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by William F. Buckley Jr.
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Cover Type: Hard Cover with 304 pages
Published by: Basic Books October 22, 2007
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0465002420
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0465002429
Book Dimensions:
9 x 6.3 x 1 inches
Weighs: 1.2 pounds
Product Description
Who knew that William F. Buckley Jr., the quintessential conservative, invented the blog decades before the World Wide Web came into existence? National Review, like nearly all magazines, has always published letters from readers. In 1967 the magazine decided that certain letters merited different treatment, and Buckley, the editor, began a column called “Notes & Asides,” in which he personally answered the most notable and outrageous letters. The selections in this book, culled from four decades of these columns, include exchanges with such figures as Ronald Reagan, Eric Sevareid, Richard Nixon, A. M. Rosenthal, Auberon Waugh, John Kenneth Galbraith, and Arthur Schlesinger Jr. There are also hilarious exchanges with ordinary readers, as well as letters from Buckley to various organizations and government agencies.
About The Author
William F. Buckley Jr. is the author of fifty previous works of fiction and nonfiction. The founder and former editor-in-chief of National Review and former host of “Firing Line,” he has been one of the intellectual leaders of the right since the 1950s. He lives in Stamford, Connecticut, and New York City.
Reader Reviews
National Review and William F. Buckley Jr. have been a delight in my life for decades. One of the great features of magazine was called Notes and Asides. It contained a wonderfully strange mix of letters with responses from Buckley that covered language, politics, arts, challenges, witty exchanges, questions, requests, WFB's posture, and letters from Presidents. They are all wonderful in their way and many are laugh out loud funny. This book is a chronological collection of selections from this department from 1967-2005. Not only are these exchanges wonderful insights into the times in which they were written, they bring back wonderful memories and fill in some of the things I missed. There is an ongoing joke between WFB and Art Buchwald about the perks Buchwald is getting from his Hertz Platinum card that he assumes WFB is not getting or getting more of than him. It is all good fun. We also get some warmish exchanges between WFB and Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., some light tweaking between John Kenneth Galbraith and WFB, and letters WFB sent to various publications correcting statements made about him in their pages. There is also the wonderful fun Buckley has with language and those who criticize his usage, "accent", and vocabulary. He handles it all with good humor and patiently explains that his first language was Spanish, then French, and didn't speak English until he was five. One of the fun bits recounts the famous phrase "immanentize the eschaton". Did you know it became a motto of Young Americans for Freedom? What does it mean? Simply to attempt to bring from the transcendent from the spiritual world (the eschaton) into this world (the immanent). It is a criticism of hubris in liberal attempts to try and create a literal Heaven on Earth. Buckley also had long legal battles with certain trade unions because Charlton Heston and Tom Selleck did commercials for National Review gratis. Another union earlier had demanded that Buckley join in order to do Firing Line for free and give it away. There are also nice letters to and from friends that are touching and always interesting. However, I will state that I am not the only one that thinks Buckley wrong to use the name of God as a mere intensifier simply because it is common usage. There are lots of things in common usage that he, as a serious Christian, does not do. Misusing the Lord's name in this way is one of them. But in the balance, Buckley has given me (and others) so much, that it is something I can ignore. This book is fun and I encourage you to get it, read it, and enjoy the fun the art of letter writing can provide. I know it is an almost extinct art form, but maybe it can be revived if enough people remember how delightful a well written letter and reply can be. Reviewed by Craig Matteson, Ann Arbor, MI
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