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Since Robert Spencer posted a veiled threat today to attack me physically (quote: “Buckley’s sage advice to Gore Vidal comes to mind at this point”), here’s an interesting article that deals with what Spencer calls Buckley’s “sage advice:” Ego & Argument — The Happy Warrior: William F. Buckley, Jr. Note ...
Vlaams Belang, Racism, Eurofascism, Fascism, Anti-Jihad, Europe, Pro Koln, Pamela Geller, Robert Spencer, William F. Buckley
Here’s an excellent piece by Jonathan Tobin on William F. Buckley’s extraordinary effort to expel antisemites like Pat Buchanan and Joseph Sobran from The National Review and the conservative movement: Bill Buckley and the Jews. Buckley would himself acknowledge that prejudice was a presence in his own home growing ...
LGF, William F. Buckley, John Birch Society, Antisemitism, Sobran, Buchanan
One of William F. Buckley’s last published pieces describes the fight to purge the GOP of the influence of groups like the crackpot John Birch Society: Goldwater, the John Birch Society, and Me. In the early months of 1962, there was restiveness in certain political quarters of the Right. ...
William F. Buckley has passed away at the age of 82, at his home in Stamford, Connecticut. One of his greatest achievements was to purge the conservative movement of its far-right nut cases, the racists and crackpots who poisoned the well for too long. He’ll be greatly missed. Here’s the ...