Talk:William F. Buckley Jr.

Incongruous information in Education section

In the childhood section, Buckley is credited with attending the Millbrook School (a preparatory school) until graduating in 1943. I believe this to be true.

However, in the Education and Military Service section, he is said to have graduated from the National Autonomous University of Mexico in 1943 (the same year as his high school graduation). His LA Times obituary says he dropped out before joining OCS. Does anyone have a good source with more specifics on the timeframe between high school in 1943 and officer candidacy school in 1944? CyberAuditor (talk) 21:05, 14 July 2023 (UTC)

Buckley's views on Race

With this message I am not attempting to argue that William Francis Buckley was a progressive in 1957. I strictly refer to his stated views on Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. (1966-1999). When discussing Civil Rights and Foreign Policy with Floyd Bixler McKissick, Buckley is on record supporting McKissick's definition of black power without reservation or amendment. In a later interview in What's Happening Mr. Silver (1967-1969) he repeats his support for black power and framing it as the capture of political power by the black minority population. Why is this not mentioned? Furthermore I tried adding this but my addition was deleted and not replaced to cull the length. I think this is what he meant in the 1965 debate and not some offal about elitism that some authors say. As for South-Africa, I am again not going to claim he was ahead of his time in the early '60s but he was hardly a supporter of apartheid. Again if you watch Firing Line you would know that the reason he was ambivalent regarding the apartheid system is that it posed no threat to America unlike the expansionary tendencies of the communist system in addition to repression. He repeatedly makes this point and no-one mentions this for some reason. I hope editors bother to watch the programme and write accordingly. John Not Real Name (talk) 23:34, 20 August 2024 (UTC)

"Buckley later said he wished National Review had been more supportive of civil rights legislation in the 1960s." William Francis Buckley did support Federal legislation to intervene to support black voting rights in 1964 but he supported a different proposal by Everett McKinley Dirksen for sending in U.S. Marshalls to register voters. I am sure he regretted a lot but people need to find stuff outside documentaries and opinion-pieces. Just watch the programme! John Not Real Name (talk) 23:46, 20 August 2024 (UTC)

Lede image

Template:Ping I restored the former lede image. The replacement is indeed of higher quality. But, in my opinion, it doesn't look the best. He looks wide-eyed and almost hungover. Any discussion about the image is welcome. Zinderboff (talk) 10:14, 10 February 2025 (UTC)

Agreed. The replacement photo makes him look unnaturally bug-eyed. Carlstak (talk) 12:31, 10 February 2025 (UTC)

It says 70s under the picture,if you scroll down the same picture is visable but there it says its from the 60s???????? 213.80.112.252 (talk) 21:25, 11 February 2025 (UTC)