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georgiasam (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago
William Buckley, transported convict, escaped and lived in the bush among the Wathaurung people of Western Victoria (Australia) for thirty-two years. On re-entering white society at the splendidly named Indented Head he overcame by now severe difficulties with the English language to dictate an account of his adventures to a missionary, George Langthorne. Read more here . From the notes to The Life...
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INSTAPUTZ (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Why is David Brooks being so mysterious ? For years, says New York Times columnist David Brooks, the model for conservatives who developed a passion for writing (or vice-versa) was not a reporter but a commentator: National Review founder William F. Buckley Jr. Besides being attracted to his elegant language and compelling arguments, up-and-coming conservatives saw something else in Buckley: job stability....
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Box Turtle Bulletin (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
… when the National Review — William F. Buckley, Jr.’s outfit — says “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” doesn’t make sense.
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The Bellman (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
I've been a fan of D.R. Tucker's work since he took over Right Angle. It's like reading William F. Buckley as edited by The Onion as related by a 12-year old. I often am amazed that he can display such density in such density . But now, Tucker may have revealed his secret sauce: It’s only been a week or so since Tony Snow’s passing, and I can still hear him speaking to me. Bonus quote from this column:...
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Democratic Underground (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Source: [b]MSNBC[/b] Mods that was the headline on the msn.com main page Young Republicans, blue about prospects ahead Gen-Nexters are feeling left out of the party David All glanced around Top of the Hill bar and saw the future of the Republican Party. It looked dim. A who's who of young ...
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monoblogue (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Growing up in the Midwest in the late seventies and being a fan of loud, heavy, guitar-driven rock, naturally I took a liking to the music of one Ted Nugent - thus, there’s about a half-dozen of his CD’s and cassettes in my collection. While Ted wasn’t ever an overwhelming commercial success, he had a [...]
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The Daily Dish (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
That accent? C'mon. A reader vents: Your post on your colleague Megan lamenting the end of the American "upper class" accent was interesting. I would venture to guess that this accent disappeared because it was an affectation more than a...
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ConservativeHome's YourPlatform (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
Ewan Watt, of Weber Shandwick, marks the tenth year since Barry Goldwater passed away with a look at his beliefs on Republicanism, freedom, and social order. With the passing of William F. Buckley, conservative readers were reminded in almost every...
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Laura's Miscellaneous Musings (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
Patricia Buckley Bozell had a fascinating life as a publisher and the mother of 10. One of her children is L. Brent Bozell of the Media Research Center . Mrs. Bozell, in fact, was one of 10 children herself. Among her well-known siblings was the late William F. Buckley, Jr. National Review Online has published a symposium remembering Mrs. Bozell.
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illinoisreview (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
Before we get started on the second round of discussion on the House GOP's Agenda for Action, it's only fair to congratulate House GOP Leader Tom Cross for coming up with a list of campaign action items. We've been encouraging...
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LA Times (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
Patricia Buckley Bozell, who was a matriarch of a prominent conservative family and helped start Triumph, an opinion journal of Roman Catholic orthodoxy, died Saturday at her home in Washington, D.C. She was 81 and had throat cancer.
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西儒 ─ The Western Confucian (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
W. James Antle III reviews the great man's latest book, which I could not recommend more highly — Conservatives Against Empire . An excerpt: A conservatism that identifies with McGovern more than Reagan, Gore Vidal more than William F. Buckley Jr., and the New Left more than the religious right probably has no political future. Neither does a Kauffmanesque coalition of libertarians and socialists,...
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blue girl (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
From Wolcott: I feel sorry for anyone staring mortality in the immediate face after the flood of lyrical obituaries of former Fox News host and White House press secretary Tony Snow this weekend, which carried the cathedral-bell echo of those...
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smartprimate | 04/21/2008
Obama made a telling gaffe at a San Francisco fundraiser. In trying to explain away his poor showing among “lunch-bucket” Democrats he points to how they were ill served by the previous administrations. He goes on to say: “And its not surprising then they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy toward people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment
