William F. Buckley Jr. At His Desk

A picture of William Buckley Jr. at his desk.

The more than 4.5 million words of Buckley's 5,600 biweekly newspaper columns, "On the Right," would fill 45 more medium-sized books. He is the author of at least 55 books.

Maybe being clutter-free isn't quite as important as I sometimes imagine. Who knows, a little clutter might even help? That would certainly explain a lot of professors I know...