A Personal Retrospective

NR and its founder

What follows is a loose assortment of published and broadcast commentary on the retirement of WFB, who, on June 29, turned his voting stock in National Review, Inc., over to a not-for-profit corporation. Ed Capano is publisher and CEO, Thomas Rhodes is board chairman, and I am editor. I begin this self-imposed (but nevertheless welcome) assignment by reproducing the note from WFB which accompanied the bulky material on the theme of his retirement and o/National Reviews history, from which I have put this feature together. It reads, ‘Rich: If you think this is bad, imagine what you’ll have to go through when I die! Best, Bill. ”

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Rich Lowry

Rich Lowry is the editor in chief of National Review.

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NR and its founder

What follows is a loose assortment of published and broadcast commentary on the retirement of WFB, who, on June 29, turned his voting stock in National Review, Inc., over to a not-for-profit corporation. Ed Capano is publisher and CEO, Thomas Rhodes is board chairman, and I am editor. I begin this self-imposed (but nevertheless welcome) assignment by reproducing the note from WFB which accompanied the bulky material on the theme of his retirement and o/National Reviews history, from which I have put this feature together. It reads, ‘Rich: If you think this is bad, imagine what you’ll have to go through when I die! Best, Bill. ”