tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post8827237035925804850..comments2024-02-24T00:37:43.087-05:00Comments on The Other McCain: Bill Buckley, R.I.P.Robert Stacy McCainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03084541621503669804noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-61209401783768310922008-02-28T11:08:00.000-05:002008-02-28T11:08:00.000-05:00I have a fairly extensive vocabulary. Bill Buckle...I have a fairly extensive vocabulary. Bill Buckley is the _only_ writer I have ever read whose vocabulary requires I have a dictionary - and a _good_ one at that! - at hand in order to read his columns. Other writers may require that I check the dictionary a time or two - usually later, after the article is read - but with Buckley, if you don't have a dictionary handy, you may not get the sense of his writing at all. <BR/>And that's quite aside from his marvelous ability to dissect and analyze any matter he chose to consider!<BR/>He will be sorely missed, but prolific writer that he was, at least we have much to remember him by...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com