Carry On   

As many have already said, never could one imagine feeling so close to someone he never met. But William F. Buckley elicited this type of closeness from his fans, me in particular. I was introduced to Buckley late in high school through National Review, then God and Man at Yale, and then, my favorite book, The Unmaking of a Mayor. Never had I come across such elegant prose and sharp wit, combined with an unrelenting and persuasive conservatism.

As a college senior, it is a shame that more of my peers have never heard of Buckley, let alone read his work. I have run into the dilemma (as I'm sure many readers have) of trying to resist reading excerpts of WFB's work to my friends and siblings which I find especially entertaining or enlightening. The obvious problem is that they appear on every page! When trying to turn someone on to an author, overkill is sometimes not the most successful route.

I pray that more young people learn of WFB and delve into his work as I did.

Heaven knows, we need people who are determined to carry on conservatism in his spirit.

Brad Duffy, Davenport, Iowa

03/07 12:52 PM