"I am, I fully grant, a phenomenon, but not because of any speed in composition," he wrote in The New York Times Book Review in 1986. "I asked myself the other day, `Who else, on so many issues, has been so right so much of the time?' I couldn't think of anyone." -- William F. Buckley, Jr.
William F. Buckley, Jr. Dies At 82
His erudition, his intelligent drollery and his facile elocution will be sorely missed.
7 comments:
It will be missed, indeed!
ah yes..Rest in peace.
Well said Cube.
even the left holds him in high esteem.
r.i.p. william.
brooke: I loved his quick wit. He looked all laid back in his chair & relaxed, but he could come up with a retort that would leave a burny spot on whoever was debating him.
angel: I agree.
voracious: Thank you.
nanc: You're right. I think it was because he was never averse to a lively debate of ideas, even those that were anathema to his own beliefs.
I think everyone appreciated his wicked sense of humor, too.
Now that's a drag.
jen: It sure is. They just don't make them like WFB any more.
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