Just finished Bill Buckley's very first published book.  What struck me most about the work was that Buckley was only 25 years old at the time.  Quite an achievement to have such a thoughtful, serious, and provacative book published at such a young age.  I thought his reasoning and logic suffered from some disconnects.  The text jumped around alot, although that did not prevent him from delivering his message.  Not alot has changed since 1951.  Colleges, Universities, and now even high schools suffer from a "collectivist"mentality among so many of its professors, lecturers, and teachers.  The problems expounded upon by Buckley have seeped into the high schools as a result of the liberalization of Departments of Education across the country.  The kinds of values promoted by Buckley and other conservatives such as myself are looked down upon by Ed. Department staff.  While most teachers in America's high schools do an admirable job, it is likely that every student will face one or more aggressive liberals or "collectivists" (as Buckly would call them) during their four year high school experience.  The impact these "agenda" driven teachers have on students is unknown, but would make for a worthy research project for some enterprising graduate student.  Oh, I forgot, there's no way any Department of Education advisor would approve such a research endeavour.  Too Bad.