Sad news came down to us this morning: James L. Buckley, statesman, judge, writer, and brother of William F., has died at age 100. On the occasion of his centenary earlier this year, National Review ran many tributes to this great man. Matthew Continetti wrote one for the magazine. Neal B. Freeman, Jack Fowler, and Kathryn Jean Lopez honored him on the website. Neal’s tribute was an elaboration of one he had written in 2020, which you can find here. You can find a record of Buckley’s writings for NR here.
Throughout the day and in following days, we will post more tributes to James Buckley, updating this post and the website as they are published. We invite our readers to join us in honoring this historic individual. Further tributes below:
Karlyn Bowman: “A Tribute to Jim Buckley”
Edwin J. Feulner: “Jim Buckley, Public Servant and Champion of Freedom”
Joel M. Gora: “James Buckley: A Great Citizen and a Great Man”
Dominic Pino: “Isn’t It About Time We Had a Senator?”
The Editors: “James L. Buckley: Gent, Thinker, Patriot”
Bill Gribbin: “Senator Buckley, the Man”
Roger Ream: “James L. Buckley, in Memoriam”
Richard Brookhiser: “Farewell”
Steven G. Bradbury: “Judge James L. Buckley: An Inspiring Life of Service and Faith”
Arnold Steinberg: “Jim Buckley: Gentleman, and Gentle Man”
Jack Fowler: “James Buckley, American Statesman”
Eugene Meyer: “James Buckley’s Extraordinary Life”
Dan Sullivan: “The Incredible Life and Legacy of James Buckley”
Jay Nordlinger: “Jim and Other Buckleys”
Herbert W. Stupp: “The Jim Buckley I Knew”
John R. Bolton: “Jim Buckley, Civic Leader”
Joseph E. Schmitz: “The Lord and Jim Buckley”
Kathryn Jean Lopez: “A Note from Sharon, Conn., after the Funeral Mass of James L. Buckley”
Robert R. Gasaway: “What James Buckley Bequeathed to Us”
D. B. Hales: “James Buckley, Trail Marker”
Kathryn Jean Lopez: “Jim Buckley Was among the Best of Us”
Priscilla Buckley II: “A Daughter’s Remembrance of James L. Buckley”
Photo Gallery: James L. Buckley