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Illustration on the goals and ideals of CPAC by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

The significance of CPAC 2018

By Robert Charles

FILE – In this June 9, 1971, file photo, Edgar H. Smith Jr. waves his handcuffed hands as he leaves the federal house of detention in New York. Smith, a murder convict who got off New Jersey's death row with the help of columnist William F. Buckley only to later confess to the crime, died in a California prison hospital. Smith died March 20, 2017, a spokesman for the California Department of Correction and Rehabilitation told The Associated Press on Monday, Sept. 25, 2017. He was 83. (AP Photo, File)

Killer who duped William F. Buckley dies in prison at 83

Associated Press

Directors Robert Gordon and Morgan Neville show what happened when in 1968 when ABC in hiring public intellectuals William F. Buckley Jr. and Gore Vidal to provide commentary during the Republican and Democratic national conventions.

‘Best of Enemies’: William F. Buckley, Gore Vidal TV debates brought out intellectuals’ worst

By Eric Althoff - The Washington Times

Sen. Barry Goldwater accepts the Republican presidential nomination in San Francisco on July 16, 1964, with a blast at the Democrats and a promise that "together we will win" in the November election. (associated press photographs)

Why Goldwater still matters today

By Matt Schlapp

**FILE** Author Gore Vidal tosses barbs in all directions as he discusses Hollywood unions, politics, lecturing and publicizing books during an interview in Los Angeles on Dec. 9, 1974. Vidal died July 31, 2012, at his home in Los Angeles. He was 86. (Associated Press)

Gore Vidal, celebrated author, playwright, dies at 86

By Andrew Dalton and Hillel Italie - Associated Press

BOOK REVIEW: A man of fortitude and faith

By Nicole Russell - The Washington Times