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William F. Buckley has always seemed wrongheaded to me, but I've had to admire his articulateness. His answer to the first of your "10 Questions" [April 12], however, included the phrase "humble folk like you and I," instead of "like you and me." One hopes this grammatical bobble was not an unintended error. Or is this Buckley's folksy way of uniting with the masses against ivory-tower academics? Does this mark a late-in-life turn to grammatical populism by Buckley? I am accustomed to conservative solipsism but not conservative solecism. Humble folk like I expect more from...
...Buckley responds: I intended a little fun, in the context of teasing the pretensions of left-wing faculty. Archie Bunker-talk can come in handy. It is used as "yassir" might have been used, to suggest subordinate status...
...QUESTIONS: William F. Buckley on right-wing kooks, John Kerry and The Passion of the Christ...
...voice may sound comparatively sedate amid the clamor of conservative media pundits, but William F. Buckley Jr. remains the most respected and articulate of American conservative thinkers. At 78 he still writes a twice-weekly column, and his autobiography, Miles Gone By, will be published in July. TIME's James Carney interviewed him by e-mail...
...same-sex couples acceptance, support and liturgical celebrations of love and commitment. I have been quietly celebrating such ceremonies for 18 years. Many clergy and other people in the Catholic Church and other churches would agree with me but, sadly, are silenced by a prevailing culture of fear. Pat Buckley Larne, Northern Ireland...