William F. Buckley R.I.P.
Today we have lost a founder of the modern conservative movement in America. William F. Buckley, author of God and Man at Yale and founder of National Review, died in his home today in Stamford, CT.
I read this quote in George Nash’s book on the conservative intellectual movement that I think sums up Buckley’s life work. “An institution is but the lengthened shadow of a man.” Buckely was involved in the founding and/or growth of a number of important conservative institutions, including National Review, Young Americans for Freedom and the Intercollegiate Studies Institute.
The New York Times has his obituary.
National Review also pays tribute here.
William F. Buckley, dead at 82. R.I.P.