I can clear a dinner table in less than 60 seconds, moaning like a dockyard Elijah about the deficit and the inevitable reckoning. Christopher Buckley cleardeficitdinner Change image and share on social
Try, if you will, to imagine Dwight Eisenhower or JFK or Lyndon Johnson or, for that matter, Ronald Reagan chin-wagging with Jack Paar or Johnny Carson. Richard Nixon did, famously, go on 'Laugh In' in 1968, but as a candidate; and to his credit, he rued the day and hated every second of it. Christopher Buckley candidatecarsonchin share on social
I can say this, now that my own beloved and irreplaceable parents are gone: George and Barbara Bush are parents anyone would kill to have. Christopher Buckley barbarabelovedbush Change image and share on social
The laws have become so straight-jacketing that presidents and their aides dare not keep journals or diaries, lest they be subpoenaed by avid special prosecutors. Christopher Buckley aideaviddare Change image and share on social
George H. W. Bush may be a World War II hero and New England Yankee blue blood, but he has the tear ducts of a Sicilian grandmother. Christopher Buckley bloodbluebush Change image and share on social
Mum's serial misbehavior over the years had driven me, despairing, to write her scolding - occasionally scalding letters. Christopher Buckley despairdriveletter Change image and share on social
'Catch-22''s admirers cross boundaries - ideological, generational, geographical. Christopher Buckley admirerboundarycatch Change image and share on social
A new idea is like carbonated liquid in a bottle. You just sort of shake it until the cork pops, then you write and write. Christopher Buckley bottlecarbonatecork Change image and share on social
If I were to win the Nobel Prize in Literature - which I think it's fairly safe to say is not going to happen - I would still expect the headline on my obituary to read: 'Christopher Buckley, son of William F. Buckley, Jr., is dead at 78.' Christopher Buckley buckleychristopherdead share on social
I'm a Republican, but I find Nancy Pelosi very attractive. Christopher Buckley attractivefindnancy Change image and share on social