Northwestern Political Union and College Republicans present an evening of knock-down, drag-out, no-holds-barred public debate

Resolved: The Hour of Conservatism has Passed

   In the Affirmative: Rick Perlstein; Author of NYT Bestselling Nixonland  

In the Negative: Ramesh Ponnuru;  Senior Editor, National Review

7:30PM Wednesday, February 18, 2009 Hardin Hall (Near Clock Tower)
Rick Perlstein is the author of the New York Times bestseller Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America. Nixonland has been named one of the three best books of the year by the editors at Amazon.com and a New York Times notable book for 2008, and has been named on year-end "best of" lists by over a dozen publications. Perlstein is now senior fellow at the Campaign for America's Future.
Ramesh Ponnuru is a senior editor for National Review magazine. He has been published in such places as the New York Times, Newsweek, the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post. He is the author of The Party of Death: The Democrats, the Media, the Courts, and the Disregard for Human Life.


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