By Katherine Rosman Before there was Facebook, there was the Wednesday 10.In 1957, as men in their late 20s, they began meeting—initially over breakfast, then over dinners held at the Sherry-Netherland Hotel or at the Harvard Club in midtown Manhattan. Full Article at Wall Street Journal

The fate of a political columnist is generally not a happy one. Lionised in their lifetimes, feared in government circles, their wit quoted at dinner parties, they are the object of much envy while they command the column. Full Article at The National Newspaper

Like other books Americans have a duty to own — the Bible or "Atlas Shrugged," for instance — the dictionary does not require an absurd marketing ploy to sell itself. Full Article at Denver Post

Now that William Safire has died, it seems the responsibility for commenting on this nation’s usage of its unofficial “official” language falls to me. It’s a daunting endeavor, but one I embark on nonetheless. Full Article at Sports Blogs

Present at the memorial was Times publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr. , who recounted how Safire had been hired by his father after a dinner party for Nixon where the elder Timesman had originally been insulted to sit "next to the flack!" Full Article at mediabistro.com

William Safire, Remembered (WSJ/Speakeasy) Members of the media elite met yesterday morning at the New York Times' auditorium to memorialize the life and career of William Safire, the Times columnist and conservative political stalwart who died in... Full Article at mediabistro.com

WSJ.com Mort Zuckerman recalled advice he received from William Safire, including: "If you think it is unlikely to offend anyone or ruffle any feathers, go back and start again." Son Mark Safire told the crowd: "He was not just a good journalist. Full Article at Romenesko

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Sure, they may still like to dress conservatively and belong to conservative country clubs and send their kids to conservative private schools and dine at conservative restaurants but, for whatever reason, they just don't like their politics... Full Article at Sports Blogs

I congratulate the newspaper on an editorial (Telegram & Gazette, Oct. 10), which showed some memories of William Safire, who might well have been more heavy-handed. Full Article at Worcester Telegram & Gazette

The "who/whom" dilemma is the health-care debate of grammar. The issues are so complicated and convoluted no one really understands them. Full Article at Hartford Courant

I was very sad to hear of the death of William Safire, who most likely was the foremost expert on the American language. Full Article at The New York Times

Regarding Thomas Frank's "Health Care and the 'Predator State'" (The Tilting Yard, Oct. 7): Were William Safire alive today, he could inform Mr. Frank that the word predator predates James K. Galbraith's book "The Predator State," and that Sens. Full Article at Wall Street Journal

A real gem of a guy has left us. William Safire, speechwriter in the Nixon White House and later a conservative pundit at The New York Times, was also, until his death Sept. 27, the dean of language columnists in the American cultural space. Full Article at Christian Science Monitor

The most amazing aspect of Sarah Palin’s autobiography, Going Rogue: An American Life, is that in just a few short months, Governor Palin has mastered the art of standard English. Full Article at Counterpunch

Stocks discussed on the in-depth session of Jim Cramer's Mad Money TV Program, Wednesday October 14. Cramer lashed out at the "nattering nabobs of negativity" (a quote in honor of the late William Safire) who are "looking for excuses to hate the market. Full Article at Seeking Alpha

The naysayers still refuse to believe in this market, Cramer said Wednesday. Full Article at CNBC

“How do you do. Full Article at Daring Fireball

This is the third in a series of 5 articles on the state of intellectual conservatism. Part I can be found here. Part II. Few speechwriters of the modern era can match the record of Peggy Noonan when it comes to memorable presidential addresses. Full Article at Right Wing Nut House