November 24, 2012

God and Man and William F. Buckley

Jeremy Lott, Catholic Thing

After the walloping Republicans took in the 2012 elections, my first printable thought was, “Man, where is William F. Buckley when you need him?” The likely answer to that question is “in Heaven” or at least well on his way through Purgatory.

If he were still with us, he would turn eighty-seven today.

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