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

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 ...

The political commentator - subject of a new biography, "Buckley: The Life and The Revolution That Changed America" - had a ...

William F. Buckley Jr.’s influence has been overstated, writes Bruce Fein in a review of a new biography of the late conservative thinker.

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.

What troubles is not that Buckley would question a verdict, but that he so eagerly assumed the mantle of friend and confessor to Edgar Smith.

The Australian saying "Buckley's chance" means to have a very slim chance, and was spawned by his amazing story of survival in the bush. Kulasegaram Sanchayan presents the story behind the origin ...

June 16, 2022 The William Buckley and Edgar Smith Saga In her new book, Scoundrel, Sarah Weinman tells the story of how a conservative journalist and editor ended up befriending a convicted murderer.

Escaped convict William Buckley: The man who gave us Buckley’s chance His escape from the penal colony, which saw one convict shot and others turn back in despair, was itself against the odds ...

Sam Tanenhaus’s long-awaited biography captures William F. Buckley Jr. and the political movement that he did so much to build ...

The “Finding of William Buckley” — a painting by Oswald Rose Campbell. Picture: Supplied Buckley resisted capitalising on his story and later moved to Tasmania, where he worked in various jobs.