Buckley Institute Annual Conference: Ideas Have Consequences

The Buckley Institute's 13th Annual Conference in New Haven, CT will recognize the 75th anniversary of Richard Weaver's important work, Ideas Have Consequences. This event is open to the public, but registration is required.

Register online today at https://buckleyinstitute.com/conference

The Buckley Institute is excited to welcome some of the sharpest minds to share their perspectives on the major questions and controversies driving the national conversation. Topics will include:

• Is Everything Ockam’s Fault? The Denial of Truth and the Contemporary Battle over Meaning
• The Destruction of Distinction: Celebrated Mediocrity, Pursuit of Comfort, and the Spoiled-Child Psychology
• The Indoctrination Machine: News Media, Entertainment, and Weaver’s “Great Stereopticon”

• The Washington Free Beacon Editor-in-Chief Eliana Johnson
• The New Criterion Editor & Publisher Roger Kimball
• Claremont Review of Books Associate Editor Spencer Klavan
• National Review Editor-in-Chief Rich Lowry
• Manhattan Institute Thomas W. Smith Fellow Heather Mac Donald
• First Things Editor R. R. Reno
• Reason Senior Editor Stephanie Slade
• American Enterprise Institute Senior Fellow Emeritus Bret Stephens
• The New York Times Columnist Bret Stephens
• The Wall Street Journal Editorial Features Editor James Taranto

• 2:30pm - Welcoming Remarks
• 2:35pm – 3:35pm - Is Everything Occam’s Fault? The Denial of Truth and the Contemporary Battle over Meaning with Roger Kimball, R. R. Reno, and Stephanie Slade
• 3:55pm – 4:55pm - The Destruction of Distinction: Celebrated Mediocrity, Pursuit of Comfort, and the Spoiled-Child Psychology with Heather Mac Donald, Spencer Klavan, and Christina Hoff Sommers
• 5:15pm – 6:15pm - The Indoctrination Machine: News Media, Entertainment, and Weaver’s “Great Stereopticon” with Rich Lowry, Eliana Johnson, and James Taranto
• 6:30pm - Cocktail Reception
• 7:30pm - Dinner with Keynote Address by Bret Stephens