On the firing line : the public life of our public figures /

Selected transcripts of, and original commentary on, the television series Firing line.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Buckley, William F., Jr., 1925-2008
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Random House, ©1989.
Edition:1st trade ed.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • The sixties, part one
  • Technique: manifest evasiveness
  • The impossible guest
  • Debates
  • Fine reasoning
  • The sixties, part two
  • Democracy and the intellectuals
  • Democracy and economic justice
  • Our political institutions
  • Ronald Reagan anticipates his presidency
  • Civil liberties
  • Crime and punishment
  • On the cultural front
  • Technique: style and civility
  • The economic question
  • Poverty
  • Abroad
  • A debate on the Panama Canal
  • The struggle for the world
  • The role of intelligence
  • Two regular guests
  • Faith and the future
  • An alphabetical list of guests on Firing Line 1966-1988.