In a 24/7 news cycle, with all the shrieking, howling voices and rapid-response and instant spinning and Soviet-style disinformation-mongering, a good idea has a shelf life of about, um, six seconds. Christopher Buckley cycledisinformationgood Change image and share on social
I'm accused of, and perhaps rightly so, of not being mean enough. I've been taken to task in many a book review; a good satirist has to, you know, has to kill. Christopher Buckley accusebookgood Change image and share on social
The ideological distance between Jim Webb and Bertrand Russell can be measured in light years. An author who reaches both of them exerts something like universal appeal. Christopher Buckley appealauthorbertrand Change image and share on social
Whatever you thought of his politics, Ronald Reagan was a great man, a courageous man. He took an assassin's bullet and joked to the doctors as they desperately worked to save his life. Christopher Buckley assassinbulletcourageous Change image and share on social
The Republican Party once could lay claim to the mantle of being the fiscally responsible, or 'Daddy,' Party. Christopher Buckley claimdaddyfiscally Change image and share on social
I remember dawn coming up over the Strait of Malacca; ragamuffin kids on the dock in Sumatra laughing as they pelted us with bananas; collecting dead flying fish off the deck and bringing them to our sweet, fat, toothless Danish cook to fry up for breakfast. Christopher Buckley bananabreakfastbring share on social
My dad's one true quest in life was for the Platonic ideal of peanut butter. And I remember one day he announced, with a look of utter transfiguration on his face, that he had found paradise on Earth in a jar with a yellow cap. And it was called Red Wing. Christopher Buckley announcebuttercall share on social
If you're a speech writer for a president, you don't really see all that much of him because there's so many layers between you and him. But with a vice president, it's different. Christopher Buckley layerpresidentspeech Change image and share on social