William F. Buckley, Jr.

William F. Buckley Jr. Conservative journalist and commentator Ronald Reagan Richard Nixon Republican
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A New Conservative Voice
In 1955, Buckley founded The National Review, a journal that gave rise to a new ideology fusing traditional conservatism and libertarianism.

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