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A week after endorsing Democrat Barack Obama for president, Christopher Buckley, a writer and son of William F. Buckley Jr., is leaving National Review, the conservative magazine founded by his father more than 50 years ago.
Excerpts from the works of William F. Buckley Jr., who died Wednesday at age 82:
William F. Buckley Jr. died at work, in his study. Communism had fallen long before. A Republican was in the White House. The word "liberal" had been shunned like an ill-mannered guest.
Beyond the Palin: Why the GOP is falling out of love with gun-toting, churchgoing, working-class whites.he conservative opinion elite is divided—irreconcilably so—about Sarah Palin's decision to quit the Alaska governorship.
Buckley measure presses GibbonsAssembly Speaker Barbara Buckley on Monday rebuked Gov. Jim Gibbons by introducing legislation that would require Nevada to accept federal stimulus funds for the unemployed.
Up From ConservatismWhen last did you hear a conservative spokesman deplore yet another six-lane highway, yet another fast-food alley, yet another graceless subdivision, yet another Super Wal-Mart or Lowe's that sucks the life out of small village businesses, yet one more onslaught against neighbo …
One Click Wonder: the Hallelujah chorusesToday, Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" is set to land two of the top three slots in the Christmas top 40, courtesy of "X Factor" winner Alexandra Burke and late singer Jeff Buckley. Here's some other moments in the song's much-covered history..
A Conservative proves that you can be educated, but not an elitist!The "me-too conservatives" are taken to task for their superficiality and intellectual snobbery.
Christopher Buckley, Repeat ApostateThere's been some grumbling on the right about the media fuss over Christopher Buckley's recent endorsement of Barack Obama, a Democrat. I noted in an earlier column that the only child of William F.
Let Laqueesha explain the election for youAn era came to an end this week when Christopher Buckley wrote on Tina Brown's The Daily Beast that he's voting for Barack Obama and leaving The National Review, the conservative magazine that his father founded.
Christopher Buckley Endorses Obama, Resigns from National ReviewChristopher Buckley Resigns From National Review After Obama Endorsement. His father, William F. Buckley, founded the conservative magazine.
Sorry, Dad, I Was Sacked: Chris Buckley explains departure from The National Review over his Obama endorsementI seem to have picked an apt title for my Daily Beast column, or blog, or whatever it's called: "What Fresh Hell." My last posting (if that's what it's called) in which I endorsed Obama, has brought about a very heaping helping of fresh hell.
Christophers for Obama: Buckley and HitchensThis is how bad it has gotten for John McCain. Even the defenders of the Iraq War are deserting the Republican nominee who once thought he might "surge" into the Oval Office. Yes, he has lost the Christophers.
Buckley of the National Review Endorses Obama(CNN) — No, hell has not frozen over, but a Buckley is backing a Democrat for president.
Christopher Buckley Endorses ObamaSorry, Dad, I'm Voting for Obama Let me be the latest conservative/libertarian/whatever to leap onto the Barack Obama bandwagon. It's a good thing my dear old mum and pup are no longer alive. They'd cut off my allowance.
William F. Buckley's Son Christopher Endorses ObamaAnother nice get for Tina Brown's Daily Beast in its first week of existence: Christopher Buckley, son of conservative godfather William F. Buckley, is endorsing Barack Obama for president.
At the time of this posting, William F. Buckley, Jr. has been dead for three weeks.
Wm. F. Buckley, 1925-2008If Bill Buckley wasn't the father of mod ern American conservatism, he cer tainly gave the movement intelligence, eloquence, charm and wit.
Bill Curry: Bill Buckley - Politics on The Huffington PostBill Buckley died Wednesday at 82 at his home in Connecticut. He was the most influential public intellectual of his generation in this country, maybe the world.
William F. Buckley Jr. died yesterday in his home at the age of 82. I was curious about what this mighty conservative intellect would have to say about Barack Obama. I found these musings on Obama, Hillary Clinton and the 2008 presidential race:
The Republican Collapse : David BrooksTo put it bluntly, over the past several years, the G.O.P. has made ideological choices that offend conservatism's Burkean roots. This may seem like an airy-fairy thing that does nothing more than provoke a few dissenting columns from William F. Buckley, George F.
Christopher Buckley is one of the five funniest living fiction writers, and if you want to laugh, especially if you find much of life and politics so absurd as to be hilarious, you need to read his books.
Smoking in Movies Will Hurt Movie's RatingsExcerpt that I love: "Christopher Buckley's 1994 satirical novel, "Thank You for Smoking," follows a tobacco lobbyist's efforts to counter the anti-smoking tide by encouraging Hollywood to include more smoking in movies. The film version of Buckley's book depicts no smoking.
Christopher Buckley's Brilliant Satire Boomsday ReviewedI'll be writing up my own review of this book and the movie version of Thank You for Smoking in the next few weeks. In the meantime enjoy these concepts and if they make you laugh just reading the review read it and it will make you howl.
Best of CD and DVD with Jeff BuckleyA best of CD and a DVD of the documentary "Amazing Grace" will be released May 22 to mark the 10th anniversary of singer/songwriter Jeff Buckley's death.
Does Bush Really Know What Torture Is?...But Buckley asks a deeper, more interesting question. Bush authorized and endorsed torture. That much is indisputable. But did he actually fully realize what he was doing? He is certainly shallow enough to authorize torture and not fully grapple with what that means.
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