[Sans-Culotte]

Buckley was old and not all that far from death when he tapped Lowry. It’s truly sad. A fine publication for many years, but diminished to GOPe gibberish by Lowry. My father gave me a subscription when I graduated high school. It became my Christmas present from him in the years that followed.

1994 was the year I officially became a conservative. One of the first things I did was to take out a subscription to National Review. I haven't looked at a copy for over 10 years.

[smoothsailing]

My Dad passed away in 1996. I kept it up until Buckley died in 2008. It changed a great deal during those years as Buckley’s guidance and control over it gradually diminished.