Christopher Buckley's books include Supreme Courtship, The White House Mess, Thank You for Smoking, Little Green Men, and Florence of Arabia. He was chief speechwriter for Vice President George H.W. Bush, and is editor-at-large of ForbesLife magazine. His new book is Losing Mum and Pup, a memoir. Buckley's Daily Beast column is the winner of an Online Journalism Award in the category of Online Commentary.
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Yours Ever, Plum
The letters—and life—of P.G. Wodehouse, even if he claimed to 'ignore real life altogether.... MORE
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One Too Many
Vodka, gin, shaken, or stirred: The “Mad Men” generation ruled the world—even after a four- martini... MORE
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Jon Stewart, Live at the USO
How America's most scathing liberal war critic ended up at the bedside of wounded warriors—and as... MORE
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Let the Democrats Win
Instead of telling Americans who lost their shirts in the financial crisis why Wall Street... MORE
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The Frum Flap
It was a grand mistake to fire David Frum. Dad would agree. MORE
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The Right Stifles Debate
Now, the GOP is grousing that Obama has appointed former Sen. Alan Simpson—a Republican!... MORE
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Scrap the Health-Care Bill!
In a revelatory Q & A, Christopher Buckley explains that health insurance is well and good, but... MORE
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Conservatives, Fired Up
A frisky, fun keynote by Beck, an encouraging straw poll that left Palin with a happily meager 7... MORE
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Quit Redefining Conservatism
As CPAC continues its right-wing celebration this weekend, The Daily Beast’s Christopher Buckley... MORE
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One Hell of a Speech
Obama didn’t deliver a speech so much as a symphony, calling for nukes and zapping the Supremes;... MORE
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The Audacity of Oops
Daily Beast columnist Christopher Buckley procured an early draft of President Obama’s upcoming... MORE
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Too Big to Succeed
Homeland Security, with its $42 billion budget, is a giant bureaucratic disaster.... MORE
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A Holiday Lesson from Auschwitz
Last week's theft and recovery of the death camp's famous sign serves as a potent coda to the... MORE
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Oops, My Mistake
George Bush’s porn movie, and other errors I regret from 2009. MORE
