[laughter] >> william f buckley jr. was a master of many things, this collection of obituaries and eulogy that is he wrote over extraordinary career well established as the modern of literary form. i have read, did i have read every single one of my father's 60-odd books. i do not exaggerate to propose that this may proof to be william f buckley's finest book ever. and i mean that. >> thank you so much. [applause] >> thank you. i had road as they came out and i was never -- i was never failed to be moved. what an elegant sentence that was. [laughter] >> but it wasn't until i saw them all in total that it came to me that, i think, this is women yum -- william f buckley's beautiful writing. i think you called about 250 op -- obituaries and also elsewhere including forbes nyi. >> and some delivered as actual eulogies. on the subway down this morning. unlike my father, i road the subway. [laughter] >> i once mentioned the word subway to him and he said, what would that be. [laughter] >> on the way down to the subway, i did

[laughter] william f. buckley junior was a master of many things. this collection of obituaries and eulogies that he wrote over the course of his extraordinary career admirably curated and eloquently introduced by james rosen may well establish the modern master of the literary forum. i've read every one of my fathers 60 odd books. i do not exaggerate because the disthis may prove to be william. buckley's finest book ever. and i mean that. [applause] i had read a lot of these i suppose as they came out. i was never failed to be moved. what an eloquent sentence that was. but it wasn't until i saw them all that it came to me i think this is the most beautiful writing. you called from about 250 eulogies and obituaries published in the national review and in a syndicated column, but also elsewhere including forbes fyi. >> and some delivered as actual eulogies. >> and i think you ended up with 52. on the subway down here this morning, unlike my father, i rode the subway. [laughter] i mentioned before the subway to him and he said what would that be. [lau

here we have the evolution, of william f buckley from the -- to 1980. >> i want to include this to the john lennon eulogy, in 1970 john lennon gave a massively long interview to rolling stone magazine, the point it was at its most bitter and it is a landmark in terms of literature of the beatles, very negative, called them the biggest pastor don earth, live acid comments about paul and everything else, bill buckley read the entire interview start to finish and it was 50,000 words over issues of rolling stone magazine and john lennon's autobiography, how i wreck my life, and talks about solipsism of john lennon. if john lennon had lived to the right age he would have looked back with regret on a lot of comments in the 1970 interview but in writing about the interview in a column a number one and number 2. the way buckley put it, something to the effect of john wrote all the good songs, not so for paul and went on to a number of points and what struck me about it is even bill buckley fell prey to beatlemania in a sense because he was referring to them by their first names the way the res

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it's a collection of eulogies that william f. buckleyate conservative icon wrote or delivered. one section for president of the united states. j-fk, nixon, reagan. section for pop culture figures like johnny carson and john lennon. a torch kept lit is only place in the world where you find conservative economist milton friedman alongside jerry garcia of the greatful dead. sandra: fun. >> friendship is one of recuing themes in the book. dare say for those our viewers who give a torch kept lit as a gift whatever the occasion will deepen friendship with the. julie: what was good about william f. buckley promoted intellectual consearch tim in the movement. we need more that. >> i will do my impression. i would sooner be governed by the first 2,000 names in the boston telephone directory than the factory of harvard university. sandra: there is something for everyone in this book. elvis, john lennon, jerry garcia, princess di. >> 30 of 50 cases eulogies in the book, buckley knew them personally. he is drawing on his own experiences with these

. >> william f. buckley, friends or competitors? >> even though he's catholic so he could never totally be blue blood it was as much as possible, ivy league educated, he was the antithesis coming out of poverty and not catholic as provost and spiritualized, and all of the form of protestanti protestantism. had never traveled to the east and had no connection to publishers whereas the buckley's coming out of texas and connections with the kennedys. at the catholic thing held them down to a certain extent but because of his personality and demeanor he was able to overcome that. this is interesting, buckley knew he had to have kirk at the national review so he went out in the 1950s and i may not be remembering this right, i think it was 1955 but they met at a bar not too far from his house and it was there that they formulated with the national review would be. kirk didn't want to be on the masthead and this seems esoteric now that a number of the people that he had recruited for communists and kirk didn't trust ex- communists and didn

but i'm part of the william f. buckley jr. program at yale we freedom of expression and discourse. a strong seeing. of friends i know who will be supporting me. >> when you get back and william f. buckley went to yale conservative icon. when you get back you might take some hazing. they may not like what you did. are you going to ask your professor to not take the exam or not to do your homework? are you going to do that? >> no, sir. i will be living my life like i always. >> what's the difference between you and the people who can't show up to take the exam? >> i think maybe the way i was raised. the education that i have. the values that i hold. >> you north going to fall apart when they say oh, reilly, how can you even sit at the same table as him? when you get back to columbia, okay, some people say you legitimize me or this program, how will you answer that? >> they are entitled to their opinion just as i am to mine. it's no secret that i have affiliate with the republican party. i used to be in charge of our club at columbia. >> used to be in charge of the republican club? >>

>> william f. buckley. >> there was nothing but men in there.ght have been a sports bar but everybody was so well dressed. >> some of them were just shirtless. by the way, can i make a point? as you turn on the music. i think this is a shift from eight years of soft power to hard power when you look at these people. obama, he spoke big but he carried a soft stick. in this case you've got people who are speaking big carrying a big stick and he took america's foreign policy and they gave it a jolt of cialis. but also, before i go, they keep bringing up they're going to focus on this muslim registry. that's the thing. they're going to go oh, my god, they want a muslim registry. i don't know if that's -- anybody's talking about that. and it sounds so elegant. you know? put me down for a gravy boat at the pottery barn. all right. coming up, a story so hot your eyeballs will need solarcane. isis think elect trump is a complete maniac. i call that a good thing. attention: are you eligible for medicare? the medicare enrollment deadline is just a few wee

the intercollegiate studies institute which is academic nonprofit in wilmington, delaware and william f. buckley was actually its founding president i believe. a rose in the 1950s as part of the conservative movement. it was originally called the intercollegiate society of individualists and russell kirk is a prominent figure here on campus at hills they'll said individualism is a bad word and he believed in persons, not individual so they eventually cut the initials to change their name. anyway, i was learning about conservatism trying to figure out what evangelicals didn't necessarily fit in the program's response. for some of the limitations in our programming that included all kinds of students from the united states colleges and universities that evangelicals may struggle at a certain way so i was trying to figure that out. there's a narrative of the united states that put the puritans had a very prominent part of it and reads the united states in some ways the ones of the protestant reformation, pure attempt and it doesn't make sense it seems to me that in the 1930s, 40s, 50s, different pe

but filling in for howard cosell is our new color man this week, william f. buckley. [ laughter ] [ applause ] welcome. good to have you here, mr. buckley. >> thank you, mr. nahan. i'm extremely gratified to be here this evening. [ laughter ] in fact, as i was entering the city of angels, i was reminded of nothing of julius caesar, who, as he was crossing the rubicon, turned to a centurion and said, "iacta alea est." [ laughter ] "the die is cast." >> oh. >> yes. >> uh, we've got a pretty good matchup tonight, don't you agree? >> well, i would postulate both sets of gladiators, if you'd let me continue in the roman metaphor, as it were, are indeed reasonably comparable in their level of athletic acumen. jack youngblood of the rams is down on the field. can you see what that injury might be, bill? [ laughter ] >> well, it appears to me that mr. youngblood might find it difficult to exercise his conjugal prerogative. [ laughter ] >> uh, i don't quite follow you. >> he got kneed in the macadamias. [ laughter ] >> oh, then youngblood appears to be okay right now. los ang

there's a program, a william f. buckley program at yale for instance that gives students the opportunity to do internships and give them a voice. i think this happens not just in the really expensive schools. we have to remember this happens in state schools this sort of indoctrination. i think it's a bigger problem than maybe one would realize. >> thanks, morgan. thanks, guys. cashin in just over an hour from now. eric, what do you guys have coming up? >> hi, dagan, president-elect donald trump rolling out plans to make the market great again. a fair and balanced debate on if it will work. and new calls for trump to dump his twitter account when he moves into the oval office. why someone here says it's the worst thing he could do. >> thanks, eric. >>> up next, our next first family won't be living together right away in the white house after the inauguration. some say that's concerning, but some say that's concerning, but others say it's good paren some say that's concerning, but others say it's good paren i've spent my li

if you wanted snappy repartee, you should have married william f. buckley. [ as buckley ] i find the institution of marriage quite appealing. i'm sorry, mork. i love you. well, why? okay. well... because you're warm... and sensitive... and unpredictable. and you're right -- the bed is warmer. now, don't you have something you'd like to say to me? yes. you have a big piece of couscous in your teeth. can't you be serious for a minute?! i just opened up to you. can't you tell me how you feel? you already know that. i'd like to hear it. just give me a microbleem here. it's -- i mean -- shelf! shelf? ? this old man, he plays 12 ? ? he hits knick-knack on my shelf ? all right. that's it. i'm sorry i brought the whole thing up. who's not communicating now, ms. marshall mcluhan? what's the point in communicating with someone who's got nothing to say? maybe i'd have something to say if i wasn't being interrogated by the boulder gestapo. gestapo? i haven't even started yet. u've got a lot of nerve calling me names, space boy! [ as ralph kramden ] to the moon, alice!

william f. buckley was hosting "the muppets" this evening. mearth, watch daddy! mearth, what's daddy bouncing on? tush. i was shooting for "bed," but he's right! of course he is, mindy. he's half a superior being. [ mumbling ] and who are you? who are you? [ gasps ] and who am i? mommy. [ gasps ] min, i feel just like anne bancroft in "the miracle worker." and now the big question -- no pressure, though -- who's this? shoe. shoe?! isn't that wonderful, min? his first non sequitur! mork, he called me "shoe." oh, come on, now, my little mearth -- my little whiz kid -- say "daddy." daddy. tired. buenas noches. min, he's bilingual! great, he's bilingual. you're "mommy," and i'm "shoe." oh, don't worry about it. he still loves you. besides, he'll be up again in another hour. good night. 'night, mearth. you know, mork, now that he's talking, we're gonna have to be careful no one finds out he's a -- an a-l-i-e-n. if anyone should find out, then -- whoa! [ thud ] what are you doing on the floor? looks like i got squeezed out. i just wanted to cuddle. e shining" today, re

and it's not william f. buckleyinal summations on the great towering evil figures from johnny carson, to john lennon, to jerry garcia and makes a great christmas gift. >> glad you called it killing buckley. all right. >> tyrus. >> i'd just like to say, through my career, whether it was wrestling orien entertainment, e always been told no, but thank you to greg gutfeld. >> i know cat will keep from crying. >> i want to say just because i don't have a particularly friendly face does not mean i'm a very nice person. i'm a sweet little cupcake waiting for the chance to let someone let me love. >>. [ laughter ] >> thank you to pete, james, cathlen, our studio audience, greg gutfeld. i love you, america. president-elect donald trump mending fences with former foes as he works to building the administration. i am julie banderas p. this is the fox report. mr. trump holding meetings at his gulf club in new jersey with cabinet member and republicans. and one of the high lost anticipated meeting of the day. and mitt romney sai

william f buckley was perhaps the greatest conservative intellectual of our time.nk he would have made of the rise of donald trump and what would be the one piece of advice he would give to the new president coming in? >> it wouldn't be the most famous line when he made a run for mayor of new york, the press asked him what's the first thing you do if you win, and he said demand a recount. i don't think he would have given that advice to donald trump. he wrote critically of donald trump on one occasion, but he wrote critically of hillary clinton on a number of occasions. he said always support the most right ward viable candidate. i don't think in the general election season, he would have withheld that description from donald trump. in terms of advice -- >> i'm sorry. i'm up against a hard break, but thank you. i appreciate it. i am totally blind. i lost my sight in afghanistan. if you're totally blind, you may also be struggling with non-24. calling 844-844-2424. or visit my24info.com. jack knocked over a candlestick, onto the shag carpeting... ...and his pants ig

the fact that so much of this discussion -- i remember when i was a kid, i watched william f buckley's was a republican. we would argue politics. -- buckley would have liberals on. they would have discussions. we don't do that anymore, we have dueling bumper stickers. even the ones who pretend to do that, it is dueling bumper stickers, it is not digging into the issues. i'm trying to get back to that time -- not to that time so much, but back to that ideal that we really need to be well-informed, to understand the worldview and perspective of

the fact that so much of this discussion -- i remember when i was a kid, i watched william f buckley's show with my dad, who was a republican. we would argue politics. -- buckley would have liberals on. they would have discussions. we don't do that anymore, we have dueling bumper stickers. even the ones who pretend to do that, it is dueling bumper stickers, it is not digging into the issues. i'm trying to get back to that time -- not to that time so much, but back to that ideal that we really need to be well-informed, to understand the worldview and perspective of both sides. or if there are three or four sides, all of them. >> we have one minute. thom: let people make up their own mind. that is the goal of our show. we have a little less than a minute before we start so i'm going to check the news one more time. i will be right back. we also have a live chat room which is free and has no advertising on our website, and i check in with the chat room, there are a bunch of people who comment and it gives some instant feedback which is useful. >> we have a report coming in here. thom: tha

>> probably william f. buckley.ith certainty what he would have thought, that's a dangerous business to try. he would have preferred to see donald trump sit down with the pre-inaugural interview rather than hillary clinton. he had a motto, to support the most rightward viable candidate. he had written critically about donald trump. mr. buckley would have withheld that description from donald trump. >> we'll see how he felt about that. >> we're not going to see how he felt about that. mr. buckley will remain deceased. >> i can tap into your knowledge of intellectual ability. >>> james, your mission is to have a happy thanksgiving sniemtd and to you. thank you my friend. >>> we'll see if that investigation sdmp continues. what would william buckley think. >>> details on letting criminals out of jail. >>> people who can call the american flag offensive. a student outraged with the policy is here to react, next. afoot and light-hearted i take to the open road. healthy, free, the world before me, the long brown path befo

conservative the way william f. buckley said looks at the world as it is, not as we want it to be.nd you look at infrastructure. he's talking about big infrastructure plan with schumer and pelosi. he's talking about bringing our troops back home and not being, you know, the 15 years of war. and then on obamacare, again, these are three things republicans are going to hate, which i have been telling people for a very long time. that he's just not going to be idealogical. the third thing is obamacare. not only is he saying he's going to keep pre-existing and also that parents' children can stay on it, but he's also saying he's not going to repeal it until there's a plan to replace it because he doesn't want anybody to be off health care coverage for a day. that suggests at least in that case, again, somebody who wants -- like you said, a conservative with a small "c." >> the great question, which we also saw in the campaign, not day to day, but half hour to half hour, is going to be the tension between his showmanship and stability. right? how much, how radical is he? how much does h

it was written by william f. buckley jr.time. the president, ronald reagan, richard nixon. jfk from whom the title is taken. people like johnny carson, john lennon, jerry garcia. one of the recurring themes in this is friendships. buckley nurtured friendships. those who give a torch kept lit as a gift, whatever the occasion. will find that it actually serves to deepen friendships. you can go to a torch kept lit.com. a torch kept lit.com. >> one of the great lives in the 21st century james rosen. >> far more prolific than anyone knows. you are fantastic. >> james, you are one of our friends. >> can i stay on the couch. >> all morning long. >> congratulations on the book. >> we have other headlines to turn to now. the book is now closed on the trump university lawsuit. the president-elect agreeing to settle out of court for $25 million. this over claims that it failed to provide quality relationship, educational courses. the settlement includes no admittance of wrongdoing. mr. trump claims is he happy now to focus on his upcom

here is a look at some of our program for this coming weekend. 8:45 rday night at eastern, how william f buckleyput america on the firing line with heather hendershot. he used a television program, "firing line," which made him an early pundit. of discourse level seems to be deteriorating and shouting matches seem to be increasing, it seems like a particularly important time to talk about a show that really valued civil discourse, civil debate between people who disagree with each other. >> sunday on "in-depth," the attack on pearl harbor is the tscussion, featuring steve womey, eri hotta, and craig nelson. at 9:00 p.m. eastern on "after rds," senator george mitchell looks at the israeli-palestinian conflict in his book "a path to peace."he is interviewed by jane harman, president and ceo of the woodrow wilson center. they have long since renounced violence, have accepted israel's resistance, and have opted for peaceful negotiation to achieve the state. -- go to book >> go to booktv.org. >> the southern poverty law center held a conference with the leaders to discuss president-elect donald trump