By Max Abelson 10/21/08 11:09pm

Judas! Christopher Buckley Declares Mum and Pup’s Park Pad ‘Absurdly’ Overpriced

Christopher Buckley, the only child of conservative godhead William F. Buckley, must have known he’d be offending certain sensibilities when he endorsed Barack Obama earlier this month: A slew of foamy e-mails followed; Mr. Buckley’s resignation from his late father’s National Review was offered; the resignation was accepted; life continued.

But, surely, Mr. Buckley Read More

By Damian Da Costa 9/30/08 5:48pm

Her Supreme Sassiness: Palin, Miers Merge in Politic-Chick Lit

Supreme Courtship
By Christopher Buckley
Twelve, 285 pages, $24.99

In Supreme Courtship, Christopher Buckley’s most recent portrait of Washington through the looking glass, a massively unpopular president, clicking through the cable channels late at night at Camp David, comes across a rerun of a prime-time reality television show called Courtroom Six. By morning he’s made Read More

By David Foxley 11/09/07 2:20pm

Fifth Avenue Building Cracks Down on Mosbacher’s Parties

Last night at an The Atlantic Monthly’s 150th anniversary party, the Media Mob overheard socialite and Republican fundraiser Gerogette Mosbacher complaining to Christopher Buckley. During her rant, Ms. Mosbacher told him that her Fifth Avenue co-op board refused to let her throw bi-level Christmas and Hanukkah parties. There would be too many people, Read More

By John Koblin 11/09/07 1:21pm

At Atlantic Party, Haves and Have-Nots

Last night at a party for The Atlantic Monthly‘s 150th anniversary, held on the stage of the NYU student center auditorium, the aging cable-access porn star Robin Byrd was looking around the room. She saw Robert DeNiro, and locked in.

"Hello!" she said, touching his right arm.

"Hi" he replied.

"Hi," she said, curling a Read More

By Charles Taylor 4/02/07 12:00am

Buckley’s Modest Proposal

The connection between Christopher Buckley, the sort of writer whose novels are invariably described as “wickedly” something or other (clever, satirical, entertaining et al.) and the folksy, friendly glass of warm milk that went by the name of E.B. White would seem to be an unlikely one. Until you consider that, though their approach is Read More