Choosing Tanenhaus as a biographer was characteristic of Buckley's bad judgement and also characteristic of the morass he helped lead conservatism into.
Always thought, from that genre, Pat Buchanan had way more firepower! Buckley was a fine sailor though. Born on Shippan Point, I saw him under sail often!
You write about the high interest for an event about the book in Sharon, which makes sense given the Buckley family's history there. I don't get the sense there is high interest nationwide in the book. National Review seems like a zombie publication now and when the generation that came of age when Buckley was a big deal passes away, it seems likely he will be largely forgotten.
Choosing Tanenhaus as a biographer was characteristic of Buckley's bad judgement and also characteristic of the morass he helped lead conservatism into.
Always thought, from that genre, Pat Buchanan had way more firepower! Buckley was a fine sailor though. Born on Shippan Point, I saw him under sail often!
You write about the high interest for an event about the book in Sharon, which makes sense given the Buckley family's history there. I don't get the sense there is high interest nationwide in the book. National Review seems like a zombie publication now and when the generation that came of age when Buckley was a big deal passes away, it seems likely he will be largely forgotten.
Could be. Tanenhaus is a notoriously slow writer and he may just have missed his moment. But he will have support from Establishment meida