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While only a small number of us live to be 100, everyone ‘s birthday has a centenary date. For historians who seem mostly to be of the liberal persuasion and obituary writers (ditto) the way the 100th anniversary of a conservative’s birth usually results in one of the following: ignored, diminished with attachment of “right-wing” or “so-called”, and my personal favorite that is rarely attached to a liberal, “controversial.”

This year is the centenary of two towering individuals in the conservative movement, neither of whom received the respect they deserved among the ruling political, historical and media classes. I speak of William F. Buckley Jr. and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Before 2025 expires, I offer some reflections and a

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