William F. Buckley, Jr.
Posted by
Mark
on Thursday, February 28th, 2008. Filed under Celebrities.
Those who know me and my politics may be surprised to learn that I had great admiration and a sort of from afar fondness for WFB, who died yesterday.
I’ve read many of his books, especially the sailing books, but also several of his novels and - several times - his week-in-the-life memoirs, Cruising Speed and Overdrive.
Here’s a pretty good obit from The Wall Street Journal, another from the New York Times and a very good video (also from The Journal).
Finally, here is my favorite Buckley photo. Talk about a man with his fingers in a lot of things!
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I add this postscript from Meet the Press.
Posted by Mark on 03.02.08.And here’s a link to a blog posting by Dick Cavett. There have been so many of this kind of remembrance about Buckley, and virtually all of them get ’round to saying the same thing: his politics were uncomfortable for me, but he was a great guy.
Posted by Mark on 03.08.08.