A Milestone: William F. Buckley Has Died
A milestone: William F. Buckley died. When we get around to it, we'll write up an autopsy report. Here, we give you the instant coroner's verdict: He was a handsome, well-bred, pompous, conceited and clever windbag who twisted American conservatism in such a grotesque way even its own parents wouldn't recognize it.
Bill Bonner,
The Daily Reckoning Australia
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About the Author
Best-selling investment author Bill Bonner is the founder and president of Agora Publishing, one of the world's most successful consumer newsletter companies. Owner of both Fleet Street Publications and MoneyWeek magazine in the UK, he is also author of the free daily e-mail The Daily Reckoning.
Comment by garry on 2 March 2008:
Amen to that.
Comment by kage on 2 March 2008:
Sorry - you're too slow
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_F._Buckley
Comment by mike on 3 March 2008:
...the highest birds in the sky are often the rarest...even in death's fall they inspire us...let bone pickers devour his legacy..but what fortuitous sustenance....