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The Joys of Firing Line

By Hunter Baker on 2.7.09 @ 2:41PM

I recently bought a couple of the old Firing Line episodes with William F. Buckley interviewing Tom Wolfe (on modern architecture) and Malcolm Muggeridge (on the culture of the left). Just watched the Wolf episode.

I am stunned.

So mature, so lacking in ersatz showmanship, and so edifying. It is very much like enjoying a dinner with two very learned people.

And no big applause from the audience at any point. They simply listen respectfully.

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Hunter Baker is associate dean of arts and sciences and associate professor of political science at Union University. He is the author of The End of Secularism and winner of the 2011 Michael Novak Award. His personal website is www.hunterbaker.wordpress.com.

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