Say Anything Blog

I am, I fully grant, a phenomenon, but not because of any speed in composition.  I asked myself the other day, “Who else, on so many issues, has been so right so much of the time?” I couldn’t think of anyone.

William F. Buckley, Jr., written in The New York Times Book Review in 1986.

“Poverty of goods is easily cured; poverty of the mind is irreparable.”

It’s not bragging if you can do it.

I don’t know how many times my wife has had to tell me to take my laptop off the dinner table.

What is she, a control freak?

The Debate is over!  Global Whining has been confirmed.

I watched Mr. Buckley’s Firing Line program for years as a youngster.

Galbraith, Schlesinger, William Sloan Coffin, Gore Vidal.  With his easy charm, effortless wit, and a razor sharp mind Buckley bested all of them.

“Poverty of goods is easily cured; poverty of the mind is irreparable.”

I watched Mr. Buckley’s Firing Line program for years as a youngster.

The great thing about Firing Line is that Bill was typically outnumbered...numerically! Usually, there would be Bill Buckley and one other conservative, against two liberals and the pin-headed liberal Michael Kinsley as “moderator”. (This was public television’s idea of “Balance”: One lone program, with conservatives outnumbered three to two!)

It’s hard even now to hear the Brandenberg Concertos without thinking of Firing Line!

Those who think the party or the country, will be “taught a lesson” by handing the levers of power over to the liberals will learn a lesson, but it will be at the expense of our country and her liberties. And there are no guarantees that the party or the country will come out stronger, more conservative or better positioned to win elections against the incumbent liberals.

The great thing about Firing Line is that Bill was typically outnumbered...numerically! Usually, there would be Bill Buckley and one other conservative, against two liberals and the pin-headed liberal Michael Kinsley as “moderator”. (This was public television’s idea of “Balance”: One lone program, with conservatives outnumbered three to two!)

That tradition continues to this day on NPR’s Left, Right and Center, where a conservative faces off against a Liberal Demorcat and two hard-core leftis.