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William F. Buckley: the founder

At Buckley’s Yale, Skull and Bones was still the apex of campus life, the Yale Daily News board chugged martinis at Mory’s, and, as a new-moneyed Catholic, Buckley fit in and yet didn’t fit in. But he made the place his own, and there he found his voice as a conservative.

By Sam Tanenhaus

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William F. Buckley Jr.: three ways of looking at an icon

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Extreme makeover

We bring T. rex and kin into the  21st century.

By Bruce Fellman

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William F. Buckley: the loyal son

A new interpretation of Buckley’s legacy—one that would have surprised the man himself.

By David Frum

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William F. Buckley: the ideologue

After publication of God and Man at Yale, Buckley's broadside against his alma mater, Yale struggled to contain the fallout.

By Gaddis Smith

From the Editor

Art and free speech

By Kathrin Lassila

Letters to the Editor

Our readers respond

Notebook

Working vacation

Yale's first Alumni Service Tour visits the Dominican Republic.

By Alejandra O'Leary

Where They Are Now

You can go home again . . . and be mayor

A recent alum is the youngest mayor in Casper, Wyoming's history.

By M Tracey Ober

Scene on Campus

Sewing circle

The drama school's costume shop.

Old Yale

How the colleges were born

On the college system's 75th anniversary, a look at its difficult birth.

By Judith Schiff

Forum

A landscape of overmedication

Are US doctors too quick to prescribe?

By Charles Barber

Sporting Life

Yale’s newest national champion

The third Eli woman to win a national singles title in squash.

By Albert Chen

School Notes

School notes

News about your Yale school.

In Memoriam

Recent alumni deaths

Last Look

Magic flutes

Tonettes at the Collection of Musical Instruments.