This is really my inner geek talking. But I think it would be a fun exercise — on the occasion of NR’s 50th — for my colleagues to answer who their favorite founding father of National Review was, and why. I think we should exempt William F. Buckley because that would be too easy. I’m not sure what my answer is, but I’ll sleep on it and post something tomorrow. No one has to play, of course. But I’d be fascinated to know who’d pick Meyer over Burnham, Kendall over Schlamm and so on. And my guess is a whopping 3 to 5 percent of the readers would be super-keen on knowing too.