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 ...

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 ...

During a nationally televised debate at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Gore Vidal called conservative commentator William F. Buckley a “crypto-Nazi” and Buckley — first employing ...

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 ...

From their polar positions, Gore Vidal and William F. Buckley Jr. see themselves as witty, wily intellectuals magnificently equipped to interpret (respectively) the left and right of U.S. life. Except ...

For decades, William F. Buckley Jr. was a one-of-a-kind character: an author and columnist, and a celebrity intellectual. He hosted a TV debate show, "Firing Line," and was often a guest on late night ...

From Washington to Hollywood, American culture is now defined by score settling. But what do centuries of feuding have to teach us about getting even? By Mark Harris, M.H. Miller and Minju Pak Try ...

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 ...