William F. (Bill) Buckley Dies--an Intellectual Lion Leaves the Scene and We Are Poorer for It
William F. Buckley Jr. Dies at 82
By Bart Barnes Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, February 27, 2008; 1:16 PM
William F. Buckley Jr., 82, the intellectual founder of the modern conservative movement, who helped define the movement's doctrines of anti-communism, military strength, social order and a capitalist economy, died today at his home in Stamford, Conn. He had diabetes and emphysema, but the precise cause of death has not been determined.
Buckley was an editor, syndicated columnist, television and radio talk show host, novelist and a witty and gifted orator and raconteur. In 1955, at the age of 29, five years after graduating from Yale, he founded the National Review, a magazine whose mission, he declared, would be "to stand athwart history, yelling, 'Stop!' "
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Stop, indeed.
Buckley is no doubt annoyed to be gone before commenting on the coming change of the guard from conservative to less c…