Without William F. Buckley Jr. and Ronald Reagan, the political landscape of the late 20th century would have been dramatically different. In his final book, The Reagan I Knew, the late Bill Buckley offers a fascinating portrait of the fortieth president. Through private letters, recorded exchanges, and personal reminiscences, Buckley traces his extraordinary 30-year friendship with Reagan from their first meeting in January of 1961—when Reagan was still a Democrat—to October 1990, revealing the former president through the eyes of someone he considered a mentor.

The Manhattan Institute was delighted to host a forum with three of the country’s most respected political analysts, each a former colleague of William F. Buckley, to help celebrate the lives of two of the most influential figures of the conservative movement.

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