A Bit Of William F. Buckley Trivia To Honor The Dearly Departed
Given that I was busy with my personal life I didn’t get a chance to honor the passing of one of conservatism’s founding father’s William F. Buckley. It’s far too late for that sort of thing now, so let me instead just point you all toward a list of humorous and endearing anecdotes from one of Buckley’s many rhetorical opponents (and personal friends) John Leo:
The key to serving fresh seafood on his boat was simple—he pulled up somebody’s lobster trap, removed several lobsters, put way too many dollar bills in a bottle to pay for them and placed the corked bottle in the trap. Shopping made simple.
Not to compare myself to a giant like Buckley, which would be absurd as I don’t even deserve to be mentioned in the same sentence as him, but the bit about Bill getting up from the dinner table feigning a need for cigars in order to bang out a quick column reminds me of….me. I don’t know how many times my wife has had to tell me to take my laptop off the dinner table.
Buckley will be missed.
