we can't wait on the courts. >> in 1980, william f. buckley jr. welcomed the editor of barron's weekly, robert bleiberg, to a discussion called "is big business out of hand?" >> we both desire anti-monopoly legislation and to the extent that it's -- >> no, you speak for yourself, bill. >> you don't desire anti-monopoly legislation? >> no, i think the marketplace is the most effective anti-monopoly agent i'm aware of. >> now, wait a minute, bob. you mean to say that i'm going to set up a rival utility company? >> you're not talking about a free market to begin with, bill. >> senator, how do you respond to the argument we just heard from buckley's guest that the marketplace is the most effective way to curb monopolies? >> i greatly respect the marketplace, but even adam smith, the father of catalism, always warned constantly about the standing army of monopolies -- that's what he called them -- and that we would always have to have a check and balance. that's what buckley -- that's why he's so incredulous about this, because he got it, that once

♪ larry: william f. buckleyand i'll larry:rv william buckley "a conservative at the fellow who was standing to thwart history yelling stop. this reconciliation bill will create less opportunity less prosperity and less freedom. so it should be stopped. i am "kudlow". ♪ ♪. kat: new york governor andrew cuomo setting the political world by announcing he is resigning. but does this mean his legal troubles are over? i am in for kennedy. the so-called love god has been under increasing pressure to step down since last tuesday. that is when the state attorney general announced investigation included cuomo sexually harassed 11 women. the governor quickly denied everything and claimed it was all a misunderstanding. he is just an old school touchy-feely guy. expected to dig in for a fight but the dems seem to break on sunday when one of his alleged victims described unwanted behavior. today the impeachment trial looming, it fell on his sword, watching. >> i love new york. and i love you. and everything i have ever done h

it is really, really, really disturbing because we don't have a william buckley anymore to purge the party. and to be fair, there are a couple of people on the left or anti-semitic. my grandparents were lucky enough to make it here before hitler came into power. i really find this so worrisome and the internet, it is like a dopamine hit. people just throw down in these corners and i really don't know what the answer is. he is a former skinhead and i think we need more things like that, more programs like that. thank you for what you are doing it, and you have a great day. guest: thank you, valerie. host: any comments? guest: i really appreciate the reading that the caller has been doing and i really should got a couple of those myself. i do think there is a growing level of intolerance of all kinds, the folks who wanted to keep trump in power or bring him back to power or create a trump party or just bust up the republican party, this has been going on for quite a long time. what they are able to do is to sort of weaponize all of the confirmation bias is for everybody who has got a l

the kind of heroes you might traditionally like ronald reagan and winston churchill and william buckleye like that. attritional view would be a lot more belief in what's being revealed through revolution through faith. the modernist who's much more scientific, more enlightenment of progress through science, through reason, through capitalism. we estimate about 30% of the population in the state or traditional and that's where they are anchored. about 50% is anchored in modernism. some examples would be thomas jefferson, ben franklin, madison, john f. kennedy, einstein, edison, friedman in some ways. guys like bill gates is another strong modernist. the progressives which make up about 20% of the population right now, for each of these comes out and they partly reject the worldview that came before them. modernism rejected faith, religion largely. many atheists believe in reason, science. they don't believe in scripture or revelation or things like that part of them there is rejection of what comes before but progressivism, you have this hawaiian between traditionalists, ethics and moder

. >> the kind of heroes you might get like ronald reagan and winston churchill and william buckley, people like that so the modernist worldview, traditional worldview would have more belief in truth being revealed through revelation. the modernist is more scientific, the enlightenment of progress through science, reason, capitalism, and if you think about 30% of the population of the united states is traditional that is where they are anchored and 50% is anchored in modernism. some example of the modernist would be thomas jefferson, benjamin franklin, madison, john f. kennedy, einstein, edison, milton friedman in some ways. guys like bill gates, another strong modernist. the progressives which make up 20% of the population, each of these comes out as the worldview he falls they partly reject the worldview that came before them. modernism rejected faith. it rejected religion largely. many modernists are atheists. they believe in reason. they believe in science. they don't believe in scriptural revelation and things like that. there is a rejection of what comes before. but until progressivis

. >> the original "firing line" that was hosted by william f. buckley jr. held a debate in 1993 entitled "resolved: that political correctness is a menace and a bore." listen to bard college president leon botstein talk about the state of discourse on campus then. >> there is prejudice of all kinds, and what i would recommend is that we create a climate quite opposite what we have now, where this stuff is encouraged, but then responded to. that is to say where people actually sit and listen. i want to extract, from the other person, the prejudices they have, because then we have a fighting chance to really argue why they think those things, y they say those things, whthey believe them. to punish them is besides the point. >> that was 1993, nearly 30 years ago. and i knowor a fact that you believe that the state of discourse on college campuses has gotten much worse since then. >> yeah, it's interesting. leon botstein leads bard, and bard has its subsidiary, simon's rock early college. i went there and so i've been listening to leon botstein for 40 years

♪ larry: william f. buckleyand i'll larry:rv william buckley "a conservative at the fellow who was standing to thwart history yelling stop. this reconciliation bill will create less opportunity less prosperity and less maria: good wednesday morning, everyone. thanks so much for joining us. i'm maria bartiromo, wednesday august 11th, your top stories on the east coast. resigning in disgrace, andrew cuomo proving too much for his office as he makes the shock decision to resign his post. >> given the circumstances, the best way i can help now is if i step aside and let government get back to government. maria: president biden saying it's, quote, sad that cuomo is leaving in two weeks' time while there's growing calls elsewhere for anchor brother chris cuomo to face repercussions as well. we are following the aspects of the story and we will have the latest. markets are mixed. mixed opening this morning, dow industrials down 24 and the s&p down 5 and nasdaq taken a hit, down 51 points. a third of a percent right now

friendly e-mail booktv@cspan.org we referenced william f buckley a minute ago and milton freedman reagan was a personal friend and they exchanged many, many letters. bill buckley is also a friend of mrs. reagan, nancycy reagan. fueling the conservative movement beginning in c the 1950s. we are finding serve or to some and rejecting society and other things like that as part of the american conservative movement. they were extremely close friends. i would say avid readers. freedman of course won the nobel prizeel for economics. what he is teaching at the university of chicago. it was a national celebrity put a member of when pbs was running a series on economics and content a lot of interviews. his thinking inspired a lot of reagan's policies including the tax cuts and budget policies that helped restart the economy. what was nancy reagan's role in the success i'm anxious to read it. she's a good reporter with the "washington post" i've known her foror years. what was nancyt reagan's role was nancy reagan was invaluable. wanted to mixers the best shoes men in the world was a traditional.

it is really, really, really disturbing because we don't have a william buckley anymore to purge thearty. and to be fair, there are a couple of people on the left or anti-semitic. my grandparents were lucky enough to make it here before hitler came into power. i really find this so worrisome and the internet, it is like a dopamine hit. people just throw down in these corners and i really don't know what the answer is. he is a former skinhead and i think we need more things like that, more programs like that. thank you for what you are doing it, and you have a great day. guest: thank you, valerie. host: any comments? guest: i really appreciate the reading that the caller has been doing and i really should got a couple of those myself. i do think there is a growing level of intolerance of all kinds, the folks who wanted to keep trump in power or bring him back to power or create a trump party or just bust up the republican party, this has been going on for quite a long time. what they are able to do is to sort of weaponize all of the confirmation bias is for everybody who has got a lit

craig shirley blue reference to william f. buckleya minute ago but i wanted to ask about milton friedman and their effect on ronald reagan. >> guest: i can't be measured. reagan was a personal friend of bill buckleys and they exchanged manych letters and bill buckley was a friend of nancy reagan they did things together socially and things like that and the view of him can't be underestimated in his role in the conservative movement beginning in the 1960s and defining conservatism and the burke society and thingsso like that as far as the american conservative movement. they were extremely close friends and also milton friedman and milt friedman of course won the nobel prize for economics when he was teaching at the university of chicago. he was a national celebrity in the 70s when he was running a series on economics with friedman that his thinking inspired a lot of reagan's policies including tax cuts and budget policies and restarting the economy as a means of adding dollars to the workplace. let's go through reverend robert hodge

craig shirley blue reference to william f. buckleya minute ago but i wanted to ask about milton friedman and their effect on ronald reagan. >> guest: i can't be measured. reagan was a personal friend of bill buckleys and they exchanged manych letters and bill buckley was a friend of nancy reagan they did things together socially and things like that and the view of him can't be underestimated in his role in the conservative movement beginning in the 1960s and defining conservatism and the burke society and thingsso like that as far as the american conservative movement. they were extremely close friends and also milton friedman and milt friedman of course won the nobel prize for economics when he was teaching at the university of chicago. he was a national celebrity in the 70s when he was running a series on economics with friedman that his thinking inspired a lot of reagan's policies including tax cuts and budget policies and restarting the economy as a means of adding dollars to the workplace. let's go through reverend robert hodge