William F. Buckley died the other day. I used to idolize that guy. Not sure quite why… he was an arrogant ass, for the most part, although he had a pretty good command of language.
I have a vivid memory of watching a videotape of him and Reagan debating the idea of the return of the Panama Canal to the Panamanian government for my debate class in high school, and thinking they were about as intellectually mismatched as two men could be. Yet they shared a great deal, in terms of political philosophy.