When "William Shakespeare" (born William Shakspere of Stratford) died on April 23, 1616, there was virtually no notice taken in Britain, nor anywhere else, for that matter – a fact among many others that has led a small but not inconsiderable number of people to doubt whether this man was in fact the celebrated author.  While I am one of those doubters, my intent is not to convince you to join me (though that would be fine).  Rather, it is to explain how I became a Shakespeare skeptic, and in doing so also how and why I started on the road that led me to give up liberalism and became a conservative.  The story begins on the couch in my parents' living room during a summertime break from law school.  Perhaps it was a lazy Saturday afternoon.  My father and I were shopping television channels (not too many back then) when we happened upon Firing Line, the late William Buckley's talk show, which was in the middle of its long...(Read Full Article)