Cubs Lose, Philly Wins

April 12 was a fine summer day in Chicago, and I did something I’ve wanted to do ever since I was 11: see the Cubs play at Wrigley Field. The sun was shining, the bleachers were packed, the wind was blowing straight out to center field—and the Cubs lost, 5 to 1. But for those attending the Philadelphia Society’s 21st national meeting, at the lovely Drake Hotel, a quick El ride away, the Cubs’ loss was the last disappointment of the weekend.

The official theme of the meeting was “Many Voices: Varieties of Conservative Thought in the Eighties.” But, as with every Philadelphia Society meeting of the Reagan era, no matter what the official theme, the actual preoccupation was: How’re we doing? And the answer, from many fronts and in “many voices,” was: Not enough—but enough to keep us going.

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Linda Bridges

Ms. Bridges is the former editor-at-large of National Review.

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April 12 was a fine summer day in Chicago, and I did something I’ve wanted to do ever since I was 11: see the Cubs play at Wrigley Field. The sun was shining, the bleachers were packed, the wind was blowing straight out to center field—and the Cubs lost, 5 to 1. But for those attending the Philadelphia Society’s 21st national meeting, at the lovely Drake Hotel, a quick El ride away, the Cubs’ loss was the last disappointment of the weekend.

The official theme of the meeting was “Many Voices: Varieties of Conservative Thought in the Eighties.” But, as with every Philadelphia Society meeting of the Reagan era, no matter what the official theme, the actual preoccupation was: How’re we doing? And the answer, from many fronts and in “many voices,” was: Not enough—but enough to keep us going.