Books

Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “Armies of the Night”

– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on May 28, 1968, uploaded to YouTube on August 15, 2010.

Guest: Norman Mailer Summary: This surprisingly genial conversation starts with the subject of Norman Mailer–as most conversations with Norman Mailer do–and goes on from there.… More

Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “The Hippies”

– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on September 3, 1968, uploaded to YouTube on August 15, 2010.

Guests: Jack Kerouac; Ed Sanders; Lewis Yablonsky Summary: Hold onto your hat for this free-for-all among four men who aren’t simply coming from different… More

Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “Radical Chic”

– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on December 17, 1970, uploaded to YouTube on January 13, 2014.

Guest: Tom Wolfe Summary: Tom Wolfe–one of the leading exponents of New Journalism–was now, with his white suits and his dramatic manner, becoming a prominent public figure. “Radical… More

Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “Democratic Culture”

– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on November 15, 1974, uploaded to YouTube on March 2, 2015.

Guest: Leslie Fiedler Summary: Democracy per se doesn’t get into this rich discussion of culture much, with the much-admired and much-criticized American critic, Leslie Fiedler, but… More

Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “The Intellectual’s Responsibilities in a Totalitarian Age”

– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on February 5, 1975, uploaded to YouTube on March 2, 2015.

Guest: Stephen Spender Summary: Stephen Spender had spent the Thirties, as Mr. Buckley puts it, “dancing along the precipice, attempting at once literary integrity and Communist… More

Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “Tom Wolfe and The Painted Word”

– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on July 9, 1975, uploaded to YouTube on March 2, 2015.

Guest: Tom Wolfe Summary: “The Painted Word” had angered whichever portions of the intelligentsia had not previously been hostile to Tom Wolfe. As Mr. Buckley points out, the… More

Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “Crime and Punishment: Gary Gilmore”

– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on October 11, 1979, uploaded to YouTube on March 2, 2015.

Guest: Norman Mailer Summary: A low-key and thoughtful appearance by the usually boisterous author of “The Executioner’s Song.” This new novel–on the life and death… More

Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “Is Modern Architecture Disastrous?”

– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on October 1, 1981, uploaded to YouTube on May 2, 2011.

Guest: Tom Wolfe Summary: A rip-roaring attack on the shibboleths of modern architecture–and with a Firing Line rarity, visual aids (illustrations from Wolfe’s book). Wolfe:… More

Firing Line with William F. Buckley “Tom Wolfe and His Critics”

– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on January 19, 1999, uploaded to YouTube on March 5, 2015.

Guest: Tom Wolfe Summary: Tom Wolfe had just published his first novel in 11 years, “A Man in Full,” to significant, but not universal, acclaim. Amongst the negative review were… More

Essays

Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “Armies of the Night”

– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on May 28, 1968, uploaded to YouTube on August 15, 2010.

Guest: Norman Mailer Summary: This surprisingly genial conversation starts with the subject of Norman Mailer–as most conversations with Norman Mailer do–and goes on from there.… More

Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “The Hippies”

– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on September 3, 1968, uploaded to YouTube on August 15, 2010.

Guests: Jack Kerouac; Ed Sanders; Lewis Yablonsky Summary: Hold onto your hat for this free-for-all among four men who aren’t simply coming from different… More

Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “Radical Chic”

– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on December 17, 1970, uploaded to YouTube on January 13, 2014.

Guest: Tom Wolfe Summary: Tom Wolfe–one of the leading exponents of New Journalism–was now, with his white suits and his dramatic manner, becoming a prominent public figure. “Radical… More

Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “Democratic Culture”

– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on November 15, 1974, uploaded to YouTube on March 2, 2015.

Guest: Leslie Fiedler Summary: Democracy per se doesn’t get into this rich discussion of culture much, with the much-admired and much-criticized American critic, Leslie Fiedler, but… More

Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “The Intellectual’s Responsibilities in a Totalitarian Age”

– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on February 5, 1975, uploaded to YouTube on March 2, 2015.

Guest: Stephen Spender Summary: Stephen Spender had spent the Thirties, as Mr. Buckley puts it, “dancing along the precipice, attempting at once literary integrity and Communist… More

Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “Tom Wolfe and The Painted Word”

– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on July 9, 1975, uploaded to YouTube on March 2, 2015.

Guest: Tom Wolfe Summary: “The Painted Word” had angered whichever portions of the intelligentsia had not previously been hostile to Tom Wolfe. As Mr. Buckley points out, the… More

Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “Crime and Punishment: Gary Gilmore”

– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on October 11, 1979, uploaded to YouTube on March 2, 2015.

Guest: Norman Mailer Summary: A low-key and thoughtful appearance by the usually boisterous author of “The Executioner’s Song.” This new novel–on the life and death… More

Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “Is Modern Architecture Disastrous?”

– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on October 1, 1981, uploaded to YouTube on May 2, 2011.

Guest: Tom Wolfe Summary: A rip-roaring attack on the shibboleths of modern architecture–and with a Firing Line rarity, visual aids (illustrations from Wolfe’s book). Wolfe:… More

Firing Line with William F. Buckley “Tom Wolfe and His Critics”

– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on January 19, 1999, uploaded to YouTube on March 5, 2015.

Guest: Tom Wolfe Summary: Tom Wolfe had just published his first novel in 11 years, “A Man in Full,” to significant, but not universal, acclaim. Amongst the negative review were… More

Commentary

Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “Armies of the Night”

– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on May 28, 1968, uploaded to YouTube on August 15, 2010.

Guest: Norman Mailer Summary: This surprisingly genial conversation starts with the subject of Norman Mailer–as most conversations with Norman Mailer do–and goes on from there.… More

Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “The Hippies”

– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on September 3, 1968, uploaded to YouTube on August 15, 2010.

Guests: Jack Kerouac; Ed Sanders; Lewis Yablonsky Summary: Hold onto your hat for this free-for-all among four men who aren’t simply coming from different… More

Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “Radical Chic”

– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on December 17, 1970, uploaded to YouTube on January 13, 2014.

Guest: Tom Wolfe Summary: Tom Wolfe–one of the leading exponents of New Journalism–was now, with his white suits and his dramatic manner, becoming a prominent public figure. “Radical… More

Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “Democratic Culture”

– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on November 15, 1974, uploaded to YouTube on March 2, 2015.

Guest: Leslie Fiedler Summary: Democracy per se doesn’t get into this rich discussion of culture much, with the much-admired and much-criticized American critic, Leslie Fiedler, but… More

Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “The Intellectual’s Responsibilities in a Totalitarian Age”

– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on February 5, 1975, uploaded to YouTube on March 2, 2015.

Guest: Stephen Spender Summary: Stephen Spender had spent the Thirties, as Mr. Buckley puts it, “dancing along the precipice, attempting at once literary integrity and Communist… More

Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “Tom Wolfe and The Painted Word”

– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on July 9, 1975, uploaded to YouTube on March 2, 2015.

Guest: Tom Wolfe Summary: “The Painted Word” had angered whichever portions of the intelligentsia had not previously been hostile to Tom Wolfe. As Mr. Buckley points out, the… More

Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “Crime and Punishment: Gary Gilmore”

– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on October 11, 1979, uploaded to YouTube on March 2, 2015.

Guest: Norman Mailer Summary: A low-key and thoughtful appearance by the usually boisterous author of “The Executioner’s Song.” This new novel–on the life and death… More

Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “Is Modern Architecture Disastrous?”

– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on October 1, 1981, uploaded to YouTube on May 2, 2011.

Guest: Tom Wolfe Summary: A rip-roaring attack on the shibboleths of modern architecture–and with a Firing Line rarity, visual aids (illustrations from Wolfe’s book). Wolfe:… More

Firing Line with William F. Buckley “Tom Wolfe and His Critics”

– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on January 19, 1999, uploaded to YouTube on March 5, 2015.

Guest: Tom Wolfe Summary: Tom Wolfe had just published his first novel in 11 years, “A Man in Full,” to significant, but not universal, acclaim. Amongst the negative review were… More

Multimedia

Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “Armies of the Night”

– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on May 28, 1968, uploaded to YouTube on August 15, 2010.

Guest: Norman Mailer Summary: This surprisingly genial conversation starts with the subject of Norman Mailer–as most conversations with Norman Mailer do–and goes on from there.… More

Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “The Hippies”

– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on September 3, 1968, uploaded to YouTube on August 15, 2010.

Guests: Jack Kerouac; Ed Sanders; Lewis Yablonsky Summary: Hold onto your hat for this free-for-all among four men who aren’t simply coming from different… More

Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “Radical Chic”

– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on December 17, 1970, uploaded to YouTube on January 13, 2014.

Guest: Tom Wolfe Summary: Tom Wolfe–one of the leading exponents of New Journalism–was now, with his white suits and his dramatic manner, becoming a prominent public figure. “Radical… More

Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “Democratic Culture”

– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on November 15, 1974, uploaded to YouTube on March 2, 2015.

Guest: Leslie Fiedler Summary: Democracy per se doesn’t get into this rich discussion of culture much, with the much-admired and much-criticized American critic, Leslie Fiedler, but… More

Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “The Intellectual’s Responsibilities in a Totalitarian Age”

– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on February 5, 1975, uploaded to YouTube on March 2, 2015.

Guest: Stephen Spender Summary: Stephen Spender had spent the Thirties, as Mr. Buckley puts it, “dancing along the precipice, attempting at once literary integrity and Communist… More

Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “Tom Wolfe and The Painted Word”

– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on July 9, 1975, uploaded to YouTube on March 2, 2015.

Guest: Tom Wolfe Summary: “The Painted Word” had angered whichever portions of the intelligentsia had not previously been hostile to Tom Wolfe. As Mr. Buckley points out, the… More

Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “Crime and Punishment: Gary Gilmore”

– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on October 11, 1979, uploaded to YouTube on March 2, 2015.

Guest: Norman Mailer Summary: A low-key and thoughtful appearance by the usually boisterous author of “The Executioner’s Song.” This new novel–on the life and death… More

Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “Is Modern Architecture Disastrous?”

– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on October 1, 1981, uploaded to YouTube on May 2, 2011.

Guest: Tom Wolfe Summary: A rip-roaring attack on the shibboleths of modern architecture–and with a Firing Line rarity, visual aids (illustrations from Wolfe’s book). Wolfe:… More

Firing Line with William F. Buckley “Tom Wolfe and His Critics”

– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on January 19, 1999, uploaded to YouTube on March 5, 2015.

Guest: Tom Wolfe Summary: Tom Wolfe had just published his first novel in 11 years, “A Man in Full,” to significant, but not universal, acclaim. Amongst the negative review were… More

Teaching

Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “Armies of the Night”

– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on May 28, 1968, uploaded to YouTube on August 15, 2010.

Guest: Norman Mailer Summary: This surprisingly genial conversation starts with the subject of Norman Mailer–as most conversations with Norman Mailer do–and goes on from there.… More

Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “The Hippies”

– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on September 3, 1968, uploaded to YouTube on August 15, 2010.

Guests: Jack Kerouac; Ed Sanders; Lewis Yablonsky Summary: Hold onto your hat for this free-for-all among four men who aren’t simply coming from different… More

Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “Radical Chic”

– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on December 17, 1970, uploaded to YouTube on January 13, 2014.

Guest: Tom Wolfe Summary: Tom Wolfe–one of the leading exponents of New Journalism–was now, with his white suits and his dramatic manner, becoming a prominent public figure. “Radical… More

Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “Democratic Culture”

– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on November 15, 1974, uploaded to YouTube on March 2, 2015.

Guest: Leslie Fiedler Summary: Democracy per se doesn’t get into this rich discussion of culture much, with the much-admired and much-criticized American critic, Leslie Fiedler, but… More

Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “The Intellectual’s Responsibilities in a Totalitarian Age”

– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on February 5, 1975, uploaded to YouTube on March 2, 2015.

Guest: Stephen Spender Summary: Stephen Spender had spent the Thirties, as Mr. Buckley puts it, “dancing along the precipice, attempting at once literary integrity and Communist… More

Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “Tom Wolfe and The Painted Word”

– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on July 9, 1975, uploaded to YouTube on March 2, 2015.

Guest: Tom Wolfe Summary: “The Painted Word” had angered whichever portions of the intelligentsia had not previously been hostile to Tom Wolfe. As Mr. Buckley points out, the… More

Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “Crime and Punishment: Gary Gilmore”

– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on October 11, 1979, uploaded to YouTube on March 2, 2015.

Guest: Norman Mailer Summary: A low-key and thoughtful appearance by the usually boisterous author of “The Executioner’s Song.” This new novel–on the life and death… More

Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “Is Modern Architecture Disastrous?”

– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on October 1, 1981, uploaded to YouTube on May 2, 2011.

Guest: Tom Wolfe Summary: A rip-roaring attack on the shibboleths of modern architecture–and with a Firing Line rarity, visual aids (illustrations from Wolfe’s book). Wolfe:… More

Firing Line with William F. Buckley “Tom Wolfe and His Critics”

– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on January 19, 1999, uploaded to YouTube on March 5, 2015.

Guest: Tom Wolfe Summary: Tom Wolfe had just published his first novel in 11 years, “A Man in Full,” to significant, but not universal, acclaim. Amongst the negative review were… More