Buckley
Dean
I'm stunned by the news that William F. Buckley Jr. has died.
I no longer consider myself a conservative, but Buckley taught me respect for the intellectual legacy of conservatism--a legacy he himself was a big part in establishing. I read his National Review faithfully every two weeks for over 10 years, and learned quite a bit of what I know about politics from it. It would be no exaggeration to say that there was no discernible conservative intellectual movement without him.
I got a letter from him once, in response to a note I sent him. I wish I'd kept it. I lost it, much like I lost a letter I got once from Ronald Reagan.
Réquiem æternam dona ei,
Dómine.
Et lux perpétua lúceat ei.
Requiéscat in pace.
Amen
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Even so, I am glad someone in this world is keeping alive the logical beauty of the latin language. Even if the church vernacular has been bastardized from the living language of the consuls and the caesars.
Actually, there was something about his style that reminded me of SMA. So it wouldn't surprise me to learn that WFB was an afficianado of G K Chesterton and an unabashed admirer of beauty for its own sake.
I already miss the SMA, and I shall miss WFB as well.
Arnold Harris
Mount Horeb WI
Just saying, Arnold.
I praying for a big Roman Catholic latin funeral Mass in St. Patrick's Cathedral.
Of course we all lose our tempers now and then. Dean freely admits to being imperfect in this regard, which is why regulars to this establishment will generally be cut more slack than people who we don't know very well.
Still: behave like an adult, or go find somewhere else to play. Thanks.