Archive for the 'events' Category

Taft Club Video, In Exciting Greenish Hues

Thursday, September 20th, 2007

The first part of the video from the last Taft Club meeting (”The Right and the GOP: Can This Marriage Be Saved?”) is posted below. Other parts are available here. A few more parts should be put up soon.
The next Taft Club meeting, scheduled for early October, will feature someone “really perfect,” but I [...]

The Taft Club in August

Friday, August 3rd, 2007

If you’re anywhere near the vicinity of Washington, D.C., consider coming to the meeting of the Robert Taft Club at 8 pm on August 21 at the Boulevard Woodgrill in Arlington, Virginia.  The meeting’s topic will be “The GOP and the Right: Can This Marriage Be Saved?” featuring panelists Terence Jeffrey, W. James Antle III, [...]

Falwell Dies, and the Robert Taft Club Takes a Hard Look at the Religious Right

Tuesday, May 15th, 2007

Next Wednesday (May 23, that is) at 7 pm in Washington’s, D.C.’s Lounge 201 (map) the Robert A. Taft Club will be holding a symposium on “The Religious Right and the Conservative Movement,” featuring Michael Tanner, Doug Bandow, and Jim Russell. We’ll not only be taking a look at the big picture of the relationship [...]

A Talk or Two at CPAC

Tuesday, February 27th, 2007

At the end of this week I’ll be at the annual CPAC conference, where I’ll be participating in two events. On Friday, March 2, I’ll be giving a talk at 4 pm on “The State of Campus Conservatism.” Then at 11 am on Saturday, March 3, I’ll be on the “Failure of Fusionism” [...]

“Where the Right Went Wrong,” This Coming Tuesday

Thursday, August 31st, 2006

Borrowing the title of Patrick J. Buchanan’s 2004 book, I’ll be giving a talk on “Where the Right Went Wrong” this coming Tuesday at 7:30 pm on the campus of North Carolina State University, in Harrelson Hall, Room 107.
With Bush’s approval ratings in the 30s, Republicans set to lose ground — and perhaps lose control [...]

Cantor Live

Tuesday, July 25th, 2006

I’ve been enjoying the Paul Cantor “Commerce and Culture” seminar at the Mises Institute so much so far that I haven’t set aside any time for blogging.  Catch up on what I haven’t been writing, though, by following the live webcasts of Professor Cantor’s lectures here.

Not-Quite-Live Blogging

Sunday, July 23rd, 2006

I’ve just arrived in Auburn, Alabama (home of the Ludwig von Mises Institute), where I’ll be attending the “Commerce and Culture” seminar with Paul Cantor this week. At spare moments in the evenings, I’ll post some thoughts on the lectures.
I didn’t have the chance to get through everything on the recommended reading list, but the [...]

Taft in Pictures

Saturday, July 22nd, 2006

I’ll write up a few notes on the Taft Club meeting from Thursday sooner or later, but in the meantime here are David Weigel’s photos of the event.

Taft Club: The Government We Deserve?

Monday, July 17th, 2006

This month’s Robert Taft Club meeitng, for those of you in the DC area (or who might like to drive up from nearby) will be this Thursday, 7 - 9 pm, at 1101 North Highland Street, Arlington, VA (i.e., the Leadership Institute building). Topic: Do the American people deserve the government they get? [...]

Commerce and Culture

Sunday, July 9th, 2006

I’m looking forward to Paul Cantor’s week-long seminar at the Mises Institute later this month. Try this mp3 of his talk at last year’s “Trouble With Taxation” conference as preview.