Buckley, Captain Ed and More

Rod Dreher has a really nice appreciation of William F. Buckley.

Brian at Inside Catholic has uncovered a Bill Buckley clip I’ve never seen before – Buckley going at it with Gore Vidal (Al Gore’s cousin) over Vietnam during the ’68 Democrat convention. Great stuff – go watch! (But come back when you’re done!)

I can understand why someone might get lost over there at Inside Catholic; they’ve got a lot of good discussions going on, including talk about Idgit voters, this Michael Gerson column on the transitioning of Evangelical stereotypes, and on this rebuttal by Sr. Mary Ann Walsh to a nasty bit of Anti-Catholicism, Tim Russert’s treatment of Hillary in last night’s debate, the slow erosion of our rights, why Catholics leave the church and more. I almost hate sending you over there for fear you won’t come back! :-)

Speaking of leaving, my dear blogfather, Ed Morrissey is tearing down sail and leaving Captains Quarters Blog to work with Michelle Malkin, over at Hot Air, which is a very smart site. I think it’s a good move for both of them, but I will miss my daily stops over at CQ. Hot Air runs at a very fast pace, so I hope I don’t find myself “missing” any of Ed’s posts – (he is so prolific one could barely keep up before!). FAQ’s about his move are here and he’s already started posting at Michelle’s establishment!

Is England Lost? It’s starting to worrisomely like England is very nearly reaching a tipping point.

Ann Althouse has a really excellent analysis of key moments in last night’s debate.

My Li’l Bro Thom asked me if I thought Hillary was “done.” I say never count her out. Obama has not been looked at closely and sooner or later he’s going to screw something up. If she hangs on to her delegates and sees any sign of weakness or backlash against him she can still take it to a floor fight at the convention. I say never say never.

Rocket was never my favorite guy, but does congress really have nothing better to do?