The American Mind’s Weekly Digest 
ANNOUNCEMENT - CONFERENCE ON NATIONAL CONSERVATISM
Dear Claremont family, 

This coming October 31 – November 2, 2021, I will be speaking at the Edmund Burke Foundation’s second Conference on National Conservatism
 
Joining me on the speaker’s dais in sunny Orlando, Florida will be Chairman of the Claremont Institute Tom Klingenstein, Vice President of Education and founding editor of The American Mind, Matt Peterson, along with our Center for the American Way of Life Fellows Scott Yenor, Joshua Mitchell, and David P. Goldman—along with a handful of former Claremont Fellows. 
 
Suffice to say, our organization is well and ably represented! 
 
I encourage you to register for this event where some of the brightest, most energetic figures on the right—keynote speakers Sen. Hawley, Peter Thiel, Sen. Rubio, and J.D. Vance among them—will be discussing “the best path forward for a democratic world confronted by a rising China abroad and a powerful new Marxism at home.” 

Sincerely

Ryan P. Williams
President, Claremont Institute
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