Buckley was also able to admit that he was wrong, such as in his opposition to the Civil Rights Acts of the 1960's. In his ideal world there would be no rationale for such acts but years later he was willing to admit that our world was inperfect and sometimes government intervention was needed to protect individual or group rights.

I was surprised to learn that he did not grow up in a family, with generations of wealth to support him.

Charley Noble