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[[Image:6436rtdhgf.jpg|right|thumb|William F. Buckley, Jr., on his long-running television show [[Firing Line]].]]

[[Image:6436rtdhgf.jpg|right|thumb|William F. Buckley, Jr., on his long-running television show [[Firing Line]].]]

'''William Frank Buckley Jr.''' ([[New York City]], November 24, 1925 - Stamford, February 27, 2008) was a prominent [[conservative]] -- but [[globalist]] -- author and commentator during the [[Cold War]].  He is best known for founding the [[National Review]].  He also hosted [[Firing Line]], a talk show featured for years on the otherwise [[liberal]] public television channel [[PBS]].  Buckley was admired on both sides of the political spectrum for his seemingly limitless vocabulary, and his intellectual wit.  But he was not a [[grassroots]] activist, and no outstanding political achievements.

'''William Frank Buckley Jr.''' ([[New York City]], November 24, 1925 - Stamford, February 27, 2008) was a prominent [[conservative]] -- but [[globalist]] -- author and commentator during the [[Cold War]].  He is best known for founding the [[National Review]].  He also hosted [[Firing Line]], a talk show featured for years on the otherwise [[liberal]] public television channel [[PBS]].  Buckley was admired on both sides of the political spectrum for his seemingly limitless vocabulary, and his intellectual wit.  But he was not a [[grassroots]] activist, and had no outstanding political achievements.

Buckley's political views did not represent the future of the conservative movement as much as its past, and he did not speak out enough 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.  Also, 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's political views did not represent the future of the conservative movement as much as its past, and he did not speak out enough 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.  Also, 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]].