Rick Perlstein memorializes William F. Buckley:"He did the honor of respecting his ideological adversaries, without covering up the adversarial nature of the relationship in false bonhommie. A remarkable quality, all too rare in an era of the false fetishization of 'post-partisanship' and Broderism and go-along-to-get-along. He was friends with those he fought. He fought with friends. These are the highest civic ideals to which an American patriot can aspire."

The Times City Room, meanwhile, taps into the archives to look back at Buckley's 1965 bid for NYC mayor.

Inside Higher Ed examines the controversies over the senior theses of Michelle Obama and Hillary Clinton. Reed College president Colin Diver:"Let’s face it. Some of the theses involve an outpouring of post-adolescent ideas or language that people later might find embarrassing."

Taylor Marsh, unsurprisingly, celebrates Sean Wilentz's peculiar New Republic article on the"race card."

E. Simon - 2/29/2008

Yep. That's a classic.

Why does anyone bother linking what Taylor Marsh writes? I mean, - oh, that's right. She's prasing Wilenz' take on Obama. Link away.

Ed Schmitt - 2/28/2008

Via YouTube, the classic Buckley/Gore Vidal clash in 1968 Chicago convention coverage.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXLTDUPJqsU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AzjZrtqCIw&;feature=related