BEST INTELLECTUAL TALK SHOW EVER
A particularly good episode of a great show. Buckley is in fine Firing Line form as is his guest. Imagine that. Once upon a time a talk show host actually engaged in intelligent conversation with guests with whom he disagreed. Man oh man -- such a concept! An intellectual feast!
One of the Best FLs
This is the first I have heard of Leo Cherne.
Thank you Mr. B. (after seeing this debate, I purchased
Cherne's biography, Rescuing the World: The Life and Times of Leo Cherne).
This was an in depth, intelligent discussion re: McCarthyism.
So sad we no longer have these type of forums (or much interest in having them).
Buckley drops the ball.
I've heard lots of things about McCarthysm. Most notably its evils in its relentless pursuit of communists in places and people where there were none. Here I witnessed my favorite erudite tackle what is ostensibly an all around American statesman who was relentlessly grilled and raked over the coals by the hunt for communists lead by Senator McCarthy.
Buckley defends the effort citing that the House of Un-American Activities, also known as HUAC, was founded in 1938 to pursue parties that may have had, as the name suggests, Un American aims, and specifically those supporting communism. But the methods of inquisition were juvenile at best, reprehensible at worst.
But, Buckley, because of his anti-communist stance (one I share) and his belief in the uprightness of those who had ascended to power in the political bureaucracy, invested his heart and soul into this organization, and supported its efforts. An act he later recanted and denounced after discovering for...
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