William Schultz, R.I.P.

A mentor and a source of inspiration to more than one generation
of distinguished conservative thinkers and writers, an undeniable
force for conservatism in a field long since dominated by liberals,
William Schultz was the one to seek out for advice and guidance
for conservatives making careers in journalism. New York born
and bred, and an alumnus of Antioch College --- neither of these
places being favorable environs for anyone on the Right --- Schultz
signed the Sharon Statement in 1960, thus joining forces with
William F. Buckley Jr. and his then-spanking new conservative
organization for young conservative activists, the Young Americans
for Freedom. Over the course of his long and storied career, Schultz
collaborated with the editorial staff of Human Events; was the
Washington editor for Readers Digest for several decades, leading
the venerable publication to report on the moral and political
bankruptcy of Communism in the waning years of the Cold War,
as well as exposing the folly and the fallacies of Hillary Clinton's
national health insurance plan in the '90s.

The list of literary and journalistic stars who were taken by Schultz
under his wing include Fred Barnes, Jonah Goldberg, Robert Novak,
and William E. Simon, the last listed here having also been
Secretary of the Treasury during the Nixon Administration.
William Schultz thus left a grand journalistic and political legacy
upon leaving this world for otherworldly pastures at the age of 80.

Well done, sir. Resquiescat en pace.


MEM