We could all benefit from the remembrance of William Buckley Jr.

We could all benefit from the remembrance of William Buckley Jr.

Nov 01, 2025

Do you have any William F. Buckley Jr. stamps? As I travel to different cities this fall, this has become my routine. Find a post office and buy some stamps. I may go broke on Bill Buckley stamps, but there are worse ways to spend money. Nov. 24 marks what would be Bill’s 100th birthday. And while it would obviously be a big deal at National Review, the magazine he founded, the release of a U.S. “forever” postage stamp has made it something of a bigger occasion. Get your party hats ready, because we could all benefit from the remembrance – and reinvigoration.

‘Be free, put not your trust in princes’ is good advice for politics

‘Be free, put not your trust in princes’ is good advice for politics

Oct 25, 2025

After more than a year of waiting – if you consider the enthusiasm with which the Trump campaign promised to make America Fertile Again with IVF for all – Donald Trump delivered his fertility policy announcements on Oct. 16 from the Oval Office. In the end, he was not giving away IVF for free as the latest MAGA/MAHA gift to the world, but he was making clear to the few who still weren’t clear: The man does not know what pro-life is. And while pro-life is a womb-to-tomb thing, Donald Trump still doesn’t get it.

Charlie Kirk was unafraid to challenge and be challenged

Charlie Kirk was unafraid to challenge and be challenged

Sep 20, 2025

Less than 24 hours before the 24th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States, Kristan Hawkins was speaking on the campus of Montana State University. She noticed her phone blowing up with activity. She looked.

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