Once More: Can the Libertarian-Conservative Marriage Be Saved?

Tonight, America's Future Foundation is hosting a roundtable forum titled "Conservatives and Libertarians: Can This Marriage Be Saved?"

Speak then or forever hold your peace.

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During the Cold War era, conservatives and libertarians united around hostility toward communism and liberalism. The National Review's Frank Meyer called this union "fusionism," and argued that it wasn't just a marriage of convenience, but a union based on the deep compatibility of liberty and tradition. Increasingly, however, that ideological marriage has been punctuated by long, sustained spats: over war, gay marriage, stem-cell research, and a host of other issues. Just another rocky patch, or is it time for a divorce?

Arguing to keep the marriage together will be W. James Antle III of The American Conservative and Jeremy Lott of the Cato Institute. Amy Mitchell of The American Spectator and Nick Gillespie of Reason will take the side of divorce.

The event will take place on Wednesday, February 23rd, at the Fund for American Studies (1706 New Hampshire Ave. NW). Drinks will begin at 7:00 p.m., with dinner and discussion following at 7:30.

To RSVP and for more information, go here.

Panelist Jeremy Lott, a former Reason intern now with the Cato Institute, writes to plug his latest piece at The American Spectator Online:

If you mention [the AFF debate on Hit & Run]…you might mention that [in my latest Spectator col], I took on a mad dog as a warm up for taking on Nick. Just a thought.

Words that hurt.