Talk:Christopher Buckley (novelist)

Little green men
The book is not about an agency "investigating" UFOs it's about an agency that actually creats sightings of UFOs and actually kidnaps people to make them believe in UFOs.

DOB
Buckley's DOB per entry in Library of Congress catalog. PedanticallySpeaking 16:19, Oct 21, 2004 (UTC)

Why the recent link?
What was the purpose of adding the recent link? It's to an advertisement for a book written by Christopher Buckley's uncle. There's no mention of Christopher Buckley and, for that matter, very little information about his uncle. MK2 05:15, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Logical Inconsistency?
I don't know if this is could possibly be correct in the article.

"Buckley offered his resignation so the Review could appear to distance themselves from him, not genuinely expecting them to agree. However, that was not the case and it was promptly accepted."

Why would Buckley's offering his resignation to National Review, while not expecting them to accept it, give the appearance that NR was distancing themselves from Buckley? If he did offer his resignation and they did not accept it, how would it appear that NR was distancing itself from Buckley? Wouldn't it actually do the reverse? Lborchardt (talk) 05:43, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

Offering his resignation was the honorable thing to do and allowed him to control his future with them. It saved NR from having to deal with the idea of letting Buckley go. It's all about appearances and saving face. Since Buckley is still on the board of directors of NR, it no doubt surprised him a little bit. On his recent segment on Book TV (CSPAN2, "In Depth"), he mused about the strangeness of being "fired" by an organization of which he is, essentially, a part owner of. CrashRiley (talk) 03:52, 18 May 2009 (UTC)

Too Long
The description of Buckley's Obama endorsement and subsequent resignation from National Review was far too long and not written from a NPOV. One incident (likely minor in the long run) in a man's career should not take up half his entry, and there are too many quotations or close paraphrases of Buckley's own acccount of the affair. I have reduced it to a reasonable length and will do so again if it is changed back to the longer version.

DOB The DOB stated in the article is incorrect. Perhaps Christopher supported Obama as a result of unclear thinking during what must have been a very difficult period for Christopher. Both his mother and father passed away not all that long ago and he may still be in a period of mourning and great emotional pain. As an only child the passing of his parents must have been especially difficult. Had Christopher thought things through he probably would have realized that not supporting any candidate would have been the sensible decision. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Qdtqdtqdt123 (talk • contribs) 02:32, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

Is that picture really Buckley??
According to the article, Christopher Buckley is 56 years old. The man in that picture not only does NOT look like any other picture I've ever seen of Buckley, but looks like a man much, much older than 56! (His father right before his death looked a lot better than the man in the picture.)

Can someone check the provenance of the picture?

Simplemines (talk) 08:09, 2 June 2009 (UTC)


 * That looks like Buckley. It's just harsh lighting. --TMC1221 (talk) 08:26, 2 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I took the image at the 2008 book festival. I have never seen the man before, but he was seated by a name placard that said Christopher Buckley and if you look at the image full size, the book he is preparing to sign says Christopher Buckley on the spine. I believe it is Buckley. Hopefully, a better image will come along soon. If the editors agree that the image is not representative and should be removed, that's OK with me. -Regards, Nv8200p talk 23:51, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

Birthplace
Here and there it's written that he was born in New York City. Аурелиано Буэндиа (talk) 17:30, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

Mitochondrial DNA/Ashkenazi ancestry
He announced this week that his mitochondrial dna were analyzed, and i believe he said he was of 75% ashkenazi jewish ancestry. This was on NPR. To my knowledge, there is no guideline within judaism on whether this has any bearing on actually being jewish, the gold standard still being born of a jewish woman or converting. Of course, his mother was by necessity also 75% ashkenazi, but her maternal ancestor converted to christianity some time ago, and thus mom doesnt by the normal standard qualify as jewish. such a question!.(mercurywoodrose)108.94.3.242 (talk) 02:08, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

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