February 27, 2008 - American Catholics have lost a valuable conservative commentator today with the death of William F. Buckley Jr. at the age 82.

Over the past 50 years Mr. Buckley has been a strong advocate for the Catholic right and a strong endorser of Catholic moral, social and ethical principles. While he sported a Conservative label and what seemed almost his trademark - - a wrinkled Brooks Brothers suit -- he was a veracious proponent of conservative values.

Perhaps the most valuable loss for all Americans, especially Irish Catholics is his majestic ability to utilize uncommon words and make them part of the vernacular.

His socio economic background was of course Irish Catholic, and his strong defense of Catholic principles made him the quintessential personification of all aspects of Conservative Catholicism and no-Nonsense American politics.

In setting the standard for linguistic excellence and the importance of a strong intellectual basis for all discussions, William F. Buckley Jr.’s death signals the end of a journalistic era that was pronounced in its straight forward and academically brash presentation of world events as well as social and theological musings.

Straightforward and forcefully, William F. Buckley Jr. penned editorial manuscripts and cold-war spy novels that would make any American want to be Catholic, Irish and a conservative. RIP, WFB.



Hugh McNichol is a Catholic author that writes freelance works on topics that involve Catholicism. He writes a daily column, verbumcarofactumest.blogspot.com

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