Over the course of this year, the centenary of William F. Buckley’s birth, we will republish an article by him weekly. This week’s piece sees NR’s founder defending his senator brother’s request for Nixon to resign voluntarily rather than force the country into the ugliness of an impeachment.
Even the water buffalo and the springbok in Africa were talking about the startling recommendation of the tormented junior Senator from New York, that Richard Nixon resign the Presidency pro bono publico. Returning from abroad and examining the response to his suggestion, one is struck by a number of misunderstandings which appear to have become institutionalized in American thought. Not only among conservatives, but among liberals as well.
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