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'''William Frank Buckley Jr.''' ([[New York City]], November 24, 1925 - Stamford, February 27, 2008) was born in a devoutly [[Roman Catholic]] family. Buckley was a prominent [[conservative]] author and commentator, and the founder of the [[National Review]]. He was also host of [[Firing Line]], a talk show featured for years on the otherwise [[liberal]] public television channel [[PBS]].  He was admired on both sides of the political spectrum for his seemingly limitless vocabulary, and his intellectual wit.   

'''William Frank Buckley Jr.''' ([[New York City]], November 24, 1925 - Stamford, February 27, 2008) was born in a devoutly [[Roman Catholic]] family. Buckley was a prominent [[conservative]] author and commentator, and the founder of the [[National Review]]. He was also host of [[Firing Line]], a talk show featured for years on the otherwise [[liberal]] public television channel [[PBS]].  He was admired on both sides of the political spectrum for his seemingly limitless vocabulary, and his intellectual wit.   

Buckley's political views did not represent the future of the conservative movement as much as its past, and he did not speak out much about the big social issues that would dominate the future of politics.  For example, he was mostly silent about [[ERA]], the defining issue for the modern conservative movement.  Buckley was a [[globalist]], contrary to modern conservatives.  For example, Buckley supported [[NAFTA]] and giving away the [[Panama Canal]], despite its strategic significance and how the [[United States]] had built and paid for it.

Buckley's political views did not represent the future of the conservative movement as much as its past, and he did not speak out much about the big social issues that would dominate the future of politics.  For example, he was mostly silent about [[ERA]], the defining issue for the modern conservative movement.  Buckley was a [[globalist]], contrary to modern conservatives.  For example, Buckley supported [[NAFTA]] and giving away the [[Panama Canal]], despite its strategic significance and how the [[United States]] had built and paid for it.  Buckley also favored legalizing [[marijuana]].

Buckley was against [[collectivism]], as he summed up in his book "Up From Liberalism" (1959):<ref>http://www.politico.com/blogs/joe-scarborough/2013/08/conservatism-defined-170716.html</ref>

Buckley was against [[collectivism]], as he summed up in his book "Up From Liberalism" (1959):<ref>http://www.politico.com/blogs/joe-scarborough/2013/08/conservatism-defined-170716.html</ref>