader cubano “con aspirazioni da tiranno”. La missione fallita di Kennedy, i consigli sbagliati e la nascita di un nuovo conservatorismo Pubblichiamo un estratto dell’ultimo libro dello storico Sam Tanenhaus, “Buckley: the life and the revolution that changed America”, pubblicato da Random House il 3 giugno negli Stati Uniti.
When America's Conservative Golden Boy William F. Buckley Jr. Met His Match

3 weeks ago | townandcountrymag.com | Sam Tanenhaus

Vassar might have been Trish Buckley’s second choice after Smith turned her down, but the disappointment made possible the single luckiest stroke in her beloved brother Bill’s fortunate life. Before her marriage, in her second year—which was Bill’s first year at Yale—Trish lived across the hall from Pat Taylor, a 20-year-old heiress from Vancouver, British Columbia, who demonstrated just the self-possession to delight a Buckley.
When America's Conservative Golden Boy William F. Buckley Jr. Met His Match

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Sam Tanenhaus

When a Conservative Golden Boy Met His Match WWD - Getty Images"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links."Vassar might have been Trish Buckley’s second choice after Smith turned her down, but the disappointment made possible the single luckiest stroke in her beloved brother Bill’s fortunate life.
How William F. Buckley Jr. Wrote Trump's Playbook

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Sam Tanenhaus

In a memorable exchange during a Republican primary debate in January 2016, Senator Ted Cruz of Texas needled the upstart candidate Donald Trump, saying he was not a true conservative and adding, "Not a lot of conservatives come out of Manhattan."Mr. Trump was ready with a retort. "Conservatives actually do come out of Manhattan," he replied, "including William F. Buckley."It was obvious why Mr. Trump would invoke William F.
Sam Tanenhaus | The New Criterion

1 month ago | newcriterion.com | Sam Tanenhaus

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When William F. Buckley Jr. Met James Baldwin

1 month ago | portside.org | Sam Tanenhaus

When William F. Buckley Jr. Met James Baldwin Published May 25, 2025 In February 1965, three months after Barry Goldwater had been trounced by Lyndon B. Johnson in the presidential election, one of the Republican candidate’s most forceful advocates, William F. Buckley Jr., had an important event on his calendar.
The Centenary of Buckley and the Crisis of Free Speech William F. Buckley Jr.’s centenary arrives as free speech falters and truth-telling grows perilous-a reminder that every generation must fight anew for civilization’s soul. By Roger Kimball | RUTHFULL

1 month ago | ruthfullyyours.com | Ruth King |Sam Tanenhaus

William F. Buckley, Jr., who died in February 2008, would have been 100 years old in November of this year. There are many tributes planned to celebrate his centenary. The huge, authorized biography by Sam Tanenhaus will be out in just a few weeks. I will not say anything about that book apart from noting that its subtitle—“The Life and the Revolution That Changed America”— is apt. For five or six years at the end of his life, I would generally see Bill at least weekly.
When William F. Buckley Jr. Met James Baldwin

1 month ago | rsn.org | Sam Tanenhaus

In 1965, the two intellectual giants squared off in a debate at Cambridge. It didn’t go quite as Buckley hoped. In February 1965, three months after Barry Goldwater had been trounced by Lyndon B. Johnson in the presidential election, one of the Republican candidate’s most forceful advocates, William F. Buckley Jr., had an important event on his calendar.
When William F. Buckley Jr. Met James Baldwin

1 month ago | theatlantic.com | Sam Tanenhaus

In February 1965, three months after Barry Goldwater had been trounced by Lyndon B. Johnson in the presidential election, one of the Republican candidate’s most forceful advocates, William F. Buckley Jr., had an important event on his calendar. Taking a break from his annual ski vacation in Switzerland with his wife, Pat, he made his way to England for a debate at the Cambridge Union with one of the most celebrated writers alive, the novelist, memoirist, critic, and essayist James Baldwin.