The Philadelphia Society's 46th National Meeting
April 9-10, 2010
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Friday

 America at the Crossroads
Chairman: Roger Ream, The Fund for American Studies, MP3
Keynote Address, Angelo Codevilla, Boston University, MP3, PDF

Saturday

10:00 – 11:30 How Did We Get to the Crossroads?
Chairman: Paul Kengor, Grove City College, MP3
Glenn Moots, Northwood University, Reformed Protestantism & American Politics, MP3, PDF
William Anthony Hay, Mississippi State University, Natural Aristocracy & the Gentleman, MP3, PDF
Mark Kalthoff, Hillsdale College, Science, Scientism, & Republican Government, MP3

Luncheon: American Exceptionalism: Clarity & Destiny or Confusion and Despair?
11:45 – 1:15 Chairman: Nicholas Capaldi, Loyola University, New Orleans, MP3

Judge Janice Rogers Brown, U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, PDF

1:40 – 2:50 The Current State of the Crisis
Chairman: Alfred S. Regnery, Publisher, The American Spectator, MP3, PDF
Brian Domitrovic, The Economic Crisis, MP3
John C. Goodman, National Center for Policy Analysis, MP3

3:00 – 4:20 Is America Still an Exceptional Nation?
Chairman: Gordon Lloyd, Pepperdine University, MP3
David J. Bobb, Hillsdale College, MP3, PDF
Ted McAllister, Pepperdine University, MP3
Peter Schramm, Ashland University, MP3

Saturday Night Dinner – Co-Sponsored by Intercollegiate Studies Institute, Young America's Foundation
Master of Ceremonies, T. Kenneth Cribb, Jr., President, Intercollegiate Studies Institute, MP3, General Introduction

Tributes to Forrest McDonald
Chairman: John Willson, Hillsdale College, MP3
Stephen M. Klugewicz, National Constitution Center, MP3, PDF
John Willson Interlude, MP3
Lenore Ealy, Thinkitecture, MP3, PDF

Dinner – The Restoration of Constitutional Government
T. Kenneth Cribb, President, Intercollegiate Studies Institute, Introduction of Michael Barone, MP3
Keynote Speaker: Michael Barone, Washington Examiner, American Enterprise Institute, MP3