Comments on: Allen v. Buckley http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2013/01/14/allen-v-buckley/ A First Things Blog Wed, 22 May 2013 01:44:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Benighted Savage http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2013/01/14/allen-v-buckley/comment-page-1/#comment-86983 Benighted Savage Tue, 15 Jan 2013 18:10:37 +0000 http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/?p=55423#comment-86983 Ah, the wonders of YouTube!

Here’s a link to the first part (of 6) of a Cambridge Union debate between James Baldwin and William F. Buckley from 1965.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DfGgBb3Zh0

Buckley’s grasp of American history here seems quite weak as compared to Baldwin’s.`Sadly, Buckley’s respect for his fellow Americans of African descent is a little hard to find.

]]> By: wesley j. smith http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2013/01/14/allen-v-buckley/comment-page-1/#comment-86979 wesley j. smith Tue, 15 Jan 2013 17:35:14 +0000 http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/?p=55423#comment-86979 Very funny and gosh, they were both quick. Alas, Buckley was sure wrong nearly 50 years ago about the Arab Israeli mess being worked out.

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