Now that’s he dead, tell us what you really think of William F. Buckley, Mr. Vidal? Wow. The headline on Truthdig.org says it all “Gore Vidal Speaks Seriously Ill of the Dead.” In an op-ed piece, ...

If you’re wondering how TV got the way it is today, go back to 1968, when ABC, struggling for ratings against the dominance of CBS and NBC, defied convention by putting two erudite men from opposite ...

After the Republicans held their lively first debate, you heard people saying what they always say nowadays — that our media-driven political discourse has become shallow and petty, even clownish.

William F. Buckley’s son Chris has a good column on the The New Republic reflecting on the death of author Gore Vidal, who had a long-running hatred of the elder Buckley. Vidal’s enmity dates back an ...

With the Republican National Convention in the rear-view mirror and the Democratic National Convention a couple of weeks away, now seems like an opportune moment to revisit “Best of Enemies: Buckley ...

In case the Christmas spirit deluded you into thinking that love and reconciliation had conquered the media world, the next issues of the National Review and Esquire will confirm that old grudges die ...

By the mid-1960s, the presidential conventions had turned into full-fledged TV events, but ABC was dead last in the ratings. In order to spice up their convention coverage, ABC executives invited two ...