Books
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “Is It Possible to Be a Good Governor?”
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on July 6, 1967, uploaded to YouTube on August 13, 2010.Guest: Ronald Reagan Summary: This first appearance of Ronald Reagan on Firing Line took place six months after he had been sworn in as governor. “There is much speculation,”… More
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “A Foreign Policy for the GOP”
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on September 11, 1967, uploaded to YouTube on May 7, 2010.Guest: Charles Percy Summary: Senator Percy is a bit given to the stump-speech mode (“I truly believe that we will fight Communism just as effectively, if not more so, [by not]… More
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “The Future of the GOP”
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on September 14, 1967, uploaded to YouTube on August 13, 2010.Guest: Richard Nixon Summary: Nixon, attempting to come back after losing the presidential election in 1960 and the California gubernatorial election in 1962, casts his remarks so as to… More
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “Was Goldwater a Mistake?”
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on December 14, 1967, uploaded to YouTube on April 7, 2011.Guest: Mark Hatfield Summary: Senator Hatfield, from the liberal side of the Republican Party, positions himself perfectly in his opening answer: Goldwater wasn’t a mistake in a… More
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “The Wallace Crusade”
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on January 24, 1968, uploaded to YouTube on August 13, 2010.Guest: George Wallace Summary: Mr. Buckley had sharply criticized Mr. Wallace in print, both for his once-adamant attachment to segregation and for his New Deal statism, and Mr. Wallace… More
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “The Future of the GOP, with Gerald R. Ford”
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on June 28, 1974, uploaded to YouTube on March 2, 2015.Guest: Gerald R. Ford Summary: The third Firing Line on “The Future of the GOP,” Mr. Buckley attempts to engage Vice President Gerald Ford on the question whether President… 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
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “Goldwater Revisited”
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on July 9, 1998, uploaded to YouTube on March 5, 2015.Guest: Barry Goldwater Summary: Senator Goldwater had died at the age of 89, in his beloved Phoenix. Before showing clips from his last Firing Line appearance, Mr. Buckley recalls his old… More
Essays
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “Is It Possible to Be a Good Governor?”
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on July 6, 1967, uploaded to YouTube on August 13, 2010.Guest: Ronald Reagan Summary: This first appearance of Ronald Reagan on Firing Line took place six months after he had been sworn in as governor. “There is much speculation,”… More
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “A Foreign Policy for the GOP”
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on September 11, 1967, uploaded to YouTube on May 7, 2010.Guest: Charles Percy Summary: Senator Percy is a bit given to the stump-speech mode (“I truly believe that we will fight Communism just as effectively, if not more so, [by not]… More
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “The Future of the GOP”
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on September 14, 1967, uploaded to YouTube on August 13, 2010.Guest: Richard Nixon Summary: Nixon, attempting to come back after losing the presidential election in 1960 and the California gubernatorial election in 1962, casts his remarks so as to… More
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “Was Goldwater a Mistake?”
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on December 14, 1967, uploaded to YouTube on April 7, 2011.Guest: Mark Hatfield Summary: Senator Hatfield, from the liberal side of the Republican Party, positions himself perfectly in his opening answer: Goldwater wasn’t a mistake in a… More
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “The Wallace Crusade”
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on January 24, 1968, uploaded to YouTube on August 13, 2010.Guest: George Wallace Summary: Mr. Buckley had sharply criticized Mr. Wallace in print, both for his once-adamant attachment to segregation and for his New Deal statism, and Mr. Wallace… More
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “The Future of the GOP, with Gerald R. Ford”
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on June 28, 1974, uploaded to YouTube on March 2, 2015.Guest: Gerald R. Ford Summary: The third Firing Line on “The Future of the GOP,” Mr. Buckley attempts to engage Vice President Gerald Ford on the question whether President… 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
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “Goldwater Revisited”
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on July 9, 1998, uploaded to YouTube on March 5, 2015.Guest: Barry Goldwater Summary: Senator Goldwater had died at the age of 89, in his beloved Phoenix. Before showing clips from his last Firing Line appearance, Mr. Buckley recalls his old… More
Commentary
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “Is It Possible to Be a Good Governor?”
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on July 6, 1967, uploaded to YouTube on August 13, 2010.Guest: Ronald Reagan Summary: This first appearance of Ronald Reagan on Firing Line took place six months after he had been sworn in as governor. “There is much speculation,”… More
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “A Foreign Policy for the GOP”
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on September 11, 1967, uploaded to YouTube on May 7, 2010.Guest: Charles Percy Summary: Senator Percy is a bit given to the stump-speech mode (“I truly believe that we will fight Communism just as effectively, if not more so, [by not]… More
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “The Future of the GOP”
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on September 14, 1967, uploaded to YouTube on August 13, 2010.Guest: Richard Nixon Summary: Nixon, attempting to come back after losing the presidential election in 1960 and the California gubernatorial election in 1962, casts his remarks so as to… More
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “Was Goldwater a Mistake?”
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on December 14, 1967, uploaded to YouTube on April 7, 2011.Guest: Mark Hatfield Summary: Senator Hatfield, from the liberal side of the Republican Party, positions himself perfectly in his opening answer: Goldwater wasn’t a mistake in a… More
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “The Wallace Crusade”
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on January 24, 1968, uploaded to YouTube on August 13, 2010.Guest: George Wallace Summary: Mr. Buckley had sharply criticized Mr. Wallace in print, both for his once-adamant attachment to segregation and for his New Deal statism, and Mr. Wallace… More
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “The Future of the GOP, with Gerald R. Ford”
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on June 28, 1974, uploaded to YouTube on March 2, 2015.Guest: Gerald R. Ford Summary: The third Firing Line on “The Future of the GOP,” Mr. Buckley attempts to engage Vice President Gerald Ford on the question whether President… 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
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “Goldwater Revisited”
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on July 9, 1998, uploaded to YouTube on March 5, 2015.Guest: Barry Goldwater Summary: Senator Goldwater had died at the age of 89, in his beloved Phoenix. Before showing clips from his last Firing Line appearance, Mr. Buckley recalls his old… More
Multimedia
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “Is It Possible to Be a Good Governor?”
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on July 6, 1967, uploaded to YouTube on August 13, 2010.Guest: Ronald Reagan Summary: This first appearance of Ronald Reagan on Firing Line took place six months after he had been sworn in as governor. “There is much speculation,”… More
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “A Foreign Policy for the GOP”
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on September 11, 1967, uploaded to YouTube on May 7, 2010.Guest: Charles Percy Summary: Senator Percy is a bit given to the stump-speech mode (“I truly believe that we will fight Communism just as effectively, if not more so, [by not]… More
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “The Future of the GOP”
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on September 14, 1967, uploaded to YouTube on August 13, 2010.Guest: Richard Nixon Summary: Nixon, attempting to come back after losing the presidential election in 1960 and the California gubernatorial election in 1962, casts his remarks so as to… More
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “Was Goldwater a Mistake?”
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on December 14, 1967, uploaded to YouTube on April 7, 2011.Guest: Mark Hatfield Summary: Senator Hatfield, from the liberal side of the Republican Party, positions himself perfectly in his opening answer: Goldwater wasn’t a mistake in a… More
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “The Wallace Crusade”
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on January 24, 1968, uploaded to YouTube on August 13, 2010.Guest: George Wallace Summary: Mr. Buckley had sharply criticized Mr. Wallace in print, both for his once-adamant attachment to segregation and for his New Deal statism, and Mr. Wallace… More
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “The Future of the GOP, with Gerald R. Ford”
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on June 28, 1974, uploaded to YouTube on March 2, 2015.Guest: Gerald R. Ford Summary: The third Firing Line on “The Future of the GOP,” Mr. Buckley attempts to engage Vice President Gerald Ford on the question whether President… 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
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “Goldwater Revisited”
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on July 9, 1998, uploaded to YouTube on March 5, 2015.Guest: Barry Goldwater Summary: Senator Goldwater had died at the age of 89, in his beloved Phoenix. Before showing clips from his last Firing Line appearance, Mr. Buckley recalls his old… More
Teaching
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “Is It Possible to Be a Good Governor?”
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on July 6, 1967, uploaded to YouTube on August 13, 2010.Guest: Ronald Reagan Summary: This first appearance of Ronald Reagan on Firing Line took place six months after he had been sworn in as governor. “There is much speculation,”… More
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “A Foreign Policy for the GOP”
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on September 11, 1967, uploaded to YouTube on May 7, 2010.Guest: Charles Percy Summary: Senator Percy is a bit given to the stump-speech mode (“I truly believe that we will fight Communism just as effectively, if not more so, [by not]… More
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “The Future of the GOP”
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on September 14, 1967, uploaded to YouTube on August 13, 2010.Guest: Richard Nixon Summary: Nixon, attempting to come back after losing the presidential election in 1960 and the California gubernatorial election in 1962, casts his remarks so as to… More
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “Was Goldwater a Mistake?”
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on December 14, 1967, uploaded to YouTube on April 7, 2011.Guest: Mark Hatfield Summary: Senator Hatfield, from the liberal side of the Republican Party, positions himself perfectly in his opening answer: Goldwater wasn’t a mistake in a… More
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “The Wallace Crusade”
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on January 24, 1968, uploaded to YouTube on August 13, 2010.Guest: George Wallace Summary: Mr. Buckley had sharply criticized Mr. Wallace in print, both for his once-adamant attachment to segregation and for his New Deal statism, and Mr. Wallace… More
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “The Future of the GOP, with Gerald R. Ford”
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on June 28, 1974, uploaded to YouTube on March 2, 2015.Guest: Gerald R. Ford Summary: The third Firing Line on “The Future of the GOP,” Mr. Buckley attempts to engage Vice President Gerald Ford on the question whether President… 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
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. “Goldwater Revisited”
– Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on July 9, 1998, uploaded to YouTube on March 5, 2015.Guest: Barry Goldwater Summary: Senator Goldwater had died at the age of 89, in his beloved Phoenix. Before showing clips from his last Firing Line appearance, Mr. Buckley recalls his old… More