Conservative Forum — Week of September 22

CPAC 2004 Registration

The clock is ticking for conservatives to register for the 31st Annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), to be held Thursday, Jan. 22-Saturday, Jan. 24, 2004.

Co-sponsored by the American Conservative Union Foundation, HUMAN EVENTS, Young America's Foundation and more than 70 other conservative organizations, CPAC 2004 promises to be a blockbuster event for grassroots activists, featuring book signings by the nation's hottest conservative authors and live broadcasts of national and local radio shows.

The 31st Annual CPAC will feature a number of prominent conservative speakers, including syndicated columnist and author Ann Coulter, Wayne LaPierre of the National Rifle Association, columnist and author Michele Malkin, and Lt. Col. (Ret.) Oliver North.

New features to CPAC 2004 include a silent auction during the presidential and Ronald Reagan banquets where more than a dozen special items will be auctioned off, including luncheons with leaders of the conservative movement, and even a trout fishing trip with ACU Chairman David A. Keene.

To ensure seating and safety, registration for CPAC 2004 will be limited to 3,800.

Attendees can sign up for early bird registration, on or before October 1. For more information about CPAC's 2004 program, including online registration packages, visit www.cpac.org.

American Cause Hosts Pro-Life Conference

The American Cause will sponsor a pro-life conference titled, "Voices of the Unborn," on Saturday, October 4, at the Crystal City Hilton in Arlington, Va. Registration for the conference is $30, which includes breakfast and dinner reception.

Topics for panel discussions include:

The latest on abortion: Facts and figures, medical, emotional, polls.

Abortion's second victim.

How can Congress protect the unborn?

Ministers, priests and rabbis - did they fail us and what is their role today?

How do we save the babies?

Speakers include HUMAN EVENTS editor Terry Jeffrey, Peggy Kirk, Georgette Forney, Rep. Chris Smith (R.-Calif.), author and nationally syndicated columnist Pat Buchanan, Judie Brown, Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson, Joe Scheidler, and Allan Parker.

For more information contact Tim Haley (703) 356-4966 or visit the American Cause website: www.theamericancause.org.

Set Sail On Second Hillsdale College Cruise

Explore the roots of Western Civilization on the 2nd Hillsdale College Cruise from October1-13 on Crystal Cruises.

Discover the breathtaking beauty of the lands that gave birth to Western Civilization.

Savor the elegance of traveling in luxury aboard the Brand New six-star Crystal Serenity.

Plumb the rich history of the West and discuss current issues with an extraordinary line-up of speakers.

For more information, visit the Hillsdale College website: www.hillsdale.edu.

The Evolution of Modern Conservatism Conference

The Ashbrook Center for Public Affairs, Ashland University will hold a conference on the evolution of modern conservatism, Saturday, October 11.

The following is the schedule of events for the conference:

8:00 Registration.

8:45 Welcome.

9:00-10:00 Session I: History and Conservative Philosophy.

Donald T. Critchlow (Saint Louis University), "The Paradox of American Conservatism: Morality and Power."

Gregory Schneider (Emporia State University), "The Protean Character of Modern American Conservatism."

10:15-11:15 Session II: Women within the Conservative Movement.

Michelle Nickerson (Southern Methodist University), "The Feminine Fringe: Women, Domesticity and Postwar Conservatism."

Mary C. Brennan (Southwest Texas State University), "Mrs. Cleaver's Neighbor on the Right: Conservative Anti-Communist Women in the Postwar Years."

11:30-12:30 Session III: Anticommunism and Conservatism.

Rick Perlstein, "Nixonland: Origins and Irony, 1948-1966."

Jeff Roche (College of Wooster), "The Rhetoric of the Right: Anticommunism as Political Language."

12:30-2:00 Lunch (Convocation Center).

2:00-3:00 Alan Brinkley (Columbia University), "Writing about Conservatism in a Conservative Age."

3:15-4:15 Session IV: Nixon and the Conservatives.

Michael W. Flamm (Ohio Wesleyan University), "Rhetoric and Reality: The Nixon Administration and the Federal Implementation of 'Law and Order,' 1969-1972."

Sandra P.M. Scanlon (Ph.D. candidate, Cambridge University), "The Conservative Movement and President Nixon's 'Peace with Honor' in Vietnam."

4:30-5:30 Session V: The Rise of the Neo-Cons.

Vincent Cannato (University of Massachusetts, Boston), "The Public Interest and the Neo-Conservative Revolt."

Steven Hayward (Pacific Research Institute), "Neo, Paleo, Crypto, and Metro: What's in a (Conservative) Name?"

6:30-7:00 Reception, Ashland Country Club.

7:00-8:00 Dinner, Ashland Country Club

8:00-9:00 Charles Kesler (Claremont Institute), "Reflections on Modern American Conservatism."

For information on the the John M. Ashbrook Center for Public Affairs visit their website: www.ashbrook.org.