The nation has suspected this for some years, but now we have the proof!
Posted by gerardvanderleun at March 23, 2012 11:20 AM
He's adorable.
Posted by: ahem at March 23, 2012 3:20 PMThe kid's pretty cute, too.
Posted by: Gagdad Bob at March 23, 2012 7:02 PMShe knew she'd lose her baby, and decided to die because of it.
Buckley said MERE despair is mortal sin.
Perhaps another reading of Nearer, My God by Buckley should, I would like to think, be in order.
Posted by: notquiteunBuckley at March 23, 2012 7:46 PMApril 7, 2010
K. Shaidle, R.S. McCain, J.P. Freire: Stupid, Stupid, Stupid
According to the dictionary, if you say that someone or something is stupid, you mean that they show a lack of good judgment or intelligence and they are not at all sensible.
This applies to Kathy Shaidle, Robert Stacy McCain, and J. P. Freire, at least when William F. Buckley is rememberd.
Shaidle plays in the big leagues of stupid. Freire and McCain aren’t as dense, but still claim “what we need is fewer Bill Buckleys and more Bob Novaks.”
Shiadle is a liar. William F. Buckley held down numerous jobs in his career, as anyone with internet access or a memory during the 50′s through 90′s could tell you, were they to give a shit.
McCain and Freire are wrong because William F. Buckley helped lead (or create some would say) the conservative movement for decades, with a great success (Reagan). What kind of conservatism do McCain and Freire want if there are less leaders and more people reporting that fact?
It seems McCain’s argument, such as it is, is that “more Buckley’s” is equivalent to saying “more blowhards” or “more historians” or “more pontificating.” This isn’t what Buckley stands for though, and McCain should know it. When McCain writes “We need fewer kids who want to lecture us about what Russell Kirk really meant, and more kids who don’t mind getting their hands dirty doing the basic business of reporting the news” I agree with him, but this has nothing to do with William F. Buckley.
Buckley was writing must-read books out of college and shortly thereafter starting National Review, not lecturing anyone.
James Rosen shall have the last words.
Posted by: notquiteunBuckley at March 23, 2012 8:44 PMnotquiteunBuckley--
Yeah, that was the first thought I had when looking at the picture.
Posted by: Mike James at March 24, 2012 6:46 PM"It is impossible to speak in such a way that you cannot be misunderstood." -- Karl Popper N.B.: Comments are moderated to combat spam and may not appear immediately. Comments that exceed the obscenity or stupidity limits will be either edited or expunged.
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