Post 10

In this final week of blogging I began to read Miles Gone By, a literary autobiography of William F. Buckley JR. William Buckley was the founder and editor of the magazine “National Review”, one of the leading purveyors of conservative ideals in the print industry. The recently deceased Mr. Buckley chronicles his entire life from his childhood memories of growing up in Sharon Connecticut, to his growth into the man most credited with the creation of the modern conservative movement. Although I am not yet very far into Mr. Buckley's wonderfully written autobiography, it is possible to see, even in his childhood, how much drive and zeal was contained within this political juggernaut. Being a reader of the National Review I find myself becoming almost envious of Buckley as I read his autobiography. To be able to so Immortalize your Ideas and your vision of America is perhaps what I want most in life, and what Mr. Buckley has undoubtedly achieved. I look forward in the weeks to come, to reading more and more about William Buckley's iconic achievements during his time on this earth, and perhaps more about Mr. Buckley himself, the man behind the miracle. When reading about Mr. Buckley's life in conjunction with National Review one thing is clear; although William F. Buckley may have passed on, his soul has remained, in the from of his greatest achievement, in the from of National Review.