One of a kind: some thoughts on Pat Buckley, 1926-2007.(appreciation)

National Review | May 14, 2007 | Copyright

RICHARD BROOKHISER

She and Bill were guests once at my house upstate. They had been driven all the way from Stamford to the eastern Catskills, a long way made longer by a wrong turn. Pat gazed from the backseat, through sunglasses, a King Charles spaniel on her lap. "Are we still in the United States?"

I had a practical question I wanted to pose them, especially her, knowing she was a crack shot. Raccoons get rabies, and I had seen one in the early stages. What would they recommend for varmint control? Ashotgun, was the consensus. A while after that, I got ...

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