William F. Buckley Jr. Is Dead at 82

The New York Times reports William F. Buckley Jr. Is Dead at 82. "Mr Buckley, 82, suffered from diabetes and emphysema, his son Christopher said, although the exact cause of death was not immediately known. He was found at his desk in the study of his home, his son said. “He might have been working on a column,” Mr. Buckley said."