William F. Buckley: 1925-2008, Part II
The best WFB obit so far. It's British (of course). ...

Update -- Jonah has launched a pre-emptive argument about an anticipated liberal argument over WFB -- without realizing the anticipated liberal argument has already been argued (see last few lines). More on the argumentative mindset here. ...

Update II -- Of course, a Hub Blog friend and I have since discussed the possibility that Jonah already knew that the anticipated liberal argument had already been made, therefore Jonah's pre-emptive argument wasn't really a pre-emptive argument, just an argumentative ploy to make him look smart for anticipating an anticipated argument. ... I hadn't thought about that scenario the first time around. ... My friend also noted: 'I'm really worried about this country.' ...

Update III - 2.-29.08 -- Charles writes in:

Reading Jonah Goldberg on William F. Buckely is like watching a dog look at a bicycle. The dog can snap at the heels of someone riding the bike, but it is never going to get up and ride that thing itself. I'm completely uninterested in the NR crowd's take on Buckley's passing. They have so little in common with him that keeping the title of the magazine is an insult to Buckley's memory.

Update IV -- Here's Peggy Noonan on WFB. I'd put Daniel Patrick Moynihan in the same 'cultivated' category that seems missing in today's politics. ...

Update V -- Soxaholix manages to get into one strip mentions of the Sox ceremony at the White House, President Bush's grandmother joke, John Kerry and 'Manny Ortez,' Republican spending policies, William F. Buckley, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Tip O'Neill, John Kennedy, the Irish and 'O'Bama.' ...  ¶ 12:15 PM