Buckley's Rancid Career
William F. Buckley was a reactionary that elite liberals loved. His true talent was making reprehensible opinions palatable to liberal tastes.
William F. Buckley was a reactionary that elite liberals loved. His true talent was making reprehensible opinions palatable to liberal tastes.
Charlie Rose | Posted 03.03.2008 | Media
Over the past 15 years, Buckley appeared more than 15 times on our broadcast, even guest hosting once.
Peter Clothier | Posted 03.03.2008 | Politics
There's no one that I know of amongst the voices on the right who is anywhere close to inheriting the colorful mantel Buckley fashioned for himself.
Sherman Yellen | Posted 03.03.2008 | Politics
The obituaries do a disservice to Buckley, who deserves better -- better being an honest account of his disastrous views as well as his political triumph in helping the far right come to power.
John Leo | Posted 02.28.2008 | Politics
He taught a generation of debaters and polemicists that adversaries were to be opposed, but not loathed. (Gore Vidal was the understandable exception.)
Jacob Heilbrunn | Posted 02.28.2008 | Politics
As Buckley headed into his final years, he became vehemently opposed to the crusading, neoconservative stance that the younger generation at the National Review adopted in championing the Iraq War.
John Fund | Posted 02.28.2008 | Politics
Buckley was that rarest of revolutionaries, and set a standard we all should emulate for having friendships across the political divide.
Bill Curry | Posted 02.28.2008 | Politics
Buckley loved debate. Unlike today's cowardly conservatives, he never used his opponents as props or punch lines for fixed fights. What a long sad fall from Bill Buckley to Bill O' Reilly.
Tavis Smiley | Posted 02.27.2008 | Politics
AP | HILLEL ITALIE | Posted 02.27.2008 | Politics
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Dennis Perrin | Posted 03.03.2008 | Media