William F. Buckley, one of the seminal figures of modern American conservatism, died at his desk this morning at the age of 82. WORLDMEETS.US is scouring the global press for reaction to his death. According to the Times of London, ‘William F. Buckley was a progenitor, and the best-known proponent, of modern American conservatism. … Buckley’s personality, even more than his thinking or his writing, gave impetus, shape and color to the whole movement.’ Former news magnate Conrad Black writes in Canada’s National Post that before Buckley, ‘American conservatism was a detritus of paleo-isolationists and xenophobes.’
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