Edgar Smith (above, right) won his freedom with the help of William F. Buckley Jr. (above, left) after the conservative icon discovered the convict was a fan of his publication, National Review.

In breaking news this week, former New York Times Book Review editor Sam Tanenhaus finally finished his authorized biography of William F. Buckley Jr. It took him only about 25 years to complete the 1 ...

A landmark biography shows the storied conservative leader walking intellectual, journalistic, and financial tightropes.

Scoundrel: How a Convicted Murderer Persuaded the Women Who Loved Him, the Conservative Establishment, and the Courts to Set Him Free, by Sarah Weinman, (Ecco/HarperCollins: 2022), 464 pages. For ...

William Buckley and Edgar Smith, 1971. (Photo via Bettmann / Getty Images) “While nothing is easier than to denounce the evildoer, nothing is more difficult than to understand him”—so goes a ...

His escape from the penal colony, which saw one convict shot and others turn back in despair, was itself against the odds. His survival for 30 years in the bush before re-emerging as the “Wild ...