"The welfare-reform proposals sitting before Congress are so contentious," Mr. Buckley begins, "that everyone known to the Producer of Firing Line has put in to give his views on them." Sometimes--when all eight guests speak at once--we may feel that less would have been more. But we get a fascinating range of views on matters like how long recipients ought to be able to stay on welfare, what is the most productive way of changing the current system, and how welfare and illegitimacy interact. Mr. Goodman: "Half the children in the country are getting a subsidized lunch at school today. We cannot afford to subsidize lunches for half the population. We've got to target the money to people who are poor, and that, quite frankly, is what the Republicans in Congress are trying to do now." Mr. Shrum: "I hope you guys run against school lunches in '96. I look forward to it."