Right Time, Right Place
Jun 10, 2009
Richard Brookhiser, who wrote his first article for The New Republic at the age of fourteen and was hired as the magazine's senior editor at twenty-three, recounts his relationship with the conservative magazine's founder, William F. Buckley, Jr. Mr. Buckley at one time deemed Mr. Brookhiser his successor of leading the intellectual conservative .. Read More
Richard Brookhiser, who wrote his first article for The New Republic at the age of fourteen and was hired as the magazine's senior editor at twenty-three, recounts his relationship with the conservative magazine's founder, William F. Buckley, Jr. Mr. Buckley at one time deemed Mr. Brookhiser his successor of leading the intellectual conservative movement, only to later change his mind. Mr. Brookhiser talked about his beginnings in journalism, his career in the conservative movement, and the story of William F. Buckley, Jr. Richard Brookhiser is the author of Richard Brookhiser is the author of Right Time, Right Place: Coming of Age with William F. Buckley Jr. and the Conservative Movement, published by Basic Books. He is also senior editor of National Review. He is the author of several books, including What Would the Founders Do? and George Washington on Leadership. Mr. Brookhiser was the recipient of the National Humanities Medal in 2008.
