Mr. Buckley down to discuss a collection of his from the book, happy days are here again. Here he is on cspans Interview Program from 1993, footnotes. On the cover of your new book, it says the sections of the libertarian journalists. To call yourself a libertarian. Often on. As of course you know, the movement was encouraged by National Review. In the late 50s and the idea was to put a dot to the libertarians and the conservatives too much they had in common. And how effective it would be between them. And known that i am a libertarian. In the term, and most of whatever ideas and or intended to those or diminish the human liberty. Host remembering say you saying, made when you ran for the bear new york. They just seem people throw the garbage out the window. If the people would pick it up and deal with it rather than government deal with things. William no. Your memory is in which he was defending, lettering of the streets. On the grounds that is a form of something against the city.
Books with politics and religion and other topics and he appeared on the tv you. First in 1993 mr. Buckley sat down to discuss the collection of essays here he is from 1993 book notes. The always call yourself a libertarian . And that movement was encouraged by National Review the idea was to put out how much they had in common and then to be a libertarian. Does this augment or diminish human liberty . Cspan when you ran for mayor of new york you said as far as you are concerned he turned out the window and that the people pick it up. Your memory is the exchange i had with James Baldwin in which he was defending the littering of the streets that it was a form of protest against the city not paying close enough attention and i said its not very helpful to use that as a means should i mind out since i dont think he makes a good mayor . Cspan what do they get they buy the book . They get the best i can give them in various modes over the past eight years. So they covered the collapse of t
1921, 1985 right reason, through his entire series through his latest collection of speeches, let us talk of many things throughout the end of this month. The next three hours mr. Buckley joins to take your calls and questions as we explore his life and writing and politics. Welcome. Thank you very much. This is old and musty. This is what, 49 years old. Yes came out in 1951. He had supposed i calculated to come out on the 250th anniversary and i was coincidental. The picture on the back you remember that . No. What is in the book. The book was an examination from yale was given to the impulses and the closest to which he was exposed having to do with government. It was enthusiasm for government or enthusiasm for lesser government. And also in respect to religion. And what was encouraged with religion that has touched. Faith or skepticism. I concluded in the collective this of impulses and retrospect to the other, should i rattle on or do you want to . I was going to say and became par
Brian here is a piece of video of you on this network in 1979. If you look at the recent government reports concerning threemile island, the government concedes that one out of 10 people will eventually die of cancer in the threemile island area. Brian do you remember that time almost 40 years ago and have you changed your thinking . I remember that very vividly. Michio when the threemile island to happen, ever was that we needed a scientist about the site for this mess to the American People. So that contacted me and i said to myself this why i do for a what i do for a living. Im a physicist. I said to myself i will get on National Television and National Radio because the situation demands it. Not because i want to do it but because people had to know, the dangers, the positives, the negatives of energy, one of the Big Questions of the age. That is how i backed into becoming a media person. Brian you say in your book that there was a teacher in second grade that had a big impact on y
Brian do you remember that time almost 40 years ago and have you changed your thinking . Michio i remember that very vividly. When the threemile island to happen, ever was that we needed a scientist about the site for this mess to the American People. So that contacted me and i said to myself this why i do for a what i do for a living. Im a physicist. I said to myself i will get on National Television and National Radio because the situation demands it. Not because i want to do it but because people had to know, the dangers, the positives, the negatives of energy, one of the Big Questions of the age. That is how i backed into becoming a media person. Brian you say in your book that there was a teacher in second grade that had a big impact on your future. Michio she said god so loved the earth that he put the earth just right of the sun, not too far that the oceans will freeze but just right from the sun. Now, i was floored. I was in second grade. This was a scientific principle with th