An Astute Man has Passed

[The_Professor]

Writer William F. Buckley dies at 82
Conservative commentator gained acclaim for intellectual political writings

NEW YORK - Author and conservative commentator William F. Buckley Jr. has died at age 82.

His assistant Linda Bridges says Buckley died Wednesday morning at his home in Stamford, Conn. She says he had been ill with emphysema and was found dead by his cook.

Buckley became famous for his intellectual political writings in his magazine, the National Review, and his frequent television appearances, including on his own long-running ?Firing Line.?

[sirs]

 

[Xavier_Onassis]

William F. Buckley could have more fun with a yellow No.2 pencil than anyone I have ever seen.

Seldom has a personal interest in preserving a largely unowned family fortune (Buckley's was in oil) ever been interpreteted into a political philodophy so eloquently. It is quite hard to say "I've got mine, Jack, and if you try to take it away from me, I shall curse you and release the hounds to pursue you" with great eloquence. Most people were, in fact, unaware that Buckley had made his fortune in the most old-fashioned way of all: he inherited it.

He was a lot more honest than the more modern people of his persuasion, say, Mitch McConnell or Richard Mellon Scaife.and that is to be commended.

Thast, and all the fun he showed us that could be had with a pencil.

[The_Professor]

B uckley was a throwback to a different era and was both a scholar and a gentleman. Even those he disagreed with intellectually, admired his eloquence and intellect.

Surely no better epitpath can be made than that?

[Xavier_Onassis]

epitpath?

Well, I do agree with you. He was entertaining to listen to most of the time, and when you got tired of him, you could watch that pencil.

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[The_Professor]

Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine:
et lux perpetua luceat eis.