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Saturday, January 2, 2016

William F. Buckley, Jr., by Mitch Rubman

William F. Buckley, Jr.,

Born the son of oil barons(bar-uhnz), William F. Buckley was a mainstay in the American conservatism movement until his death in 2008.  His style, wit and sarcasm(sahr-kaz-uhm) was legendary. A graduate of Yale, he published his first book, God and Man at Yale in 1951 which was a critical analysis of the faculty at Yale. He continued writing throughout his life eventually publishing more than 50 other books from novels to history and politics. Mr. Buckley is best known for his television show, Firing line, he hosted 1,429 episodes of the show, which became an important program for debating American politics. Buckley was also recruited by the Central Intelligence(in-tel-i-juhns) Agency and served in Mexico for nine months in 1951.

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