An amazingly good-tempered show given that there was a time when Mr. Buckley

and his guest, the widely acknowledged dean of American liberalism, were not on speaking terms. Two samples: AS: "There ... is a faction in this Administration which regards an arms-control agreement as contrary to the interests of the United States. They believe an unlimited arms race is to our interest because either the Russians will try to keep up, which they think will wreck their economy, or they'll fail to keep up, which will leave us with a decided military advantage.... You can't deny that there is that faction." WFB: "Not only do I not deny it, I most fervently associate myself with it." ... AS, replying to examiner* Michael Kinsley: "Well, obviously I reject the notion of any determinism of cycles. Alternations in mood create opportunities for individuals.... If you and I in our time and Bill in his time weren't out there actively proposing things, thinking about things, organizing, writing--then the opportunity created by the cyclical change would not be fulfilled."