ANN COULTER: WILLIAM F. BUCKLEY: R.I.P., ENFANT TERRIBLE

AnnCoulter.Com ^ | Feb 27, 2008 | Ann Coulter

[oblomov]

IIRC, Buckley called Vidal a "pink queer", and it was in response to Vidal saying that Buckley was the very image of a "Myron Breckenridge".

Myra Breckenridge was a then best-selling novel by Vidal that was about a pansexual male (Myron) who undergoes surgery to make him "female" (Myra), then has further surgery to change him back to "male".

[ruthles]

I was recently reminded that all of William Shakespeare’s early education was conducted in Latin. WFB, I’m sure, had such a vast vocabulary because of his intellect, but also because of his immersion in Latin through his Catholic school upbringing. Rigor in a foreign language, even a “dead” one, enriches one’s native tongue. Buckley epitomized this phenomena.

[oblomov]

Yes, I’d love to know what books he had in his library.

[Jane Austen]

BTTT

[Steve0113]

Check out this thread.

[Republic Can]

Ann on WFB; is this a great site or what?

[Tigercap]

I think this is my favorite thread of 2008 so far.

RIP WFB

[Steve0113]

Yes indeed! Either of them makes for a great read, but to have her quoting him is unbeatable.

[Syncro]

That picture of his office make me not feel so bad about the looks of my Computer room.

And Daffy, I would like to have Gore’s computer monitor system!

[perfect stranger]

[Joya]

Thanks for pointing to Buckley’s writings online.

http://cumulus.hillsdale.edu:8080/buckley/Standard/categories/index.html

[MSF BU]

Is that what it means? I believe I was one of those...!

[MSF BU]

NR had a interesting Obit for the Publisher/Editor of MAD. I remember reading it...impressive.

[MSF BU]

...Mr. Sowell is one of the few left. The older conservatives who actually had the balls to serve in uniform. Very, VERY, rare nowadays...