A debating society of lawyers shows our universities how intellectual freedom is done.
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National Review founder William F. Buckley Jr. at the White House in 1969
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I recently read the classic first book by William F. Buckley Jr., God and Man at Yale (yes, I was overdue to read it). Going through the book while traveling to last month’s Federalist Society National Lawyers Convention in Washington, it occurred to me that the Federalist Society stands as a model of what Buckley found to be missing from the universities of his day and would find much more sorely lacking in those of today. Therein lies a model for how we might rebuild.
Sounding the Alarm
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Dan McLaughlin is a senior writer at National Review Online and a fellow at National Review Institute.
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I recently read the classic first book by William F. Buckley Jr., God and Man at Yale (yes, I was overdue to read it). Going through the book while traveling to last month’s Federalist Society National Lawyers Convention in Washington, it occurred to me that the Federalist Society stands as a model of what Buckley found to be missing from the universities of his day and would find much more sorely lacking in those of today. Therein lies a model for how we might rebuild.
Sounding the Alarm
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About the Author
Dan McLaughlin is a senior writer at National Review Online and a fellow at National Review Institute.
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