Few Prosemen So Honored With Revelry and Grace
My good friend Edward Chen, a fellow member of California Young Americans for Freedom, and I set out on a day-short cross-country pilgrimage to New York City to pay homage to the consequential life of William F. Buckley, Jr. at the Memorial Mass hosted by the treasured monument of the two hundred year-old Roman Catholic Diocese of New York, The Cathedral of Saint Patrick. This was to be a sojourn, only a brief visit to the island of Manhattan, for nothing more than to bear witness at the public services of a fierce defender of liberty whom we both admired.
Neither Ed nor I had ever directly interacted with Mr. Buckley, and yet we were certainly moved by him. I will presume – since he unhesitatingly volunteered to accompany me to New York – that I speak for both of us when I profess that without Buckley we would not be where we are in politics and it is quite doubtful we would believe what we believe. While perhaps a bit unhealthy, when prompted to reflect on this latter affirmation over the course of Friday, I… Read More