Our friends at the William F. Buckley Jr. Program at Yale always put on an exciting annual fall conference (you may recall that last year’s, on free speech, was, as Kevin Williamson reported, the scene of a near riot caused by precious intolerant undergrads). The hurled insults are easily brazened through: We encourage those who appreciate an afternoon and evening of stimulating discussion amongst conservative big brains (like Ramesh Ponnuru) to attend. The date is Friday, October 28, the theme is “The Future of the Party System in America,” the speakers, in addition to Ramesh, include Congressman Ron DeSantis (he’ll keynote the dinner) James Ceaser, Beverly Gage, Morris Fiorina, William Kristol, Henry Olsen, William Galston, Charles Hill, William F. B. O’Reilly, Roger Kimball, James Taranto, Margaret Hoover, and E. Donald Elliott, and the shebang (at Yale, in New Haven) kicks off at 1:45 p.m.

Here’s the schedule. You can register online here. I’ll be there with Mrs. F – join us. Don’t worry: We’ll have your back should the campus darlings work themselves into a macroagressed lather.