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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. Buckley was initially unwilling to take the [[pro-life]] side of the [[abortion]] issue, in the 1960s, for which he was sharply criticized by other conservatives at the time. 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. Buckley was initially unwilling to take the [[pro-life]] side of the [[abortion]] issue, in the 1960s, for which he was sharply criticized by other conservatives at the time. 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]].
In 1965, he ran for [[mayor]] of [[New York City]] on the New York Conservative Party line. He polled 13 percent of the vote in the liberal bastion but lost to the then popular liberal [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[U.S. Representative]] [[John V. Lindsay]].
Buckley was against [[collectivism]], as he summed up in his book "Up From Liberalism" (1959):<ref>https://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>https://www.politico.com/blogs/joe-scarborough/2013/08/conservatism-defined-170716.html</ref>
His first book was a very successful expose the [[liberal]] failures of Yale College, "God and Man at Yale" (1951). It detailed what he saw as the collectivist and anti-Christian leanings of one of [[America]]'s foremost universities.
His first book was a very successful expose the [[liberal]] failures of Yale College, "God and Man at Yale" (1951). It detailed what he saw as the collectivist and anti-Christian leanings of one of [[America]]'s foremost universities.
In 1955 Buckley founded ''The National Review'' (NR), a biweekly magazine of political opinion. [[Ronald Reagan]] was a longtime subscriber to National Review. Through the magazine, he fostered the idea of a conservative movement.
In 1955 Buckley founded ''The National Review'' (NR), a biweekly magazine of political opinion. [[Ronald Reagan]] was a longtime subscriber to ''National Review.'' Through the magazine, he fostered the idea of a conservative movement.
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