Since William F. Buckley Jr. passed from the scene, he has been the subject of three biographies (including mine), two published collections of his most notable essays, and a documentary and a play recounting his “distasteful encounter” with Gore Vidal. Last week, Buckley was featured in PBS’s American Masters Series.
In approaching a figure as multidimensional as Buckley, one must be selective. One would have to include publication of God and Man at Yale, his founding of National Review, Buckley’s early opposition to federal civil-rights legislation, his run for mayor of New York City, Firing Line, and his consequential friendship with Ronald Reagan.
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