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America's Future Foundation Room 101

October 29, 2007

IN THIS ISSUE: HALLOWEEN HAPPY HOUR | WHAT'S NEW IN THE PODCAST | COLLEGE BLOGGER CONTEST | JOBS AND MORE

AFF Halloween Happy Hour
This Wednesday, AFF will host its annual Halloween happy hour. Check out pictures from our past Halloween Happy Hours here, here, and here.

Joining us for this year's event is special guest Clark Neily, Co-counsel to the local citizens in the D.C. Gun ban case currently being heard before the Supreme Court. Neily's work has the potential to bring a Supreme Court decision regarding the overall constitutionality of gun laws throughout the country. In addition, Clark is a senior attorney at the Institute for Justice. He will provide a brief insight into this historic case and he'll be available for questions. In addition, a plaintiff in the case, Cato's own Tom Palmer, will also be on hand.

The event will take place at the Big Hunt, 1245 Connecticut Avenue on Wednesday October 31st, starting at 6 p.m. The nearest metro stop is Dupont Circle, on the red line. Drink specials include: $3 house drafts and rail drinks and 1$ off all other drinks.

In the podcast this week...
This week on Inside Washington Weekly, AFF's weekly podcast, our panelists discuss Stephen Colbert, Ron Paul and RedState, Iran and the GOP, and Obama's courtship of Gore. The show's panelists this week are Michael Brendan Dougherty of the American Conservative, Peter Suderman of Doublethink, and Anastasia Uglova of NBC's Politalk. David White hosts. To listen or subscribe, visit http://www.insidewashingtonweekly.com.

AFF $10,000 college blogger contest...
If you're a college blogger (or know one) don't forget America's Future Foundation has announced a contest for the best college blog with a grand prize of $10,000.

The purpose of the contest is to encourage original liberty-minded blogger journalism on college campuses and to identify young conservative and libertarian talent who wish to pursue careers as journalists and writers. The contest is open to all graduate and undergraduate bloggers age 25 and younger.

The winning blog will be awarded a cash prize of $10,000, and be invited to be a panelist at an AFF Roundtable on higher education in Washington, D.C. The award will be announced on April 7, 2008.

A panel of renowned bloggers will judge the contest. Judges include:

To enter, and for the complete set of rules, college bloggers can visit www.americasfuture.org/collegeblogger. There bloggers can enter their site for consideration. The deadline for entries is December 31, 2007. From the entries, AFF will choose ten finalists. The panel of seven judges will then track the blogs between January and April and will then choose a winner.

Your dream job...
Are you a fan of web technologies, a lover of coding, and a solutions-oriented developer looking for a place where you're appreciated for your knowledge? Are you interested in taking the lead on developing complex systems? If so, you might be the next Web Developer at Brain Objects, located in Northern Virginia.

For more info, see http://www.americasfuture.org/jobboard/archives/022527.php.

Got something else in mind? You can find other great free-market-oriented jobs by clicking over to AFF's Job Board at http://www.americasfuture.org/jobboard/!

Cheers,

Cord Blomquist
Deputy Director of Operations
http://www.americasfuture.org/
cord@americasfuture.org

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