Download or read book Happy Days Were Here Again written by William F. Buckley Jr. and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2008-10-28 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Happy Days Were Here Again, William F. Buckley Jr. offers a collection of his finest essays from the latter part of his long career. Sometimes celebrating, sometimes assailing, Buckley takes on opponents ranging from Mikhail Gorbachev to Carl Sagan to Leonard Bernstein; reflects on the academic scene, the Gulf War, and the idea of sin; and offers appreciations of friends, both right and left. For everyone who appreciates the wit and style of America's pre-eminent conservative, this is a must-have collection.