Walking to the train station this morning, I couldn’t help but notice that The Advocate, the local newspaper in Stamford, Conn., announced Bill Buckley’s death with what looked to be 72-point type on the top of the front page. (When I was a copy-editor, we used to call a 72-point headline–type one inch tall–a “world ends” headline.)

I was happy to read that Mr. Buckley, in addition to his myriad other pursuits, took an interest in local politics and in the challenges of the local newspaper business.

He liked keeping up with city politics and events around town, said Durham Monsma, former publisher of The Advocate and Greenwich Time. Buckley would ask perceptive questions about the difficulties facing the newspaper industry and discuss political discourse, Monsma said.

I’ve read Overdrive, and still I cannot answer the question: Where did he find the time?