CN Conference 2002

This past Thurs.-Sun. at the Washington Court Hotel in D.C. Some highlights:

Larry falling asleep during dinner speech by Bill Gertz of the Washington Times, despite a CN staffer’s attempt to wake him.

Former Ambassador to the UN Jeanne Kirkpatrick surprisingly with it. She was fully impressed with the UN Security Council’s unanimous 15-0 vote on the Iraq resolution, which she called “strong.”

Also surprisingly with it was Michael Ledeen of the American Enterprise Institute. Funny/disturbing stories about Italy and Iran.

Fred Barnes turned us down for drinks, despite the brilliant pick-up line: “Hey, how about a beer with a couple of Dartmouth guys?”

Barnes said that fellow Beltway Boy Mort Kondracke ’60 “didn’t get an education at Dartmouth. He didn’t even go to class much. But the eldest of his daughters went so…”

Former Reagan security guy Roger Robinson was touting a plan for universities to divest from companies doing business with terrorist-sponsoring states.

Other enjoyable speeches from the Heritage Foundation’s Ariel Cohen and Steve Hayes of the Weekly Standard.

Irish Times, the main Georgetown Law hangout, was ragey. I had the pleasure of swing-dancing with some obese Nebraskans. Another inebriated Nebraskan in their company kept talking about how he’s a high-school principal and wrote recommendations for several current Dartmouth students.

Another bar, My Brother’s Place, had $12 all-you-can-drink draft beer. Apparently, it’s usually just $10

Drank bourbon with Bryan Auchterlonie of CN; trust me, he’s cool.

But the highlight among highlights: lunch with Mr. Steven Menashi