Christopher Buckley

Christopher Buckley Publishing Book About Parents, William F. And Pat Buckley

Vanity Fair | Bob Colacello | Posted 12.01.2008 | Media

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Dead or alive, the Buckleys continue to command attention. The BBC has a William F. Buckley documentary in production, and two biographies are on the ...

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Bill Kristol, Pete Hamill Fight Over Images Of War Dead At IFC Media Panel (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 11.19.2008 | Media

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IFC hosted a panel on the state of the news media Tuesday afternoon at New York's Michael's restaurant. The panel, moderated by Arianna Huffington, f...

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National Review In Disarray, David Frum Leaving Magazine To Start Web Site

New York Times | Tim Arango | Posted 11.17.2008 | Media

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In a span of 252 days, the National Review lost two Buckleys -- one to death, another to resignation -- and an election. Now, thanks to the coarsen...

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Liberal Media to Blame? Not This Time: Apostate Conservatives Nail Coffin Shut

Brian Normoyle | Posted 10.30.2008 | Politics

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Nearly two years of presidential politics are finally coming to an end and it appears John McCain--out of "gimmicks du jour"--has decided to spend muc...

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T'Aint "Elitist" to Be Anti-Palin

Danielle Crittenden | Posted 10.28.2008 | Politics

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I love the idea of Sarah Palin. She conforms to an early American ideal of womanhood: rifle on one hip, baby on the other. The problem is that the the idea of Sarah Palin does not match the reality of Sarah Palin.

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The Fall of the Right

Holly Regan | Posted 10.27.2008 | Home

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The moderates McCain once appealed to have been scared away by dirty politics and a vice presidential candidate who can't even hold her own against Katie Couric.

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Strange Bedfellows: What to Do When No One Has a Clue

Stephanie Pierson and Barbara Harrison | Posted 10.24.2008 | Entertainment

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What does it say about America that Tina Fey is more credible as Sarah Palin than Sarah Palin is as herself?

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Christopher Buckley Reaffirms Obama-Love On The Daily Show

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 10.22.2008 | Media

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Last night former National Review back-page columnist Christopher Buckley was on The Daily Show to promote his new book, Supreme Courtship, and talk a...

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Conservative Columnist Praises Buckley, Slams National Review

Posted 10.16.2008 | Media

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Christopher Buckley's endorsement of Barack Obama -- followed by his abrupt departure from the back page of the magazine his father founded, National ...

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The Beat (It) Goes On: A Conservative Stampede

Jerry Weissman | Posted 10.15.2008 | Media

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The McCain-Palin ticket has had a severe impact on the writers of the right and sent them running for the hills. Witness the crescendo of the stampede.

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The Conservative Purge Has Begun

Jacob Heilbrunn | Posted 10.15.2008 | Politics

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Instead of excommunicating Buckley and others, conservatives should be debating with them. But intolerance is winning out over intellectual inquisitiveness.

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Four Cheers for Christopher Buckley, Son of William F.

Thomas de Zengotita | Posted 10.14.2008 | Media

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Respect for intelligence and character has always been the best thing about authentic conservatism. Christopher is just being true to his values.

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Christopher Buckley Resigns From National Review After Obama Endorsement

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.14.2008 | Media

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Buckley's momentary wander off the reservation brought the same sort of hailstorm of oppobrium earned by Kathleen Parker when she criticized GOP vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin.

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Judge Judy for the Supreme Court? - An Audio Book Review

Tom Alderman | Posted 10.07.2008 | Media

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TITLE: "Supreme Courtship" AUTHOR: Christopher Buckley ("Boomsday," "Florence of Arabia," "Thank You For Not Smoking") ...

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William F. Buckley Left Illegitimate Grandson Out Of His Will: "I Intentionally Make No Provisions For Said Jonathan, Who...Shall Be Deemed To Have Predeceased Me"

New York Post | Dareh Gregorian | Posted 10.02.2008 | Media

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Before he died, William F. Buckley Jr. put his young grandson on the firing line. The intellectual conservative icon - renowned for his erudition an...

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Christopher Buckley is Psychic! At Least About Sarah Palin

Patt Morrison | Posted 10.01.2008 | Media

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I talked to Buckley a couple of weeks ago on my radio program, and he was stupefied by the parallels to his book -- "I hereby announce my resignation from satire,'' he said.

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Bill Buckley's Conservatism

Jacob Heilbrunn | Posted 02.28.2008 | Politics

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As Buckley headed into his final years, he became vehemently opposed to the crusading, neoconservative stance that the younger generation at the National Review adopted in championing the Iraq War.

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The Buck Stops Here, Unless You Marry It (Or Were Sired By It, Or Are Its Cousin...)

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 11.11.2007 | Media

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I read with interest Christopher Buckley's comment this weekend on the "American Idea," as inspired by the Atlantic's 150th anniversary celebration an...

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The Funniest Thing About the American Idea

Christopher Buckley | Posted 11.09.2007 | Politics

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For the past 26 years, we've had a Bush or a Clinton in the White House. If Hillary gets the ball into the endzone and has two terms, it'll be 34 years. By which time Chelsea will be old enough to run against Jenna.

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