Jonah was right in saying the guy lived a long, impressive life. He can join his wife who I believe passed away last year. The guy was one helluva conservative icon, alongside Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan. Great trio. He inspired generations of conservatives, including those with whome I work with. Anti-communism, low taxes, limited government, judicial restraint, etc. RIP.
From a CNN piece:
Speaking at the magazine's 30th anniversary celebration -- attended by such notables as Charlton Heston, Tom Selleck, Jack Kemp and Tom Wolfe -- Reagan remarked: "If any of you doubt the impact of National Review's verve and attractiveness, take a look around you this evening. The man standing before you now was a Democrat when he picked up his first issue in a plain brown wrapper; and even now, as an occupant of public housing, he awaits as anxiously as ever his biweekly edition -- without the wrapper."
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