On Mar 2, 7:13 pm, Martin Phipps <martinphip... at yahoo.com> wrote: > [Quoting Buckley] > > "The man who in his essays proclaims the normalcy of his affliction, > > and in his art the desirability of it > > Most likely he meant to say "in his heart". No; he was referring to the writing-- i.e. the art-- of Mr. Vidal. > Martin ==Tom