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Entry: William F. Buckley Jr.-- R.I.P. Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/william_f_buckley_jr_rip#18223 Post contents: Mr. Buckley was anything but conventional in an era that champions conventional wisdom and he was proudly erudite in a time when Conventional Wisdom abjured learning and intellectualism in favor of the cheap thrills of consumerism and physicality. The "Conservative " Republican Party he leaves behind is lost down a dead end road that cynically disdains intellectuals while manipulating the corn pone set with jingoistic chest thumping and paranoia. In his writings at the end, one could detect a bit of melancholy about the prevailing idiocy that describes the pandering GOP. His love of the language and respect for ideas transcended his politics and that is what should be remembered now because it is precisely what is needed most desperately. Sent at: 2008 09 08