See you in September?

Summer is speeding by and Walt is planning his post-Labour Day travel schedule. I'm circling the calendar for a don't-miss event to be held in the nation's capital on September 9th, although I'm not sure the old Plymouth will make it all the way to Richmond. [Walt! Try to keep up. It's not Richmond any more. Ed.] Oh. I see. Well... Let's just look at the poster.

Yes, dear reader, Ron Paul is still preaching his message of conservatism and common sense. Amidst all the hoo-rah of the Trump presidency, there's still lots of interest in Mr Paul's foreign policy of non-intervention in the affairs of others, a strong defence of America and an end to the trillion-dollar military empire overseas. Readership at the Ron Paul Institute website is up and viewership of the Ron Paul Liberty Report continues to increase.

We live in a society of splendid isolation. Instead of going to church, joining service clubs, or gathering at the local watering hole to discuss the events of the day, people sit in front of their computers or thumbing their "devices" [??? Ed.], kidding themselves that they are connecting with others via the Internet. Walt has never done Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn or any of the other anti-social media. I call them that because it seems most of the people posting on FB etc are so busy posting that they have no time to socialize with anyone in person. See Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community, by Robert D. Putnam (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2000). But I digress...

Yes... It's all very well to keep informed by reading Internet blogs and articles and watching videos, but we also need to meet in person -- face-to-face -- with other like-minded people. We need to hear from those who are out there in the front lines. Any true movement -- religious, political or otherwise -- is built on human contact and connections.

If you agree with all (or at least some) of the sentiments expressed by Ron Paul, or Yours Very Truly, you'll find hundreds of like-minded people at the Dulles Airport Marriott, just outside of Washington DC, this coming September 9th, as the Ron Paul Institute holds its second major foreign policy conference. At the rostrum will be Mr Paul, of course, plus Lew Rockwell, Daniel McAdams and other erudite and interesting speakers TBA.

The conference proper runs from 0930 to 1500, and a "whistleblowers' roundtable" will follow. What could that be? Be there to find out! Tickets are just $75, and are expected to sell out well in advance. The Marriott folks are offering a special rate to conference attenders. Click here for tickets and/or more information. You never know who you may see there!