http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/William+F.+Buckley+Jr_2E00_/default.aspxTags: William F. Buckley Jr.enCommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Build: 61129.2)http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2009/04/27/rough-mothers-are-everywhere.aspxMon, 27 Apr 2009 17:47:00 GMTb38b617e-fbf1-4816-b2a6-f11ec83af8cb:5407Emily Bazelon0http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/comments/5407.aspxhttp://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/commentrss.aspx?PostID=5407Wait a sec, Hanna , you're not a conservative because the Buckleys were self-absorbed, screwy parents? What does that have to do with Pat Buckley's "appalling scenes," as her son Christopher put it? I can think of plenty of liberals who are equally appalling...(<a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2009/04/27/rough-mothers-are-everywhere.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://www.slate.com/blogs/aggbug.aspx?PostID=5407" width="1" height="1">parentingopting outPat BuckleyWilliam F. Buckley Jr.chistopher buckleyhttp://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2009/04/27/she-would-have-made-a-fantastic-anything.aspxMon, 27 Apr 2009 14:08:00 GMTb38b617e-fbf1-4816-b2a6-f11ec83af8cb:5400Emily Bazelon0http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/comments/5400.aspxhttp://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/commentrss.aspx?PostID=5400In the excerpt of his memoir that ran in the New York Times Magazine on Sunday, Christopher Buckley says of his mother: She would have made a fantastic spy. Really, she would have made a fantastic anything. She was beautiful, theatrical, bright as a diamond,...(<a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2009/04/27/she-would-have-made-a-fantastic-anything.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://www.slate.com/blogs/aggbug.aspx?PostID=5400" width="1" height="1">opting outPat BuckleyChiristopher BuckleyWilliam F. Buckley Jr.