Bit cowardly. George Will no doubt felt this way about Graham for a long time. The decent thing to do was to publish his screed when Graham was able to respond. Of course if Will had written this 15 years ago , it would have ended his income as a “conservative writer and commentator”. BTW this is not the same National Review that Bill Buckley founded.
In the 80s, I dearly looked forward to getting my copy of National Review. Haven’t subscribed in years, though. And online, National Review is like jumping in a cesspool of hate for anything or anyone who isn’t a NE Pseudo-Conservative Snob.