Question

This man was once told by Ayn Rand, “You are much too intelligent to believe in God.” During a mayoral election, when this man was asked what he would do if he won, he responded that he would “demand a recount.” This man co-wrote McCarthy and His Enemies with his brother-in-law L. Brent Bozell. In another book, this man argued that his alma mater forced secularist (15[1])and Keynesian ideas on his students. During one (*) debate, this author of God and Man at Yale told his opponent not (10[1])to call him a “crypto-nazi” or he would “sock you in your goddamn face.” For 10 points, name this host of Firing Line and founder of the magazine National Review who participated in a series of 1968 debates with Gore Vidal. ■END■

ANSWER: William F. Buckley Jr. [or William Francis Buckley Jr.]
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