When one of the founders of the post-World War II conservative movement died this week, JLF President John Hood offered his thoughts about the man’s significance. The News & Observer’s “Under the Dome” blog highlighted Hood’s assessment of William F. Buckley Jr.’s significance to conservatives in North Carolina and across the nation. Speaking of conservative significance, Hood recently discussed in National Review a new biography of former five-term U.S. Sen. Jesse Helms.