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America's Future Foundation Room 101

October 6, 2008

IN THIS ISSUE:  LEADERSHIP SERIES: JUSTICE SCALIA | POP CULTURE: CONSERVATIVES VS. LIBERTARIANS | 2009 COLLEGE BLOGGER CONTEST | INSIDE WASHINGTON WEEKLY | YOUR DREAM JOB

Leadership Dinner: Justice Scalia
On October 8th, America's Future Foundation will host  another in our Leadership Dinner Series, our special guest this evening will be Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, author of the recent, DC vs. Heller decision, and author of the book, Making Your Case: The Author of Persuading Judges.  Justice Scalia will offer insights from his book as well as valuable advice for young professionals. Books will be availabe for purchase and Justice Scalia will host a signing after the dinner.

This event will take place on October 8th, reception begins at 6:30pm at The Arts Club of Washington (2017 I St. NW) The Leadership Dinner Series is reserved for Partner level and above members so upgrade today!

Your last chance to RSVP for this event is by 5pm Today.

Pop Culture: Conservatives vs. Libertarians 
Sex and the City degrades women, Brokeback Mountain is an abomination before God, and lets not even get started on the moral implications of Showgirls. Thinking these things are filth is one thing, but imposing legislation on them is another—and this, in a nutshell, is the traditional difference between conservatives and libertarians.

Beyond the quibbles with government regulation, though, what’s the actual merit in portraying things like the modern hook-up culture, porn, homosexuality, teen pregnancy on screen and in other artistic venues? And if we embrace the juicy bits modern pop culture as mere creative expression, will the backwater of society infiltrate our homes, poison the minds of our children, and destroy the world one scantily-clad Showgirl at a time?

We’ll leave these questions and others to our hardy panelists including Peter Suderman of Culture11.com and Phil Terzian, literary editor for the Weekly Standard.  Jillian Bandes will moderate.  Stay tuned for more panelists from media outlets in the DC area.

This Roundtable will take place October 14th at The Fund for American Studies (1706 New Hampshire Avenue NW). Drinks at 6:30; panel begins at 7pm. Roundtables are free for AFF members and $5 for non-members, join here . Please RSVP to cindy@americasfuture.org.

2009 College Blogger Contest
Doublethink Online is pleased to announce the second annual America’s Future Foundation College Blogger Contest. 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. Ten finalists will be chosen at the end of the year, and 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. Awards will be announced on April 7, 2009. Second place takes home $3,000, and third place takes homes $1,000. Our judges will also provide feedback to all of the finalists in order to improve their work.

For contest details, visit: http://www.americasfuture.org/calendar/archives/022996.php

Your Dream Job
FreedomWorks is a non-profit grassroots organization that fights for lower taxes, less government and more economic freedom.  We are looking for a development professional that has an interest in politics and free-market economics to assist in our fund raising department.  The primary responsibility of the Development Manager is to cultivate, solicit and steward gifts from current donors and to identify prospects for major gifts and develop them into major donors.

Got something else in mind?  Check out the rest of the job on 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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