National Review, a magazine founded by Bill Buckley in 1955, has given a thumbs down to National Public Radio’s recent documentary, ‘The Incomparable Mr. Buckley’, and no wonder. The documentary barely scratches the surface of the man who wrote in the inaugural first edition of National Review, “A conservative is someone who stands athwart history, yelling Stop, at a time when no one is inclined to do so, or to have much patience with those who so urge it.”
I remember watching "Firing Line" on PBS when I was 15/16, circa 1973/74. Buckley sat on a bar stool, legs crossed, smoking a cigarette with his ash tray standing next to him. I remember his laugh and his "Ha'va'd" accent. When Bill died, our late senator, Joe Lieberman, was one of many who wrote of their experiences with him, published in National Review. If memory serves, Buckley was instrumental in getting Lieberman to run for senate against Weiker. In true Buckley form, he told Joe, "Don't expect me to support you, again." Ha! He despised Weiker.
Good to know - that documentary was on my list…no more.
I remember watching "Firing Line" on PBS when I was 15/16, circa 1973/74. Buckley sat on a bar stool, legs crossed, smoking a cigarette with his ash tray standing next to him. I remember his laugh and his "Ha'va'd" accent. When Bill died, our late senator, Joe Lieberman, was one of many who wrote of their experiences with him, published in National Review. If memory serves, Buckley was instrumental in getting Lieberman to run for senate against Weiker. In true Buckley form, he told Joe, "Don't expect me to support you, again." Ha! He despised Weiker.