William F. Buckley, Jr.

Buckley co-founded the National Review and hosts the television program Firing Line. His new book, On the Firing Line, includes transcripts of some of his interviews. Buckley studied at Yale and later joined the CIA. Throughout his professional career, he has sought to revitalize the political right and the Republican Party.

Fresh Air's contributing linguist remembers a rhetorician whose larger-than-life language helped shape a movement and a nation.