is beautifully written of course and it's a wonderful way to learn a lot about william f. buckley'slife and values and what he learned along the way. but in terms of the book i like to read and in terms of my favorite book, probably do have a favorite book. is called a soldier of the great war, and it is a remarkable book about world war i and it's one of the most beautifully written books i have ever read. mark halperin. i read of lot of historian and biographies and it takes me in that direction. any other questions? yes? a question over here. >> i have really enjoyed your talk. thank you. it seems like a lot of the very successful political commentators have a very hard edge, and so a lot of us don't feel like that is us. i love to hear ann coulter but i would never be able to deliver my political message or my conservative message in the same way. the same with rush limbaugh or mark levin. so i'm wondering, do you think that you have to have that kind of edge to really capture attention and be successful? >> the short answer, no. i don't think so. i love listening to all the peo

um, but and, okay, is -- so one of those, i just have to say this, is one of the last books william f. buckley wrote, and it's called "miles gone by." it is a marvelous book. it is beautifully written, of course, um, and it's a wonderful way to learn a lot about william f. buckley's life of and values and what he, what he learned along the way. um, but in terms of the books i like to read, in terms of my favorite books, i probably do have a favorite book, um, and it's called "a soldier of the great war." and it is a remarkable book about world world war i, and ite of the most beautifully written books, um, i've ever read. >> [inaudible] >> mark halperin. i read a lot of history and biography, and so that's probably takes me in that direction. any other questions? yes. question over here. >> really enjoyed your talk. >> thank you. >> um, it seems like a lot of the very successful, um, political commentators, um, have a very hard edge. and so a lot of us don't feel like that is us. >> right. >> i love to hear ann coulter, but i would never be able to deliver, you know, my political message or my

one of those is a book that was one of the last books william f. buckley wrote, and we published it. it's called miles gone by. it is a marvelous book. it is beautifully written, of course. and it is a wonderful way to learn a lot about william f. buckley life and values and what he learned along the way. in terms of the book i like to read. in terms of my favorite book my probably do have a favre burke. it's called a soldier of agree work. it is a remarkable book about world war one. it's one of the most beautiful written books never read. i read a lot of history and biography. that is probably taking it in that direction. any other questions? yes. question over here. >> i've really enjoyed your talk. >> thank you. >> it seems like a lot of very successful political commentators have of very hard-edged. and so a lot of us don't feel like that is us i love to hear and coulter, but i would never be a will to deliver, you know, my political message and my conservative message in the same white, the same with rush limbaugh. i'm wondering, do you think that yo

levin, mark stein, david limbaugh, dinesh d'souza, laura ingraham, ted nugent and, of course, william f. buckley jr. to name just a few. we've also published many of the most thoughtful and articulate conservative politicians of the last decade including newt gingrich, bobby jindal, mitt romney, mike lee, denny hastert, george allen, j.d. hayworth and many more. and, of course, i can't forget a handful of books which arguably changed the course of history regnery published. i'm thinking of bernie goldberg's "bias." gary aldrich's "unlimited access," and john o'neill's "unfit for command" which, arguably, changed the course of an election. and all of which, by the way, were number one on the new "thek times" bestseller list. next month we're adding another powerhouse figure to the list of hopefully best-selling authors, and that's donald trump. we're publishing a book by donald trump called "time to get tough." so, um, i'd love to say that it is the brilliant strategic work of the regnery team that's made us so successful and, of course, that is a factor. um, but in the past 12 years just as impo

william f. buckley, dick armey and, guess who. mitt romney's own dad. >>> plus, the more newt and mitt duke it out. he has a new spring in his step. one reason why is the fight we're all watching on the right. and newt gets an endorsement he can do without from prison from as we say, inside. and that's in the side show tonight. we begin with mitt romney's strong debate performance on cnn. howard fineman is a political analyst. and susan page is the washington bureau chief. howard, let's look at the polls out today that show the race in florida turning strongly for romney. take a look. both the latest sunshine state poll have romney ahead by 9%. one at 40%, the other at 38%. your sense of why newt is losing and mitt is winning? >> well, mitt romney came last night to do what he had to do. he was the new combat-ready mitt romney. and he gave newt gingrich's tactics right back at him. mitt romney was well prepared with attack lines and defense lines. he was in newt's space the whole time. it had the feel o

. >> william f buckley. >> a highly well-read man who also had some of his education in england. >> we'reo pose for identification here, particularly, for the benefit of our listeners on sirius x.m. radio channel 124. you are listening to "white house chronicle" from washington, d.c. with myself, llewellyn king, linda gasparello of this program, aaron, a writer and critic and atal who is the founder of "fair observer," a new publication, a high level education on the internet. this program can be heard around the world on the english language stations of voice of america and also on about 200 local stations in the u.s. back to the subject, give me, you were a debater at oxford, right? >> yes. >> being debaters tend to do well in britain, arianna huffington was at cambridge. she has done well. are you going to do as well as her? >> maybe better, hopefully better. >> what is the row of actions, she is from greek origin. does it make a difference when you get to these great british universities with the wits? >> i think initially it does because -- >> favorable or unfavorable. >> unfaveable

wrote god and william f. buckley, jr.e god and man at yale can which is a critique of yale university. on the 60th anniversary of the books publishing, the universe goes in a conference looking at buckley's legacy and his influence on the conservative movement. panelists included "national review" magazine editor richard lowry and weekly standard founding editor are you mcchrystal and moderating the forum is "national review"'s former managing editor linda bridges. this is an hour and 10 minutes. >> it's a very apt question to be asking about bill, because bills concern from the beginning of his career was oh, it had to do with his own performances. it had to do with his own writing, but much, much war importantly it had to do with helping to shape the direction of the country. as various people have remarked so far, he didn't use the word conservative of himself as a young man, terms like radical and individualist with the terms he favored. but that soon changed when he started, when he and billy start think about this n

and later, a forum hosted by yale university on the legacy of william f. buckley on the 60th anniversary of the publication of his book, "god and man at yale." >> this week on "the communicators," new york times technology columnist nick billiton talks about the impact of technology on business and how technology has changed the media. >> host: and from time to time on "the communicators" we like to look into the future and look at some of the technology that may be coming down the road. and joining us this week is nick billiton of "the new york times." he's a technology columnist and reporter with the times. mr. bilton, what do you write about? >> guest: oh, i write about anything to do with technology and business and the way technology is changing society and culture. and i also write about a lot of the big companies that are affecting what we're doing, including apple, microsoft, and then the smaller ones like twitter and, well, facebook which is not necessarily small anymore. but it's just a range of technology and culture. >> host: and when did you move to t

it looks like they are following william f. buckley's long-standing political principle. he once said, i'm for the most conservative candidate who can win. one of those religious leaders is tony perkins, president of the family research council. he joins me from houston. with the poll numbers that we've seen, can santorum get that nomination? >> well, i think that is the thinking. the leaders that were there, that it's time to get off the sidelines, move into the process and express support for the candidate that is most conservative. what happened here this weekend is that the campaigns had surrogates that came and spoke on behalf of the candidates. then there was discussion and then a series of balloting. there was passionate and enthusiastic support for rick santorum, for rick perry and for newt gingrich. in the end, what we had super majority expressing support for rick santorum. >> so was it a case of the surrogates, supporters of these candidates, it really boiled down to who made the best argument for their candidate and that's how they were able to influence the v

very privileged to have known william f. buckley has both a mentor and a friend and i am sure the reason that i became world-famous is because of his help and his guidance. i think you very much. my name is nina. . i will be happy to talk to you about what a wonderful person bill buckley was and what a kind and compassionate and brilliant person he was. thank you. [applause] >> questions? anyone want to tell rich he was wrong? don't tell bill he was wrong. >> i will tell rich he was right. and bill as well. i had dinner with my long-suffering bride a couple years ago with somebody who had been very high in the losing administration that swamped the buckley forces in 1965 and he had been keeping score over the years. to rudy guiliani to bloomberg and all the rest. and in the campaign of 65, bill had recommended 22 specific proposals, all of them branded extremist by the new york times quite literally, every single one of them in serial fashion. they had all been adopted in the subsequent years but one and i was dying to find out whic

and so faced with everybody else, i followed the way that the william f buckley, jr.the most conservative candidate capable of getting elected and there are obviously two variables there. in the words of the old song "give me that old time religion" romney is conservative enough and i think thats critical. >> greta: i'm guilty of type casting people like others are, i would think that the most important criteria is foreign policy, obviously, and i'm sure you think a president romney foreign policy would differ from a president gingrich or santorum in any way? >> i think i'd add rick perry. i think their foreign policies are very, very similar i wish there would be more debate and he think there will be among republican candidates, to articulate these issues, but i think governor romney, i've read his speeches and writings and talked to him about the issues over the years. i'm very confident about the strength of his view of american exceptionalism and the importance of a vigorous role in the world to defend our interests and i think he fully understands the challenges

at yale in 1970, but i was very privileged to be in that class, very privileged to have no william f. buckley as with a mentor and friend, and i am sure the reason that i became world famous as because of his help and guidance. so thank you very much. my name is nina and i would be very happy to talk with you about what a wonderful person bill buckley was and what a kind and compassionate and brilliant person he was. thank you. >> thank you. [applause] >> questions. anyone want to tell what is wrong? [laughter] don't tell bill that he was wrong. he doesn't need to hear. >> which she was right in the bill as well. i had dinner with my bride a couple of years ago with somebody who had been very high and the administration but of course won't -- the bulkeley forces in 1965. he did in keeping score over the years to giuliani to bloomberg and all the rest, and in the campaign of 65 bill had recommended 22 specific proposals, all of them branded extremist by "the new york times" quote literally every single one of them. they had all been adopted in the subsequent years and i was talking to find out

. >> william f. buckley went to yale in 1951. n the book's 60th anniversary, yale university looked at mr. buckley's legacy. weekly standard founding editor, william crystal, and neil friedman, founder and director of the pbs show, "firing line." this is -- [inaudible] >> it's an apt question to be asking about bill because bill's concern from the beginning of the career, it had to do with his own performances, it had to do with his own writing, much, much more importantly, it had to do with helping to shape the -- the direction of the country. as various people remarked so far, he didn't use the word "conservative" of himself as a young man. terms like "radical" and "individual" were the terms he favored, but that soon changed when he started -- when he and billy started thinking about this new magazine of theirs, it was not meant to be another "time" magazine. this was going to be a magazine that would shape a movement, the conservative movement, and he started using that word, "conservative," and he specifically didn't want to

. >> and now on booktv, a panel discussion of william f. buckley jr.'s book "god and man at yale," with a focus on the book's cultural and political impact following its publication in 1951. this is just over an hour. .. flying high, remembering barry goldwater, and finally, the reagan i knew. as his son, christopher, said, bill buck lee published more books when he was dead than many authors do when he was alive. but "god and map and really" was the first. unlike many of his later works, this one remains in print 60 years after its mexico. our panel this afternoon with discuss why, not as a pushing matter -- publishing matter but as an intellectual matter. what is living and what is dead? in the thought of god and man at yale. why and to what extent is it relevant to man and yale. trusting god and the author to settle the third matter between themselves now. a peculiarity of the book, as was noted in the first panel, is that bill buckley doesn't describe himself as a conservative in this book. he calls himself a christian individualist. the only thing

is one of the things iowa voters are looking for, really two things to use an old statement william f. buckley, the godfather of conservatism said, i want the most conservative candidate who can get elected. and that is what people are trying to decide, who is the real conservative and who's electable and those are two different scales and obviously according to the polls, mitt romney runs the strongest against the president but is not necessarily the most reliably conservative and people are trying to balance, and you see that in the latest "des moines register" poll, and, that is kind of the bible of polling here, in iowa, they had their last poll which is a strong record of accurately predicting what will happen in the caucus 48 hours later and came out with a poll that showed mitt romney in first, and paul in second, and santorum in third. but, if you just take the last two days of the four days of the polling, it reverses, because there is a late surge by santorum to -- mitt romney is still in first and santorum coming on in second and paul in third and i think in some order, those three

. >> now, look at the legacy of william f. buckley who died in 2008. he founded the conservative national review magazine in 1955 and hosted the public affairs television show firing line. we will hear from bill kristol of the weekly standard. from yale university, this is just over an hour. >> conservatism. and it is a very apt question to be asking about bill because bill, his concern from the beginning of his career had to do with his own performances, his own riding, but much, much more importantly, it had to do with helping to shape the direction of the country. as various people have remarked so far, he did not choose the word conservative of himself as a young man. terms like radical and individualist were the terms he favored. but that soon changed when he started -- when he and billy started thinking about this new magazine. it was not meant to be another time magazine. this was going to be a magazine that would shape and movement, the conservative movement. he started using that word, conservative. and he specifically did not want to gather o

it was, i have it in my book, it was jerry falwell, william f. buckleynd then third, ronald reagan. my newspaper, human events, was constantly attacking him, famously attacking him to the point -- and that was his favorite newspaper. he went to a party at human events and said i'm enjoying it a lot less. >> host: you write, democrats are always the party of the mob. the only thing that changes is which mob they're supporting. >> guest: yes. >> host: what does that mean? >> >> guest: it means, for example, i describe one more fully in the civil rights chapter which is the true telling of civil rights. so it's my revisionist history to their revisionist history. democrats were the party of the klan, the party of the discriminators, the segregationists. and then, and from -- forget this war being fought for a republican, for the next 100 years republicans keep introducing bills, anti-lynching bills, voting rights bills, and democrats keep shooting them down. finally thanks to republican efforts, blacks start voting in the large enough numbers for democrats