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Great Elm and formative settings. ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ Great Elm as it stands today. (Credit: Cameron Smith) Isaac ObermanStaff Writer and Crossword Editor, The Buckley BeaconFew would disagree that William F. Buckley Jr.’s meteoric rise in the conservative movement was entirely self-propelled. Behind the maestro of the 20th-century Republican Party is the force of the Buckley family, from WFB Sr.’s oil business helping to f...

The two-term Florida governor distinguished “strong defense” from “military adventurism,” and unpacked key policies from his own gubernatorial tenure. ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ Florida Governor Ron DeSantis delivers the keynote speech at the Buckley Institute’s annual conference on November 14. (Credit: Buckley Institute/Bill Morgan Media) Owen TilmanEditor-in-Chief, The Buckley BeaconLast week, Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (YC ‘01) delivered the keynote address at the Buckley Institute’s fifteenth annual conference. In his speech, DeSantis reflected on his gubernatorial record, and empha...