Tuesday, January 10, 2006
...and have had your fill of demagogues twisting the record to make it sound as though good judges get their jollies over the strip-searching of 10 year old girls (one starts to wonder about some of the Senators asking the questions), this event sounds interesting:
featuring
DR. HELEN SZAMUELY
with
GERARD BAKER
NOAM SCHEIBER
MARK TAPSCOTT
hosted by
JOHN O'SULLIVAN
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 2006
4:30 P.M.
HUDSON INSTITUTE'S BETSY AND WALTER STERN CONFERENCE CENTER
1015 15TH STREET, NW, SIXTH FLOOR
WASHINGTON, DC
Why has blogging had greater political impact in the U.S. than in Europe? Are the reasons technical, economic, political or cultural? And is this situation changing? Last year saw major European controversies, in particular, the referendum defeats for the proposed European constitution. Some European leaders want to revive this constitution in the next few years. Will that be the issue on which Europe's bloggers finally get to influence the political debate? And if so, in which direction?
These and other questions will be discussed by our distinguished panel of experts:
Helen Szamuely is head of research for The Bruges Group (London) and one half of the Euro-skeptic blog http://www.eureferendum.blogspot.com/. She writes regularly for The Bruges Group, the Centre for Research into Post-Communist Economies (CRCE), and TechCentral Station.
Gerard Baker is the Washington bureau chief for the Times of London.
Noam Scheiber is a senior editor at the New Republic and writes regularly for TNR's The Plank.
Mark Tapscott is director of the Heritage Foundation's Center for Media and Public Policy.
John O'Sullivan is a senior fellow at Hudson Institute and director of Hudson's Center for European Studies.
(H/T: Richard Landes)
