National Review cruise — The First Amendment

November 21, 2016 Puma ByDesign Politics Comments Off on National Review cruise — The First Amendment
A fascinating view of George Town in the Grand Caymans

On behalf of Bookworm, I’m reposting her account of an NRO Cruise she’s embarked on . Enjoy!

November 14, 2016

Today’s seminars were about the First and Second Amendment discussions. Both panels were interesting but I was absurdly gratified to discover that, with few exceptions, nothing was said that we at the Bookworm Room (both authors and commenters) haven’t already addressed, analyzed, concluded, or otherwise worked over factually and intellectually.

I wasn’t bored by the redundancy, though, because the panel members were unusually informed and witty. I did not take notes, but I will try to dredge up from the dim recesses of my memory some of the things that particularly struck me.

The first panel, which is the subject for this post, was on the First Amendment. James Lileks moderated a panel composed of David French, Charles Cooke, Jonah Goldberg, and Ramesh Ponnuru.

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