National Review Institute’s 2019 Ideas Summit
The Case for the American Experiment
March 28 and 29 | The Mandarin Oriental | Washington, D.C.
Media Coverage
Day One – March 28 Video:
- Matthew Continetti, Lee Edwards, Neal Freeman, and John O’Sullivan discuss The Buckley Legacy and the Element of Civility
- David French discusses Donor Privacy with David Keating
- Kevin D. Williamson interviews Congressman Dan Crenshaw and Charles C.W. Cooke on The New Socialism
- Reihan Salam discusses The Case for the Melting Pot with Senator Marco Rubio
- Luke Thompson interviews Leonard Leo and John Yoo on The Constitutional Order Under Attack
- Rich Lowry discusses The Role of the U.S. in the World with Secretary of State Michael Pompeo
The 2019 Whittaker Chambers Award Dinner Honoring Mark Janus
Day Two – March 29 C-SPAN Coverage:
Video Coverage Part 1
Video Coverage Part 2
- Brooke Rollins gives remarks on American Innovation
- Ramesh Ponnuru in conversation with Kevin Hassett
- Kevin D. Williamson interviews Mike Sommers and Robert Bryce on the natural gas revolution
- Jay Nordlinger in conversation with Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos
- Harmeet Dhillon, John Yoo, and Tammy Bruce discuss Opportunities for All
- Charles C. W. Cooke in conversation with Ajit Pai of the Federal Communications Commission
- Michael Brendan Dougherty discusses Populism and the Right with Tucker Carlson
- Jim Geraghty moderates a discussion between Jonah Goldberg and Rich Lowry on How Conservatives Should Think About Nationalism
- Hon. James Buckley discusses The Case for Federalism
U.S. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo and Rich Lowry talk about “The Role of the U.S. in the World”
Mark Janus: The Man Who Ended Compulsory Union Dues
By Jack Fowler
Select Media
- South China Morning Press (print edition and online) https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3003767/chinas-island-building-and-belt-and-road-initiative-are-part
- Washington Examiner | Pompeo hits Democrats: “It is evil to talk about America in decline” https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/this-supreme-court-ruling-on-a-death-row-inmate-is-a-win-for-religious-liberty-but-what-about-similar-cases
- Business Insider |One of the Republican Party’s rising stars says if Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal is so good then New York City should try it out – Business Insider https://apple.news/A8iYJ_CAGQWqAtXWVqAEdyw
- Washington Times | (Ideas Summit mentioned in Inside the Beltway news update) https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/mar/27/inside-the-beltway-trump-returns-to-friendly-enthu/
- Bloomberg Politics https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-04-01/nato-s-subdued-70th-birthday-overshadowed-by-skeptic-in-chief
- CNN Politics https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/29/politics/education-secretary-devos-trump/index.html
- Sinclair News Group https://ktxs.com/news/nation-world/live-devos-speaks-at-the-nri-ideas-summit
- Right Wing News https://rightwing.news/pompeo-talks-at-the-nri-ideas-summit/
- NK News https://www.nknews.org/2019/03/secretary-pompeo-hopes-for-a-third-trump-kim-meeting-before-too-long/
- Newsweek https://www.newsweek.com/us-china-sea-trade-national-security-1380365
- Kurdistan 24 http://www.kurdistan24.net/en/news/fd3ef05f-0947-4454-a589-8edcac32ae13
- Getty Images https://www.gettyimages.com/photos/national-review-institute?phrase=%22national%20review%20institute%22&sort=best#license
- FOX Business https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNOJhwbzXmo#action=share
- Express UK https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1107426/South-china-sea-latest-news-us-tension-donald-trump-xi-jinping-wu-schicun-world-war-3
- Economic Times https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/chinese-connectivity-projects-across-the-world-have-national-security-element-mike-pompeo/articleshow/68629109.cms
- Epoch Times:: https://www.theepochtimes.com/socialism-is-the-biggest-risk-to-the-economy-warns-white-house-economic-adviser_2861109.html
- NK News: https://www.nknews.org/2019/04/pompeo-says-negotiations-with-north-korea-one-step-forward-one-step-back/
- The Columbian: https://www.columbian.com/news/2019/apr/01/nato-70th-birthday-overshadowed-by-trump/
- The Stream: https://stream.org/david-french-religious-freedom-splc/?fbclid=IwAR0biD5v8GZssge-ktB7-GMOiIhsLBvuf8EbRYZtPKB5lyz0T1Zsc9VZVn0
From NationalReview.com
- DeVos: ‘One-Size-Fits-All Approach’ to Education Won’t Do https://www.nationalreview.com/news/devos-one-size-fits-all-approach-to-education-wont-do/
- David French and David Keating Warn of Dangers of House Dems’ Election-Reform Plan https://www.nationalreview.com/news/national-review-institute-ideas-summit-house-democrats-election-reform-plan-dangers/
- Dan Crenshaw Warns of ‘the New Socialism’ https://www.nationalreview.com/news/dan-crenshaw-diagnoses-the-new-socialism/
- The Value of Civility in the Age of Twitter https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/the-value-of-civility-in-the-age-of-twitter/
- Marco Rubio Urges an Immigration Policy Based on ‘National Interest’ https://www.nationalreview.com/news/marco-rubio-urges-an-immigration-policy-based-on-the-national-interest/
- Pompeo Casts Golan Heights Move As a Rejection of Conventional Wisdom https://www.nationalreview.com/news/mike-pompeo-recognition-israel-sovereignty-golan-heights/
- Tucker Carlson Laments Cultural Decline of America: ‘Why Is This Happening?’ https://www.nationalreview.com/news/tucker-carlson-laments-americas-cultural-decline-why-is-this-happening/
- FCC Chairman: Net-Neutrality Supporters Saw ‘Political Advantage’ in ‘Stirring Fear’ https://www.nationalreview.com/news/fcc-chairman-net-neutrality-supporters-saw-political-advantage-in-stirring-fear/
- Pompeo On Deck at the NRI Ideas Summit. Watch! There Will Be a Quiz: https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/nri-ideas-summit-mike-pompeo/
- Mark Janus: The Man Who Ended Compulsory Union Dues: https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2019/03/25/mark-janus-the-man-who-ended-compulsory-union-dues/
- White House Economic Advisor Touts Trump’s Help for “The Hopeless”: https://nationalreview.com/news/white-house-economic-adviser-touts-trumps-help-for-the-hopeless/
- America as the Forest Gump of the World, in a Good Way: https://nationalreview.com/news/progressive-threat-freedom-constitutional-order-nri-ideas-summit/
- Is Dan Crenshaw the GOP’s Answer to the Democratic “Freshman Class?”: https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/dan-crenshaw-young-americans-socialism/
- Socialism for Thee, But Not for Me: https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/socialism-for-thee-but-not-for-me/
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2019 Agenda
| THURSDAY, MARCH 28TH | ||||
| 11:30 am | Registration Opens | |||
| 1:00 pm | Welcome | |||
| Lindsay Craig, National Review Institute Opening Address Richard Lowry, National Review |
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| The Buckley Legacy and the Element of Civility Matthew Continetti, National Review/National Review Institute Lee Edwards, The Heritage Foundation Neal Freeman, The Blackwell Corporation John O’Sullivan, National Review/National Review Institute |
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| Conversation with David Keating, Institute for Free Speech and David French, National Review/National Review Institute | ||||
| New Socialism Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review Congressman Dan Crenshaw Kevin D. Williamson, National Review |
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| Conversation with Senator Marco Rubio and Reihan Salam, Manhattan Institute for Policy Research | ||||
| The Constitutional Order Under Attack Leonard Leo, Federalist Society Luke Thompson, National Review John Yoo, University of California at Berkeley |
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| Conversation with Michael R. Pompeo, U.S. Secretary of State and Rich Lowry, National Review/National Review Institute | ||||
| 6:30 pm | Cocktail Reception | |||
| 7:30 pm | The Whittaker Chambers Award Dinner honoring Mark Janus | |||
| Father Paul Scalia Lindsay Craig, National Review Institute Richard Lowry, National Review, Remembering Charles Krauthammer John Tillman, Illinois Policy Institute |
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| 9:00 pm | Night Owl: No Safe Spaces Movie Discussion | |||
| Adam Carolla, The Adam Carolla Show and David French, National Review/National Review Institute | ||||
| FRIDAY, MARCH 29TH | ||||
| 6:45 am | Sunrise Jog to the Jefferson Memorial | |||
| 7:30 am | Breakfast/Registration | |||
| 8:15 am | Morning Welcome Lindsay Craig, National Review Institute |
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| 8:20 am | American Innovation Brooke Rollins, White House Office of American Innovation |
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| Conversation with Kevin Hassett, Chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, and Ramesh Ponnuru, National Review/National Review Institute |
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| The Natural Gas Revolution Kevin D. Williamson, National Review Mike Sommers, American Petroleum Institute Robert Bryce, Manhattan Institute for Policy Research |
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| Conversation with Betsy DeVos, U.S. Secretary of Education and Jay Nordlinger, National Review/National Review Institute | ||||
| Opportunities for All Harmeet Dhillon, Dhillon Law Group John Yoo, University of California at Berkeley Tammy Bruce, Independent Woman’s Voice |
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| Conversation with Ajit Pai, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission and Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review | ||||
| 12:15 pm | Luncheon Feature Populism and the Right: A Conversation with Tucker Carlson Tucker Carlson, Tucker Carlson Tonight and Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review |
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| How Conservatives Should Think About Nationalism Jim Geraghty, National Review Jonah Goldberg, National Review/National Review Institute Richard Lowry, National Review |
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| The Case for Federalism The Honorable James L. Buckley |
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| Concludes at 2:45 pm | ||||
Thank you to our sponsors!
Karen Buchwald Wright
Public Interest Fellowship
Laurel and Cliff Asness
Bradley Impact Fund, DonorsTrust
Goldwater Institute, Allen Sidor
Wendy and Dale Brott, Madelene and L. Stanton Towne
Whittaker Chambers Dinner Sponsors
Robert F. Agostinelli Foundation
Charles Koch Institute
Facebook
People United for Privacy
White Castle
Juli and Michael Woronoff
Erika and John Ammirati
DCI Group
The Dick and Betsy DeVos Foundation
Debbie and Brian Murdock
Mary Beth and Richard Weiss
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