Books
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “The Abscam Controversy”
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on January 5, 1981, uploaded to YouTube on May 7, 2010.Guest: Michael Tigar Summary: It was a year earlier, as Mr. Buckley reminds us, that Abscam hit the front pages: “The modus operandi, now widely known, called for an FBI agent, posing… More
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “Are We Menaced by Moral Majority?”
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on January 22, 1981, uploaded to YouTube on March 5, 2015.Guest: Jerry Falwell Summary: Whether or not one agrees with him on specific moral or theological points, Reverend Jerry Falwell ably defends his organization against accusations–by,… More
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “Do We Need a Foreign Policy Doctrine?”
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on July 15, 1981, uploaded to YouTube on May 7, 2010.Guest: George Ball Summary: Mr. Ball is a stern critic of the Reagan Administration, which he sees as viewing the Soviet Union as “the Antichrist threatening civilization with its… More
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “The Question of Namibia”
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on July 17, 1981, uploaded to YouTube on May 7, 2010.Guests: Peter Kalangula; Aryeh Neier Summary: Father Kalangula’s organization in South West Africa (a/k/a Namibia) had won an internationally observed democratic election against the… More
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “The Economy and the Blacks”
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on July 13, 1982, uploaded to YouTube on March 3, 2015.Guest: Jesse Jackson Summary: Operation PUSH was holding its annual convention, on the theme “Black America: An Economic Common Market,” emphasizing the “means of using… More
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “The Election: A View from New York”
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on August 31, 1984, uploaded to YouTube on March 3, 2015.Guest: Ed Koch Summary: Mayor Ed Koch surveys the political scene as the dust settles from the national conventions. One sample: “I drive people in my own party crazy-angry with me,… More
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “Where Is the GOP Headed?”
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on January 11, 1985, uploaded to YouTube on November 11, 2011.Guests: Newt Gingrich and Bill Green Summary: Mr. Gingrich was already a leader of the conservative wing of the GOP, and Mr. Green was prominent among the remnant of “Rockefeller… More
Right Reason: A Collection
– Doubleday, 1985.Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “Terrorism: Viewed from Abroad”
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on May 30, 1986, uploaded to YouTube on March 3, 2015.Guests: Benjamin Netanyahu, Claude de Kemoularia Summary: What is terrorism? Can we accept Benjamin Netanyahu’s definition–“the systematic and deliberate attack, the… More
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “For Central America: A Radical Prescription”
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on October 2, 1986, uploaded to YouTube on March 3, 2015.Guest: Manuel F. Ayau Summary: Francisco Marroquin University had been a tremendous success. Imagine: a university, teaching everything from literature to engineering to biology, but also… More
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “The Textbook Controversy in Tennessee”
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on October 10, 1986, uploaded to YouTube on March 3, 2015.Guests: Michael P. Farris, Timothy B. Dyk, Vicki Frost, Faye P. Taylor Summary: An illuminating look at a deep division within our society. The case being referred to as “Scopes… More
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “Human Rights, Foreign Policy, and Ronald Reagan”
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on October 16, 1986, uploaded to YouTube on March 3, 2015.Guest: Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. Summary: An amazingly good-tempered show on the Reagan Administration’s policies, human rights, and foreign policy given that there was a time when… More
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “Three Young Latin Americans Wish to Be Heard”
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on October 1, 1987, uploaded to YouTube on March 3, 2015.Guests: Juan F. Ramirez Arguello, Antonio Rivera, J.T. Gonzales Brito, Christopher Hitchens Summary: Our three guests are engaging but not completely fluent in English. The result is some… More
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “Dirty Rock Lyrics”
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on June 9, 1988, uploaded to YouTube on March 3, 2015.Guests: Tipper Gore, Doug Simmons Summary: This inaugural episode of Firing Line in a half hour format features a discussion of censorship, freedom of expression and the American music… More
A Firing Line Debate: Resolved: That Free-Market Competitiveness Is Best for America
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on September 13, 1989, uploaded to YouTube on March 5, 2015.Guests: Jack Kemp, Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, Newt Gingrich, George S. McGovern, Gary Hart, Pat Schroeder, John Kenneth Galbraith Summary: In his introduction for this debate on the free market,… More
Essays
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “The Abscam Controversy”
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on January 5, 1981, uploaded to YouTube on May 7, 2010.Guest: Michael Tigar Summary: It was a year earlier, as Mr. Buckley reminds us, that Abscam hit the front pages: “The modus operandi, now widely known, called for an FBI agent, posing… More
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “Are We Menaced by Moral Majority?”
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on January 22, 1981, uploaded to YouTube on March 5, 2015.Guest: Jerry Falwell Summary: Whether or not one agrees with him on specific moral or theological points, Reverend Jerry Falwell ably defends his organization against accusations–by,… More
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “Do We Need a Foreign Policy Doctrine?”
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on July 15, 1981, uploaded to YouTube on May 7, 2010.Guest: George Ball Summary: Mr. Ball is a stern critic of the Reagan Administration, which he sees as viewing the Soviet Union as “the Antichrist threatening civilization with its… More
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “The Question of Namibia”
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on July 17, 1981, uploaded to YouTube on May 7, 2010.Guests: Peter Kalangula; Aryeh Neier Summary: Father Kalangula’s organization in South West Africa (a/k/a Namibia) had won an internationally observed democratic election against the… More
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “The Economy and the Blacks”
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on July 13, 1982, uploaded to YouTube on March 3, 2015.Guest: Jesse Jackson Summary: Operation PUSH was holding its annual convention, on the theme “Black America: An Economic Common Market,” emphasizing the “means of using… More
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “The Election: A View from New York”
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on August 31, 1984, uploaded to YouTube on March 3, 2015.Guest: Ed Koch Summary: Mayor Ed Koch surveys the political scene as the dust settles from the national conventions. One sample: “I drive people in my own party crazy-angry with me,… More
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “Where Is the GOP Headed?”
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on January 11, 1985, uploaded to YouTube on November 11, 2011.Guests: Newt Gingrich and Bill Green Summary: Mr. Gingrich was already a leader of the conservative wing of the GOP, and Mr. Green was prominent among the remnant of “Rockefeller… More
Right Reason: A Collection
– Doubleday, 1985.Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “Terrorism: Viewed from Abroad”
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on May 30, 1986, uploaded to YouTube on March 3, 2015.Guests: Benjamin Netanyahu, Claude de Kemoularia Summary: What is terrorism? Can we accept Benjamin Netanyahu’s definition–“the systematic and deliberate attack, the… More
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “For Central America: A Radical Prescription”
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on October 2, 1986, uploaded to YouTube on March 3, 2015.Guest: Manuel F. Ayau Summary: Francisco Marroquin University had been a tremendous success. Imagine: a university, teaching everything from literature to engineering to biology, but also… More
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “The Textbook Controversy in Tennessee”
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on October 10, 1986, uploaded to YouTube on March 3, 2015.Guests: Michael P. Farris, Timothy B. Dyk, Vicki Frost, Faye P. Taylor Summary: An illuminating look at a deep division within our society. The case being referred to as “Scopes… More
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “Human Rights, Foreign Policy, and Ronald Reagan”
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on October 16, 1986, uploaded to YouTube on March 3, 2015.Guest: Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. Summary: An amazingly good-tempered show on the Reagan Administration’s policies, human rights, and foreign policy given that there was a time when… More
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “Three Young Latin Americans Wish to Be Heard”
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on October 1, 1987, uploaded to YouTube on March 3, 2015.Guests: Juan F. Ramirez Arguello, Antonio Rivera, J.T. Gonzales Brito, Christopher Hitchens Summary: Our three guests are engaging but not completely fluent in English. The result is some… More
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “Dirty Rock Lyrics”
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on June 9, 1988, uploaded to YouTube on March 3, 2015.Guests: Tipper Gore, Doug Simmons Summary: This inaugural episode of Firing Line in a half hour format features a discussion of censorship, freedom of expression and the American music… More
A Firing Line Debate: Resolved: That Free-Market Competitiveness Is Best for America
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on September 13, 1989, uploaded to YouTube on March 5, 2015.Guests: Jack Kemp, Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, Newt Gingrich, George S. McGovern, Gary Hart, Pat Schroeder, John Kenneth Galbraith Summary: In his introduction for this debate on the free market,… More
Commentary
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “The Abscam Controversy”
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on January 5, 1981, uploaded to YouTube on May 7, 2010.Guest: Michael Tigar Summary: It was a year earlier, as Mr. Buckley reminds us, that Abscam hit the front pages: “The modus operandi, now widely known, called for an FBI agent, posing… More
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “Are We Menaced by Moral Majority?”
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on January 22, 1981, uploaded to YouTube on March 5, 2015.Guest: Jerry Falwell Summary: Whether or not one agrees with him on specific moral or theological points, Reverend Jerry Falwell ably defends his organization against accusations–by,… More
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “Do We Need a Foreign Policy Doctrine?”
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on July 15, 1981, uploaded to YouTube on May 7, 2010.Guest: George Ball Summary: Mr. Ball is a stern critic of the Reagan Administration, which he sees as viewing the Soviet Union as “the Antichrist threatening civilization with its… More
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “The Question of Namibia”
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on July 17, 1981, uploaded to YouTube on May 7, 2010.Guests: Peter Kalangula; Aryeh Neier Summary: Father Kalangula’s organization in South West Africa (a/k/a Namibia) had won an internationally observed democratic election against the… More
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “The Economy and the Blacks”
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on July 13, 1982, uploaded to YouTube on March 3, 2015.Guest: Jesse Jackson Summary: Operation PUSH was holding its annual convention, on the theme “Black America: An Economic Common Market,” emphasizing the “means of using… More
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “The Election: A View from New York”
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on August 31, 1984, uploaded to YouTube on March 3, 2015.Guest: Ed Koch Summary: Mayor Ed Koch surveys the political scene as the dust settles from the national conventions. One sample: “I drive people in my own party crazy-angry with me,… More
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “Where Is the GOP Headed?”
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on January 11, 1985, uploaded to YouTube on November 11, 2011.Guests: Newt Gingrich and Bill Green Summary: Mr. Gingrich was already a leader of the conservative wing of the GOP, and Mr. Green was prominent among the remnant of “Rockefeller… More
Right Reason: A Collection
– Doubleday, 1985.Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “Terrorism: Viewed from Abroad”
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on May 30, 1986, uploaded to YouTube on March 3, 2015.Guests: Benjamin Netanyahu, Claude de Kemoularia Summary: What is terrorism? Can we accept Benjamin Netanyahu’s definition–“the systematic and deliberate attack, the… More
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “For Central America: A Radical Prescription”
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on October 2, 1986, uploaded to YouTube on March 3, 2015.Guest: Manuel F. Ayau Summary: Francisco Marroquin University had been a tremendous success. Imagine: a university, teaching everything from literature to engineering to biology, but also… More
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “The Textbook Controversy in Tennessee”
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on October 10, 1986, uploaded to YouTube on March 3, 2015.Guests: Michael P. Farris, Timothy B. Dyk, Vicki Frost, Faye P. Taylor Summary: An illuminating look at a deep division within our society. The case being referred to as “Scopes… More
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “Human Rights, Foreign Policy, and Ronald Reagan”
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on October 16, 1986, uploaded to YouTube on March 3, 2015.Guest: Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. Summary: An amazingly good-tempered show on the Reagan Administration’s policies, human rights, and foreign policy given that there was a time when… More
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “Three Young Latin Americans Wish to Be Heard”
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on October 1, 1987, uploaded to YouTube on March 3, 2015.Guests: Juan F. Ramirez Arguello, Antonio Rivera, J.T. Gonzales Brito, Christopher Hitchens Summary: Our three guests are engaging but not completely fluent in English. The result is some… More
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “Dirty Rock Lyrics”
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on June 9, 1988, uploaded to YouTube on March 3, 2015.Guests: Tipper Gore, Doug Simmons Summary: This inaugural episode of Firing Line in a half hour format features a discussion of censorship, freedom of expression and the American music… More
A Firing Line Debate: Resolved: That Free-Market Competitiveness Is Best for America
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on September 13, 1989, uploaded to YouTube on March 5, 2015.Guests: Jack Kemp, Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, Newt Gingrich, George S. McGovern, Gary Hart, Pat Schroeder, John Kenneth Galbraith Summary: In his introduction for this debate on the free market,… More
Multimedia
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “The Abscam Controversy”
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on January 5, 1981, uploaded to YouTube on May 7, 2010.Guest: Michael Tigar Summary: It was a year earlier, as Mr. Buckley reminds us, that Abscam hit the front pages: “The modus operandi, now widely known, called for an FBI agent, posing… More
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “Are We Menaced by Moral Majority?”
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on January 22, 1981, uploaded to YouTube on March 5, 2015.Guest: Jerry Falwell Summary: Whether or not one agrees with him on specific moral or theological points, Reverend Jerry Falwell ably defends his organization against accusations–by,… More
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “Do We Need a Foreign Policy Doctrine?”
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on July 15, 1981, uploaded to YouTube on May 7, 2010.Guest: George Ball Summary: Mr. Ball is a stern critic of the Reagan Administration, which he sees as viewing the Soviet Union as “the Antichrist threatening civilization with its… More
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “The Question of Namibia”
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on July 17, 1981, uploaded to YouTube on May 7, 2010.Guests: Peter Kalangula; Aryeh Neier Summary: Father Kalangula’s organization in South West Africa (a/k/a Namibia) had won an internationally observed democratic election against the… More
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “The Economy and the Blacks”
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on July 13, 1982, uploaded to YouTube on March 3, 2015.Guest: Jesse Jackson Summary: Operation PUSH was holding its annual convention, on the theme “Black America: An Economic Common Market,” emphasizing the “means of using… More
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “The Election: A View from New York”
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on August 31, 1984, uploaded to YouTube on March 3, 2015.Guest: Ed Koch Summary: Mayor Ed Koch surveys the political scene as the dust settles from the national conventions. One sample: “I drive people in my own party crazy-angry with me,… More
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “Where Is the GOP Headed?”
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on January 11, 1985, uploaded to YouTube on November 11, 2011.Guests: Newt Gingrich and Bill Green Summary: Mr. Gingrich was already a leader of the conservative wing of the GOP, and Mr. Green was prominent among the remnant of “Rockefeller… More
Right Reason: A Collection
– Doubleday, 1985.Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “Terrorism: Viewed from Abroad”
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on May 30, 1986, uploaded to YouTube on March 3, 2015.Guests: Benjamin Netanyahu, Claude de Kemoularia Summary: What is terrorism? Can we accept Benjamin Netanyahu’s definition–“the systematic and deliberate attack, the… More
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “For Central America: A Radical Prescription”
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on October 2, 1986, uploaded to YouTube on March 3, 2015.Guest: Manuel F. Ayau Summary: Francisco Marroquin University had been a tremendous success. Imagine: a university, teaching everything from literature to engineering to biology, but also… More
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “The Textbook Controversy in Tennessee”
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on October 10, 1986, uploaded to YouTube on March 3, 2015.Guests: Michael P. Farris, Timothy B. Dyk, Vicki Frost, Faye P. Taylor Summary: An illuminating look at a deep division within our society. The case being referred to as “Scopes… More
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “Human Rights, Foreign Policy, and Ronald Reagan”
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on October 16, 1986, uploaded to YouTube on March 3, 2015.Guest: Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. Summary: An amazingly good-tempered show on the Reagan Administration’s policies, human rights, and foreign policy given that there was a time when… More
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “Three Young Latin Americans Wish to Be Heard”
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on October 1, 1987, uploaded to YouTube on March 3, 2015.Guests: Juan F. Ramirez Arguello, Antonio Rivera, J.T. Gonzales Brito, Christopher Hitchens Summary: Our three guests are engaging but not completely fluent in English. The result is some… More
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “Dirty Rock Lyrics”
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on June 9, 1988, uploaded to YouTube on March 3, 2015.Guests: Tipper Gore, Doug Simmons Summary: This inaugural episode of Firing Line in a half hour format features a discussion of censorship, freedom of expression and the American music… More
A Firing Line Debate: Resolved: That Free-Market Competitiveness Is Best for America
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on September 13, 1989, uploaded to YouTube on March 5, 2015.Guests: Jack Kemp, Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, Newt Gingrich, George S. McGovern, Gary Hart, Pat Schroeder, John Kenneth Galbraith Summary: In his introduction for this debate on the free market,… More
Teaching
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “The Abscam Controversy”
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on January 5, 1981, uploaded to YouTube on May 7, 2010.Guest: Michael Tigar Summary: It was a year earlier, as Mr. Buckley reminds us, that Abscam hit the front pages: “The modus operandi, now widely known, called for an FBI agent, posing… More
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “Are We Menaced by Moral Majority?”
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on January 22, 1981, uploaded to YouTube on March 5, 2015.Guest: Jerry Falwell Summary: Whether or not one agrees with him on specific moral or theological points, Reverend Jerry Falwell ably defends his organization against accusations–by,… More
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “Do We Need a Foreign Policy Doctrine?”
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on July 15, 1981, uploaded to YouTube on May 7, 2010.Guest: George Ball Summary: Mr. Ball is a stern critic of the Reagan Administration, which he sees as viewing the Soviet Union as “the Antichrist threatening civilization with its… More
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “The Question of Namibia”
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on July 17, 1981, uploaded to YouTube on May 7, 2010.Guests: Peter Kalangula; Aryeh Neier Summary: Father Kalangula’s organization in South West Africa (a/k/a Namibia) had won an internationally observed democratic election against the… More
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “The Economy and the Blacks”
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on July 13, 1982, uploaded to YouTube on March 3, 2015.Guest: Jesse Jackson Summary: Operation PUSH was holding its annual convention, on the theme “Black America: An Economic Common Market,” emphasizing the “means of using… More
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “The Election: A View from New York”
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on August 31, 1984, uploaded to YouTube on March 3, 2015.Guest: Ed Koch Summary: Mayor Ed Koch surveys the political scene as the dust settles from the national conventions. One sample: “I drive people in my own party crazy-angry with me,… More
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “Where Is the GOP Headed?”
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on January 11, 1985, uploaded to YouTube on November 11, 2011.Guests: Newt Gingrich and Bill Green Summary: Mr. Gingrich was already a leader of the conservative wing of the GOP, and Mr. Green was prominent among the remnant of “Rockefeller… More
Right Reason: A Collection
– Doubleday, 1985.Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “Terrorism: Viewed from Abroad”
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on May 30, 1986, uploaded to YouTube on March 3, 2015.Guests: Benjamin Netanyahu, Claude de Kemoularia Summary: What is terrorism? Can we accept Benjamin Netanyahu’s definition–“the systematic and deliberate attack, the… More
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “For Central America: A Radical Prescription”
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on October 2, 1986, uploaded to YouTube on March 3, 2015.Guest: Manuel F. Ayau Summary: Francisco Marroquin University had been a tremendous success. Imagine: a university, teaching everything from literature to engineering to biology, but also… More
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “The Textbook Controversy in Tennessee”
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on October 10, 1986, uploaded to YouTube on March 3, 2015.Guests: Michael P. Farris, Timothy B. Dyk, Vicki Frost, Faye P. Taylor Summary: An illuminating look at a deep division within our society. The case being referred to as “Scopes… More
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “Human Rights, Foreign Policy, and Ronald Reagan”
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on October 16, 1986, uploaded to YouTube on March 3, 2015.Guest: Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. Summary: An amazingly good-tempered show on the Reagan Administration’s policies, human rights, and foreign policy given that there was a time when… More
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “Three Young Latin Americans Wish to Be Heard”
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on October 1, 1987, uploaded to YouTube on March 3, 2015.Guests: Juan F. Ramirez Arguello, Antonio Rivera, J.T. Gonzales Brito, Christopher Hitchens Summary: Our three guests are engaging but not completely fluent in English. The result is some… More
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “Dirty Rock Lyrics”
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on June 9, 1988, uploaded to YouTube on March 3, 2015.Guests: Tipper Gore, Doug Simmons Summary: This inaugural episode of Firing Line in a half hour format features a discussion of censorship, freedom of expression and the American music… More
A Firing Line Debate: Resolved: That Free-Market Competitiveness Is Best for America
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on September 13, 1989, uploaded to YouTube on March 5, 2015.Guests: Jack Kemp, Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, Newt Gingrich, George S. McGovern, Gary Hart, Pat Schroeder, John Kenneth Galbraith Summary: In his introduction for this debate on the free market,… More