To honor the life of the last of the Old Lions of the conservative movement, William F. Buckley, I’d like to contribute a video homage to him from a MICHIGAN friend of Buckley‘s, Clark Durant.
William F Buckley’s notes written in the covers of the book Clark Durant gave to his groomsmen; Whittaker Chambers’ Witness provides a touching story, an incredible lesson and insight into the men Buckley and Chambers were…. And, as always, pure poetry!
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2651237646890768400
Or you Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cXOcFkqB6g
Clark made these comments two months before the night William F. Buckley died. He shared them with the participants of the New Centurion Program presented by the Conservative Institute in consultation with the Russell Kirk Center for Cultural Renewal.
The second video I’d like to offer is this video segment Gleaves Whitney discusses William F. Buckley’s role in the conservative movement.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4827212646234867822&hl=en%20
I have selected this video because it wonderfully encapsulates the great role Buckley played in the conservative movement. It’s also what everyone ought to know about WFB as taught by an incredibly accomplished professor of history and presidential studies.
A Buckley’s friend and disciple, Professor Gleaves Whitney, a writer, lecturer, and historian, was named the first permanent Senior Fellow of the Russell Kirk Center for Cultural Renewal and the Director of the Hauenstein Center for Presidential State at GVSU. Professor Whitney has delivered his presentation The Decline and Renewal of American Conservatism to New Centurions in Lansing, Grand Rapids and on the night this world lost Bill, his friend Gleaves would be sharing his magnificent lecture with the New Centurions in Detroit.
Who are the “New Centurions”
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1849274776910726733
Clark’s entire presentation;
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6451406818676616285
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