Note from the Publisher: This piece belongs to the Merion West Legacy series, referring to articles and poems published between 2016 up to Spring 2025.

Watching William F. Buckley and James Baldwin at Columbia

Watching William F. Buckley and James Baldwin at Columbia
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“At age 55, I was the oldest in my class of about 20 students, and most of my classmates were between the ages of 18 and 21.”

Timeless reading in a fleeting world.

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