L. Brent Bozell, Jr.
From Conservapedia
L. Brent Bozell, Jr. (1926-1997) was a leading conservative writer beginning in the 1950s, who was famously pro-life in rejecting his friend and brother-in-law William F. Buckley, Jr.'s initially pro-choice position on abortion in the 1960s. They were best friends as students and debaters at Yale University.
He was an early speechwriter for Barry Goldwater, and Bozell ghostwrote for him the bestseller The Conscience of a Conservative (1960).
As reported by Politico:
| “ | In 1965 Bozell castigated his brother-in-law and erstwhile ally Buckley, whose celebrity he resented, for his decision to excommunicate the John Birch Society from the conservative movement. After Buckley declined to publish Bozell’s letter protesting the decision, Bozell insisted that his name be removed from the masthead of National Review.[1] | ” |
But in 2017, National Review reprinted an article written by Bozell published by National Review on January 16, 1962 entitled, "Freedom or Virtue."[2]
One of his many children, L. Brent Bozell III, is also a prominent conservative writer and activist.
