tagged w/ William F. Buckley
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An interview that would never happen today - at all.
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This is Christopher Buckley's personal account of coming to feel like an orphan. His mother and father (Pat and William F. Buckley) died within 11 months of each other in 2007 and 2008. Christopher Buckley remarked, “One realization does dawn upon the death of the second parent, namely that you’ve now moved into the green room to the River Styx. You’re next. Another thing about parental mortality: No matter how much you’ve prepared for the moment, when it comes, it comes at you hot, hard and unrehearsed.”
Includes a number of vintage photographs and a documentary short film.This is Christopher Buckley's personal account of coming to feel like an orphan.... more
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With the new year approaching, this piece takes note of some of the lives that ended during the past 12 months. It presents photographs of a number of legendary writers, actors, artists and musicians. In addition, the piece includes a wonderful photo-gallery, which is accompanied by music audio.With the new year approaching, this piece takes note of some of the lives that ended... more
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Christopher Buckley's endorsement of Barack Obama -- followed by his abrupt departure from the back page of the magazine his father founded, National Review -- has caused a ripple of contempt from the conservative right.
Nay, make that a tsunami of hostility. An avalanche of venom. A cataclysm of ... well, you get the idea. People are mad. Good riddance, they say, and don't let the door hit you on the way out.
Let us proceed, gingerly.
I am not a passive bystander to these events. Buckley is a friend, as are other members of his family, especially Uncle Reid, with whom I have worked for several years. National Review is home to many friends, and its online editor, Kathryn Jean Lopez, kindly subscribes to my column. Like Buckley, I have enjoyed a decent fragging for suggesting that Sarah Palin excuse herself from the Republican ticket.
What gives here?
Read the rest of this brilliant article at the link...
Christopher Buckley's endorsement of Barack Obama -- followed by his abrupt... more
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Yet another Republican/Conservative for Obama!
This time it's William F. Buckley's son.
From The Article:
Christopher Buckley knew he was venturing into treacherous territory when he endorsed Barack Obama: "It's a good thing my dear old mum and pup are no longer alive. They'd cut off my allowance," he wrote. The penalty turned out to be more severe. William F. Buckley Jr.'s son said yesterday that he had lost his back-page column in National Review, the conservative bible founded by his father.
"Within hours, poor NR was being swamped with furious mail, 'Cancel my subscription, this is betrayal, Judas, Benedict Arnold,' " Buckley, 56, said in an interview. "I thought the decent thing to do would be to offer to resign the column. Well, they accepted it."
Buckley can't be completely disappeared; the Washington author owns one-seventh of National Review and serves on the magazine's board. But he is the latest right-leaning pundit to be slammed by his side for criticizing or breaking with John McCain...
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Here's another point of view about this story:
http://www.observer.com/2008/media/lowry-buckley-you-canceled-your-own-goddamn-column
Yet another Republican/Conservative for Obama!
This time it's William F.... more
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William F. Buckley, Jr., deployed his astute mind to raise classical conservatism to the center of American political discourse. In 1955, he founded the influential conservative magazine, The National Review, and later hosted Firing Line, one of the country's longest-running television programs.
He rose to prominence during a period in American history when there was a whole generation of talented writers who were fascinated by political themes, authors such as Norman Mailer, Truman Capote, Gore Vidal, William Styron and James Baldwin. Like them, he attracted controversy like a magnet.
People came to view his life and escapades as a kind of art form, from his racing through New York City streets on a motorcycle, to his then startling opinions like favoring the decriminalization of marijuana. In 1965, Mr. Buckley made an exceedingly unrealistic run for mayor of New York. When asked what he would do if he won, he answered, “Demand a recount.” He was often described as the liberals’ favorite conservative.
In 2006, he boldly condemned the Iraq war as a total failure.William F. Buckley, Jr., deployed his astute mind to raise classical conservatism to... more
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"Knowing Mr. Kissinger as well as I do, I suspected that he would behave as Richard Nixon told me he generally did when a colleague came under pressure: privately declare solidarity with both sides and separate himself, so that neither side would confuse him with the other side, until it became clear which side had won." - Conrad Black"Knowing Mr. Kissinger as well as I do, I suspected that he would behave as... more
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