He knocked out his political humor columns on schedule, and to some, it was hackwork. To others, he and Russell Baker and a few others were a nice snicker on a slow news day.
He didn't turn up on talk shows much, and unlike Mort Sahl, he didn't present himself as a cool iconoclast. He was kind of pudgy and funny looking and had a New Yawk speech pattern.
As you'd expect from topical humor, Buchwald books are an eyesore in thrift shops and used book shops.
Still, now and then a column he wrote still resonates.
Today, the impeachment hearings on Trump have people taking sides. Just as they did when there was talk of Nixon resigning:
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