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NRI 2015 Ideas Summit: Why the Future Is Conservative

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From the National Review Institute 2015 Ideas Summit at the Willard InterContinental Hotel in Washington, D.C., an introduction from National Review Editor, Rich Lowry, then a panel discussion on the subject, "Why the Future Is Conservative." The panel members are: Ramesh Ponnuru, National Review; Mona Charen, Ethics and Public Policy Center (and co-host of Ricochet's Need to Know Podcast); Kevin D. Williamson, NRI/National Review; Charles C.W. Cooke, National Review. The panel is moderated by Reihan Salam of NRI/National Review (and co-host of Ricochet's Wonky Town Podcast).

Hosts:
Charles C. W. CookeJames LileksSteve Hayward

Discussion (3)

  • Petty Boozswha@PettyBoozswha

    Excellent discussion, although it was a little difficult to hear some of the speakers.

    If the right is putting together a "first hundred days" of legislative initiatives for 2017 there is one higher education item that would meld a sincere attempt to help and to reach out to millennials with a potent tool to defund the left -- allow student loans to be discharged in bankruptcy after seven or ten years. I'd like to hear conservatives talk about this and not be toadies to the banks.

  • Charlotte@Charlotte
    Zzzzzzzzz....sorry guys. I feel like diminishing returns might be setting in with these think tank talkfest kinds of events. Citing poll numbers about how millennials like Uber so they must be latent conservatives does nothing to reduce the size and scope of government. (Also, I work with about 35 millennials. To a person, there is not a chance in hell that any of them would ever pull a lever for a Republican.)