book called the conservative mind that is still the bible of the movement it was it animated william f. buckley of motivated barry goldwater it was and still today it is like most one of the most important books and and and kirk's worldview and that conservative worldview back then this in the fifty's kirk was predicting that within the next twenty or thirty years because of this growth of the middle class we've seen enormous social instability. and that that social instability would be a bad thing for america and sure if it happened is that the spark in the fifty's this is a fifty three ok price or what the markets move me right but that's right out of the anti-war the year before brown versus board of education and he basically predicted beach things and so in the seventy's you had people like william f. buckley jr and other conservatives thoughtful conservatives looking at what was going on and going oh my god this is incredible women are burning their pras you know kids are say hell no i'm not going to go to after a war that you've got african-americans are demanding their rights you know g

. >> william f. buckley is the ultimate outsider? [laughter] >> bulkeley is an interesting figure because he goes to yale in the late 40's if he's at yale and he wouldn't have been an outsider most places in america. he believes the liberalism of professors really dominate not just the campus but the academic offerings of there's a kind of intellectual orthodoxy at yale constructed by these liberal professors and you don't have much room to stray outside of that and he comes to school from a very conservative family that half of it has troops in the deep south and the other not but a very conservative catholic white family with a very conservative politics and so he brings them with him and feels very much that he is a rebel against that i believe liberal culture. >> we've been talking quite a bit know about the 50's. what is the effect of this? this white rebellion? >> and begins to grow our of the 60's and people make the leap from being interested in people they see as different into imagining themselves as rebels or outsiders, to

. >> host: william f. buckley as the ultimate outsider? [laughter] >> guest: well, buckley is a really interesting figure because he goes to yale in the late '40s he's at yale, and he would not have been an outsider most places in america, but he really feels very much that he is at yale because he believes that the liberal, liberalism of professors really dominates not just the campus, but the academic offerings, that there is a kind of intellectual orthodoxy at yale constructed by these liberal professors and that you really don't have much room to stray outside that. and he comes to school from a very conservative family, a family that half of it has roots in the deep south, and the other half not, but a very conservative, catholic, white family with very conservative politics. and so he brings those politics with him to yale and feels very much that he is a rebel against that yale ivy league, liberal culture. >> host: so we've been talking quite a bit now about the '50s. what's the effect of all this, this white redell bell onso to spe

. >> william f. buckleys the ultimate outsider. >> welman of very interesting fiutsire because he gusty yale. late 40's. he is at yale. he would not have been an out ofd toer most places in ame, but he really feels very much that he is at yale because he believes that a liberal liberalism of professors really dominates not just the camk but the academic offerings. there is a kind of intellectual orthpeopoxy that is constructedy these liberal professors and that you really don't have manyh room to socay out dade. he comes to school from a very conservative family, a family that happee ani to have root ofn the deep south. the other half is not. a very conse amat yo h catholic, white family with a very conservative politics. so he brings those politics with him to yale and fee dao very mah that he is a rebel against that yale's ivy leautsie lraweral n rlture. >> we have been talking quite a bit now. white is the erolect of all of this, this white rpartiellion? >> well, it really begins to grow in thehis ily ts.

kirk's main disciple was named just escaped by brain william f. buckley jr right and and you know kirk wrote the conservative mind if you want the bible of the conservative movement and if you think it's possible if the there's a bunch of guys sitting around going you know it would be a whole lot more stable if we didn't have that pesky middle class you know women burning bra's and students saying i won't go to war and an afro-american student and he writes an all out awful stuff that happened in the sixty's and seventy's and eighty's we could just do away with it all by just making everybody. it could be that i over the edge what i think it is really sort of what my take is i think it's a lot of guys and they are mostly men in really nice suits in boardrooms who have a sole focus which is i run a corporation and i have shareholders my goal is to maximize profit for my shareholders and you know the pay that goes to my workers if they're even here in the united states is that a priority and so the fact that only happens because politicians change the rules

tonight we're also going to be announcing the winner, this one a serious one, for the 2011 william f. buckley award for excellence in journalism and when all the awards are finished the evening is just beginning because on the other side of this beautiful and historic building, you'll have a special performance by the outlaws. so it's a good evening. and those of you who are eating here for free should start feeling guilty right about now. so let's begin. to present our first two awards is a man who needs no introduction except then you'd never know who he was. neal boortz is a radio talk veteran of over 40 years and can be heard on over 200 syndicated shows nationally for his show. he was a finalist for the 2002 marconi awards for network syndicated personality of the year and that won he won the award on the radio and records magazine. he's the author of several books about liberals and taxes, neither of which he likes. he is our first presenter because -- and this is a true story -- i was doing a show about three months ago, four months ago and on his own program he started to whine. on 25

gala, the william f. buckley award for excellence in journalism.there are trophies to be won by unaccomplished liberals in an industry that regularly banishes wise conservative thought from polite company. we should never use the words journalism and excellence in the same sentence. but we can. when we produce reporters who report balance and impashality. they do just that. our commentators comment with devastating accuracy. our radio personalities crush their opposition on every level, our guys can beat up their guys. our women can beat up their guys. [applause] it just occurred to me. so we honor all of them. in 2007, our first winner was rush limbaugh. in 2008, the award was given to the late, dearly beloved and sorely missed tony snow. in 2009 it was bestowed on the great brit human and last year it -- brit hume. last year it went to sam evans. what a powerhouse he is. his twice weekly column appears in over 500 newspapers nationwide making him the most widely read voice in america. he is a panelist on the popular fox news watch show. his lates

i'm a big fan of william f. buckley and a man by the name of goldwater, if you remember him. to add your name to that list. i very much have enjoyed your philosophy. i was fortunate enough after i made my second fortune, i lost the first one, going to your country in budapest. and it was in '72 and was on my way to moscow to the world petroleum congress, and i was so -- it was so hurtful to see no smiles, no happiness when everybody got off the tram to go to work in their dull surroundings. thank god it's not that way again. and that that horrible thing called socialism is gone in that country. >> host: thank you, caller. let me ask you -- i'm sure you've been back to budapest? >> guest: yes, i have. and this caller actually reminds me of a trip that i took two years ago. i was at a conference in budapest and my mother at the time was living in austria so i decided to take a train the first three days that i was there to visit my mother. and the most amazing thing is that the train went through exactly where i went to when i escaped in 1953. nobody looked at my passport. nobo

. -- the william f. buckley award for excellence in journalism.ry year there are innumerable trophies to be won by unaccomplished liberals in an industry that regularly banishes wised conservative thought for polite company. quite frankly, where they're all wars are concerned, you should never use the words journalism and excellence in the same sentence. when we produce reporters, update deliver ballots and impartiality. our commentators, met with devastating accuracy. our radio personalities crushed their opposition. on every level, our guys beat up their guys. our women can beat up their guys. [laughter] it just occurred to me. so we honor all of them. in 2007, our first winner was rush limbaugh. in 2008, the award was given to the dearly beloved [unintelligible] in 2009, the award for excellence in journalism was bestowed on the great britain hiett hume. in 2011, we turn to a long time intellectual leader of the conservative movement. what a powerhouse he is. his twice weekly column appears in over 500 newspapers nationwide, making him the most

ladies and gentlemen, it's my honor to present to you the 2011 win wither of the william f. buckleyellence? journalism, my good friend, cal >> thank you very much, that's nice. all i cansy is that standards are falling everywhere with. i congratulate the two people who walked out during my introduction, i salute their good taste. i wouldn't want to be -- belong to any club that would have me as a member. but it's a great honor to be recognized by your piers and since they don't, it's an even greater honor to be recognized by you. [applause] we've all heard of -- like neal i don't have a teleprompter, they're all taken up in this town, i don't know. i'm going to read some prepared notes. we've all heard of the glass ceiling which for years kept women from achieving their highest aspirations because of gender. bill buckley broke through the iron door which segregated conservative thought to a place outside the mainstream marketplace. bill's destruction of that iron door by the force of his supreme intellect made it possible for succeeding generations to follow in his wake. he graced t

my father, ronald reagan, big fan of william f. buckley name of goldwater if you can remember him. and now are at your name to that list. very much have enjoyed your philosophy. i was fortunate enough after i made my second fortune, lost the first one, of going to your country, budapest, it within 72 and was on my way to the world congress in moscow and it was so hurtful to see no smiles, no happiness when everyone got off the train to go to work in their dull surroundings. thing god is not that way and that were bluffing called socialism is gone in that country. >> host: i am sure you have been back? >> guest: i have. this caller reminds me of a took i -- a trip by took two years ago. i was at conference in budapest and my mother was living in austria. i decided to take a train to visit my mother. the train went through exactly where i went through when i escaped in 1953. nobody looked at my passport. no cops walked up to me. at that time is the beginning of this financial fiasco it in america and i wrote a column saying it could be much

. >> host: william f. buckley is described as one of your great influencers. in what way? what happened is back in 1961, that's roughly at the time when i ran across ayn rand and there was a book why don't we complain and there's a nice essay if you don't complain eventually you build up hatred and you blow and that's how other countries have these violent revolutions; whereas, more or less democratic societies tend to move from one form of government to another rather peacefully. and i thought that's a great insight and as i'm woe to do and i took a pen and paper and wrote to buckley. and buckley was kind enough to respond to me even though i was this nobody reader, you know? and we started a correspondence. and he was a very erudite, even a little snooty, and i wasn't, so once i asked him why do you have to use these big words because i want to influence people who use big words. that was his answer. anyway, buckley was also quite religious. he was a roman catholic. i was a roman catholic when i was growing up until i was about 20, so we had some arguments about that. an