I’ve never read one cover to cover, and I didn’t really hear much about it until I was in my mid-to late thirties. Good for you. It is a good magazine, if you’re actually referring to (national review). If not, I’m sorry I missed to connection.
Yes NR, when it was in its heyday.(1968-2000)Buckley was young and full of vim & vigor. He hired only the best writers, and guests, eg Malcolm Muggeridge, Russell Kirk, and James Burnham.