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After the unveiling of President Lyndon B. Johnson's "War On Poverty," host William F. Buckley debates Michael Harrington, the author of "The Other America," on the issue of whether the United States government can assuage the hardships of impoverished citizens through federal initiatives.
Former senator Barry Goldwater dryly estimates and tabulates the Republican Party's 1968 electoral prospects. A deferential Buckley solicits Goldwater's thoughts on Medicare and executive power.
Taped on Sept 12, 1966 (New York City, NY)
Between these two antagonists one might have expected a heated debate, but what we get instead is a serious discussion of sexual ethics in the latter part of the 20th century. HH: "The philosophy really I think is an anti-Puritanism, a response really to the puritan part of our culture...." WFB: "I'm not worrying about whether you reject Cotton Mather's accretions on the Mosaic Law, but whether you reject the Mosaic Law. Do you reject, for instance, monogamy? Do you reject the notion of sexual continence before marriage? ..." HH: "Well, I think what it really comes down to is an attempt to establish a ... new morality, and I really think that's what the American ... sexual revolution's really all about. It's an attempt to replace the old legalism. It's certainly not a rejection of monogamy as such, but very much an attempt- In the case of premarital sex, there really hasn't been any moral code in the past except simply that thou shalt not. And-" WFB: "Well, that's a code, isn't it?" HH: "Well, perhaps. I don't think it's a very realistic one." - The Firing Line Archives @ The Hoover Institute, Stanford University
Guest(s):
1) Hefner, Hugh M. (Hugh Marston), 1926- - Editor and Publisher of Playboy
YouTube Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=kHlZxL9sucg
Taped on Dec 1, 1966 (New York City, NY)
While many people had been skeptical of the Warren Report's conclusion that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in the assassination of President Kennedy, Mr. Lane's book was the first to lay out the argument seriously. He defends himself ably in this spirited exchange. ML: "I take really the same position Alfreda Scoby, one of the lawyers for the Warren Commission, takes, and that is, had Oswald lived, he could not have been proven guilty, had he faced trial, based upon the evidence the Commission was able to secure." WFB: "And of course Warren says that he was a practicing district attorney for ten or twelve years and he could have gotten a conviction in 48 hours with the evidence. You simply disagree with him professionally." ML: "That's nonsense. It would take longer than that to pick a jury, of course." WFB: "Do you think Warren should be impeached?" ML: "I don't think he should be impeached. I think the report should be impeached." -The Firing Line Archives @ The Hoover Institute, Stanford University
Guest(s):
1) Lane, Mark. - lawyer, author of Rush to Judgment
YouTube Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=19aLDtjNHPQ
