. >> ...i meansince william f. buckley jr. began this program in 1966. i'm gonna play a clip for you from an early version of "firing line" where william f. buckley jr. was sitting here on the set, talking >>about -- as he like this? >> yes. you're gonna see him. >> was he sitting like this? >> talking about your character -- >> why did william f. buckley always sit like this? he was always like this. >> you wouldn't have directed him like tha >> why was he sitting like this? >> let's take a look at this clip. >> yeah, let's see if he's sitting ke that. [ laughter ] >> ...not only that, mean. >> he's a coward, bully... >> yeah. >> ...a cheat. >> he didn't like arch. >> he didn't like archie because he didn't like that he characterized -- he made a stereotype of conservativethat he didn't like. >> right. >> so, my question for you is -- now that y've been a political activist and a director and an actor, where do you think youim have the mosct in terms of really affecting hearts and minds about particular issues? nd well, i think -- >> is it directings it

they with william f buckley strategized, "how do we take out the birchers? we we don't want these people on our side. how do we take out the radical right? none of these people should be a part of genuine conservatism." then the goldwater movement took off in different directions. kirk did not get involved much past 1964. and he was not good at it. he was good, if you want an honest politician, kirk is fantastic. if you want a winning kirk is not that good. [laughs] john: along the way, kirk supported reagan, supported gene mccarthy's run in 1976, pat buchanan later on. bradley: he loved norman thomas. i think he was much more concerned with personality and who he thought was honest. john: you know, there's obviously a lot of names and influences that kirk enjoyed. it is very enjoyable in your book to go down all of those paths of all of these thinkers who influenced kirk's thought. this probably more ideas per page in this book than a year's worth of ted talks. it is fascinating intellectual history. by this token, russell kirk, as you alluded to, was an in

of "just author right," as well as niagara fees of william f buckley, barry goldwater -- biographies of william f buckley, barry goldwater, and ronald reagan. be sure to watch our live coverage of the 2019 national book festival on book tv on .-span two >> secretary of state mike pompeo talks about u.s. foreign policy challenges with iran, china, russia, and north korea. he is also asked about a possible run for the u.s. senate. this is hosted by the economic club of washington, d.c. [applause] moderator: secretary, thank you very much for coming. i know you have nothing else to do today. [laughter] sec. pompeo: thank you for having me. i appreciate it. moderator: did something

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is the author of a collection of biographies of william buckley, and michael reagan. join our conversation with your questions. watch in-depth with author lee edwards live on sunday from noon until 2 pm eastern. and watch live coverage of the 2019 national book festival on saturday, august 31st on c span 2. >> we are back with our spotlight on magazine segment and we are talking to adam harris about his article, the education deserts of rural america. good morning.>> first of all, what made you focus on this particular issue?>> at the aspen idea festival that is hosted by the atlantic, essentially, remarked on how educational opportunities are not the same for people in room layer, as they are in urban cities and that comes back to this research that come out that essentially show how the gap has grown between urban environments and rural environments. so what you see is that in rural environments have a closing of the gap of people who have high school degrees. essentially you are about as likely to have a degree in rural america as you are in urban america. the grab

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i learned a lot. >> over the years what was your relationship with william f. buckley?came to dinner here. i figured we'd been there several times and bread conference, it was like living in a little kingdom. he loved box. -- bok. there were times want to return hospitality so i had pat and bill to dinner. they got very good service from our dorm after that if i made n elegant dinner and pat said let me look at your closets. let me look around. so she suggested to me, this was the early '80s, she suggested to me how to redo things and then suggested that i shall bill the russia -- the famous inkblots psychologist whose entente. >> it had come up in conversation somehow. they had never seen the cards. >> so i picked the card. >> everybody knows rorschach but however -- how often have you seen the cards? >> i used to teach psychological testing and graduate schools i had the cards and i thought of the interesting to bill, and he saw a particular thing on it and what was interesting to me is he used the white space. the cards are black and this one had some red in the butt

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william f buckley, barry goldwater, and ronald reagan. be sure to watch our live coverage of the 2019 national book festival on book tv on .-span two >> secretary of state mike pompeo talks about u.s. foreign policy challenges with iran, china, russia, and north korea. he is also asked about a possible run for the u.s. senate. this is hosted by the economic club of washington, d.c. [applause] moderator: secretary, thank you very much for coming. i know you have nothing else to do today. [laughter] sec. pompeo: thank you for having me. i appreciate it. moderator: did something happen this morning we don't know about? sec. pompeo: well, i am here. became secretary of state in april, 2018. are you happy with the job? is it what you thought it was going to be? sec. pompeo: every day. moderator: what are the most significant foreign policy issues for you? what do you think are the biggest challenges we have in foreign policy? sec. pompeo: i get asked this question about ranking the order of challenges. moderator: you mean that's not an origina

. >> in 1977, william f. buckleyr. had on this program the governor of baja, and he was governor roberto de la madrid, and they were scussing one of the elements that actually you talk about in your immigration plan, t one key ideas behind it. let's take a look. >> ...by which we can sell our products in the united states and, therefore, create jobs and industry in mexico. >> so, what this concept gets at is, the reason people are coming to the united states is for economic opportunity, and one of the things you've discussed in your platform is a marshall plan for latin america, right? y wh're trying to get at -- by the way, it's not mexico anymore. we're dealing with the northern triangle -- el salvador, honduras, guatemala, these other countries in latin america where there is an economic pull to come here. tell us, what is a marshall plan for latin america?>> t means partnering, investing in a mutually beneficial way so that people cafind opportunity there and be safe there so they don't meve to desperately to the

edwards is the author of just right, plus a collection of niagara fees on william f buckley, barry goldwater and ronald ragan. watch in-depth with author lee edwards from noon to 2:00 p.m. eastern. the national book festival on book tv on c-span2. >> steven cohen is a leading u.s. whistle lower attorney chairman of the board of directors at the national whistleblower center going us today on what is national whistleblower's appreciation day. is july 30 national whistleblower's appreciation day? >> well, in 1778 at the height of the united states revolution, the u.s. congress passed our first whistleblower law and they did it when whistleblowers sailors and marines had criticized the commander of the u.s. navy and cooing criticizing him for mistreating british prisoners. so this was embarrassing to the u.s. governor -- government. but think about it. the founding fathers put everything on the line. this wasn't an election. if they lost the revolution they are going to get home for treason. in the middle of that revolution they paused. they said every inhabitant of the united states should rep

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. >> in 1991, william f. buckley jr. had on this program donald fowler, who's the former chair of the south carolina democratic party. >> i know don fowler. >> here is what don fowler had to say abo the party then. let's take a look. >> ...nominating process were distinctly more liberal than the general public. >> isn't that exactly the challenge today? >> history doesn't repeat, but it does rhyme, doesn't it? >> well, so, how does john delaney actually tackle that reality, right? because here you aren a field with 23, 24 other candidates, the vast majority of which are vastly more progressive than you are. how do you get elected? >> well, i think i follow n fowler's advice, by the way, who's still a great active democrat.as that991. bill clinton came a year later, runn the type of candidate that don fowler was talking about. and that's, in many ways, the kind of candidate i am. i'm running on issues that matter broadly to the american people. when i'm out campaigning, i talk acout fixing healthcare, i talk about low

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and william f buckley and russell kirk and lee edwards. and restore america's founding principles and restoring religious liberty and rights of conscience. and medical ethics, restoring a culture of life. 60 million abortions from 1973, 63 million abortions for many. we can and i believe we will do better. every once in a while providence does clear history and i believe providence as we say in our book in roe versus wade is a memory. chapter 5 if i may say, it is very simpatico with my own role, focus on the family, nearly eight years at the white house is a little over 10 years in the united states senate. restoring marriage, family, parenting and social capital. these are beautiful institutions. marriage, family, parenting, the first pillar of our civilization. there is nothing now or ever that can or ever will replace family. restoring the concept of the gentleman. i was doing a radio interview this morning, the interviewer said to me of all the chapters, why the concept of the gentleman? i shared with him that i wrote an essay several

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or even, you know, william f. buckley. all of the stalwarts who built the modern conservative party have largely been set aside, let's just put it that way. there's a stronger word i could use. but the reality and the truth i think boils down to that moment that mika was talking about and clarified so well with one word -- pathetic because it applies to so much we have seen. as a life-long republican it has been hard for me to watch the pathetic child-like display of sycophantic behavior by a party that said it belonged to lincoln. >> okay, michael -- >> it belonged to frederick douglas and in a moment like that it took meadows three days to come up with that support. >> zilch. >> for his friend. with friends like that, elijah cummings, brother, you need to check that because i don't know if i'd go into the fight he's going to have my back the way you had his in front of the nation a few weeks ago. >> michael, we have -- i have been listening to you for a long time you make a lot of sense, but history is a constant stenogr

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