William F. Buckley Jr., Three Years Passed

FoxNews ^ | 02/27/2011 | Kathryn Jean Lopez

[Miss_Meyet]

William F. Buckley Jr., the founder of National Review and one of the foremost intellectuals of the 20th century, died on Feb. 27, 2008. To mark the third anniversary of his passing from this world, National Review's Kathryn Jean Lopez talked with Linda Bridges, a longtime colleague of WFB's who has compiled, along with Roger Kimball, a collection of his work, Athwart History: Half a Century of Polemics, Animadversions, and Illuminations: A William F. Buckley Jr. Omnibus.

[Miss_Meyet]

Eternal rest grant unto your faithful servant, William F. Buckley, Jr.
O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him.
May the souls of all the faithful departed,
through the mercy of God, rest in peace.
Amen.

[Miss_Meyet]

[Miss_Meyet]

[Mase]

It’s been three years? Damn.

[RichInOC]

Say hi to my dad, Mr. Buckley. And then see if Himself (no, not Dad, the other Himself) will let you drop a couple of lightning bolts on Christo. He’s being a real dildo.

[gloryblaze]

Eternal rest grant unto your faithful servant, William F. Buckley, Jr. O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him. May the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.

Amen

[bwc2221]

National Review was once a great journal of conservative thought. I couldn't wait for it to arrive. I have long ago canceled my subscription as Rich Lowry has converted it into talking points for the GOP establishment.

Ronald Reagan and William F. Buckley were giants in the world of politics and conservative thought. It's too bad both hand-picked terrible successors.

[Miss_Meyet]

Yes, three years.

[Miss_Meyet]

Say hi to my dad, Mr. Buckley. And then see if Himself (no, not Dad, the other Himself) will let you drop a couple of lightning bolts on Christo. He’s being a real dildo.

Christo and RR, Jr are a little disappointing to me, too.

Although, when he wishes, Christo's writing can be almost as entertaining as WFB's. It's probably hard for Christo to be constantly compared to his dad.

[Miss_Meyet]

...I have long ago canceled my subscription as Rich Lowry has converted it into talking points for the GOP establishment...

I still have my subscription, but I do miss Mark Steyn on the back page. The new guy is okay, but he isn't Steyn.

[WilliamHouston]

I never read National Review. I certainly don’t read it now since Rich Lowry is over there touting Jeb Bush in a cover story.

[WilliamHouston]

I never read National Review. I certainly don’t read it now since Rich Lowry is over there touting Jeb Bush in a cover story.

[iowamark]

Lopez: You include an essay about a pamphlet on how to argue about abortion. WFB told readers he would be happy to send a copy of the John Noonan how-to pamphlet to anyone who asked for it. Why was this that important to him? Why was it the hows of arguing, which he, of course, tended to do so well? So much better than we tend to see today!

Bridges: Well, because he was concerned not just with winning some immediate political battle, but with changing people’s way of thinking about the humanity of unborn children. As he reminds us, it was some of the rabble-rousers who brought about the end of slavery in America — but only through the hell of the Civil War. It was thoughtful argumentation, such as Lincoln’s, that eventually brought about the realization that blacks are as human as whites. Similarly, he saw that the “blood-curdling clichés” used by both sides in the abortion debate were good at stirring up passions, but it was quiet analysis like Professor Noonan’s that might actually cause people to realize that unborn babies are as human as the adults arguing about them.

[Miss_Meyet]

I never read National Review. I certainly don’t read it now since Rich Lowry is over there touting Jeb Bush in a cover story.

I still read NR in print and online.

Fred Barnes (editor of the Weekly Standard) floated Jeb's name at a function I attended in October. The groans from the audience were quite audible. One gentleman at my table was very distraught at the prospect of Jeb running anytime soon.

[Miss_Meyet]

Similarly, he (Buckley) saw that the “blood-curdling clichés” used by both sides in the abortion debate were good at stirring up passions, but it was quiet analysis like Professor Noonan’s that might actually cause people to realize that unborn babies are as human as the adults arguing about them.

Thanks for that reminder!