The Road I Need to Travel Down

Whether you loved him or hated him, it's difficult to argue with the proposition that William F. Buckley's death today represents the end of a life that had as much to do with the current political landscape of America as any in the 20th century.

• NY Times obituary
• Washington Post obituary
• Jonah Goldberg at "The Corner" on National Review Online
• Professor Osler's take on WFB's death
  

As George Will once said, "before there was Ronald Reagan there was Barry Goldwater, before there was Goldwater there was National Review, and before there was National Review there was William F. Buckley."