Sohrab Ahmari (New York Post), David French (National Review), and Professor Charles Kesler (Claremont McKenna) discuss and debate conservatism in the age of Trump.
About the panelists:
Sohrab Ahmari is an Iranian-American journalist, editor, and author. He is currently the op-ed editor of the New York Post and a contributing editor of the Catholic Herald. Previously, he served as a columnist and editor with the Wall Street Journal opinion pages in New York and London, and as a senior writer at Commentary magazine. Ignatius Press recently published Ahmari’s spiritual memoir, From Fire, by Water, about his conversion to Roman Catholicism.
David French is a senior writer for National Review, a senior fellow at the National Review Institute, and a contributor to Time. He is a graduate of Harvard Law School, the past president of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, and a former lecturer at Cornell Law School. In addition, Mr. French is a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Charles Kesler is a Senior Fellow of the Claremont Institute, Editor of the Claremont Review of Books, and the Dengler-Dykema Distinguished Professor of Government at Claremont McKenna College. He is the recipient of the prestigious 2018 Bradley Prize, a high honor bestowed upon distinguished individuals who have influenced American scholarship and debate. Dr. Kesler is the author of I Am the Change: Barack Obama and the Crisis of Liberalism. His edition of The Federalist Papers is the best-selling edition in the country.
Presented by the Potenziani Program in Constitutional Studies and the Tocqueville Program.
Event is free and open to the public.
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