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America's Future Foundation Room 101

January 7, 2007

IN THIS ISSUE: AFF CHICAGO ROUNDTABLE | JANUARY ROUNDTABLE | PODCAST THIS WEEK | JOBS AND MORE

AFF Chicago Roundtable: The State of the Republican Brand

Tell your friends in Chicago that on January 16th in Chicago, AFF will host will host a roundtable on the "State of the Republican Brand." With so much dissatisfaction within the conservative and libertarian base, what is the state of the Republican "brand?"  How should conservatives and libertarians re-shape the brand in 2008 and beyond? In some sense, President Bush envisioned an "ownership society" as a uniting theme for conservatives and libertarians. To what extend did this succeed or fail? Does polling data reflect a decline of voter support for smaller government, in general? Are the Republican presidential candidates reflecting voter preferences, or vice versa? Is the "leave us alone" coalitionstill intact?

Joining us in the discussion will be Grover Norquist of Americans for Tax Reform, Ramesh Ponnuru of the National Review, Larry Horist of Thomas & Joyce, Inc, and political consultant Dan Proft of Urquhart Media. Moderating this discussion will be Blake Dvorak of Real Clear Politics.

This event will take place at the Union League Club located at 65 West Jackson Boulevard in Chicago, IL 60604. There will be a reception at 6:00 and the panel will begin at 7:00 pm. If you would like to RSVP for this event please email kathleen@americasfuture.org.

AFF January Roundtable: "Don't Be Evil": Privacy in the Age of Google
In less than a decade, Google has grown from a Ph.D. research project to be the indispensable tool of the information economy. With the objective of making all information instantly and universally accessible, Google now controls the principal index to the internet and the email traffic of millions, while adding new features such as maps replete with street-level photos cataloging the non-virtual world. As governments around the world seek to harness this information for good or evil, please join us on January 16th to discuss what we stand to gain and lose from this relentless indexing of information.

Joining us in the discussion will be Marc Rotenberg, Executive Director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), and Cord Blomquist of the Competitive Enterprise Institute. Moderating this discussion will be Chris Pope of the American Enterprise Institute.  Stay tuned for more panelists.

The event will take place at the Fund for American Studies, 1706 New Hampshire Avenue, NW, near Dupont Circle. Drinks at 6:30; Roundtable begins at 7:00. Roundtables are free for members, $5 for non-members. So join today! Please RSVP to Cindy Cerquitella at cindy@americasfuture.org.

Podcast this Week

Fans of Inside Washington Weekly needn't worry, though the show was off this week for New Year's break, David White and a panel of IWW all-stars will be back next week.  In the meantime, listen to past episodes at http://www.americasfuture.org/podcast/iww/

Your dream job...
AFF Chicagoans should check out the Sam Adams Alliance, a national network that connects and supports citizen leaders who are working to defend liberty, hold the government accountable, and make real political change at the local level.  Sam Adams is looking for an intern in the Chicago area to research activist groups across the nation, support Alliance Managers in the field, prospect and correspond with local leaders, write feature stories for the web, and blog for the Alliance.

For more info, see http://www.americasfuture.org/jobboard/archives/022647.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/!

In Liberty,

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

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