On a special edition of Firing Line this Friday 6/26 (check local listings), Margaret Hoover interviews several GOP rising stars in Congress, including Elise Stefanik and Jaime Herrera Beutler, on their paths to Congress, their policies and what it will take to get more GOP women in Congress. | Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

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A fair characterization? Margaret Hoover challenges CNN anchor Fareed Zakaria for describing former President Herbert Hoover’s response to the Great Depression as "passive" — and Zakaria responds with his idea for setting the historical record straight. | Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

In his new biography, author Sam Tanenhaus describes Bill Buckley as an arguer, not a thinker. “Bill Buckley lived and thought in the moment,” said Tanenhaus. “If a debate came up, he would almost always have a striking, original, or at least sesquipedalian answer for you…But if you asked him to step back from that and put all the arguments together, then he really struggled.” Check out part 2 of Margaret Hoover’s interview with Sam Tanenhaus on PBS, YouTube and wherever you get your podcasts. |