Buckley on "10 Friends"
I found this 2000 Forbes piece via Arts and Letters Daily, and have never read it. Wonderful. From his Ronald Reagan comments:
"Yes, there was the legendary aloofness, but this was forgivingly accepted, in the context of his overwhelmingly emphasized priorities. Nancy Reagan came first; but he was zestfully concerned for the company of others. He was with my wife and me in Connecticut over one Thanksgiving weekend, and the first night we consumed a leftover dinner in the kitchen. He sat at one end with sandwiches and a glass of wine telling stories, one after another, making Thanksgiving especially credible for his friends at hand. It's hard to imagine him alive and out of action, and best not to dwell on it. "
Read the rest here.
"Yes, there was the legendary aloofness, but this was forgivingly accepted, in the context of his overwhelmingly emphasized priorities. Nancy Reagan came first; but he was zestfully concerned for the company of others. He was with my wife and me in Connecticut over one Thanksgiving weekend, and the first night we consumed a leftover dinner in the kitchen. He sat at one end with sandwiches and a glass of wine telling stories, one after another, making Thanksgiving especially credible for his friends at hand. It's hard to imagine him alive and out of action, and best not to dwell on it. "
Read the rest here.
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