‘IM SO GLAD you’re one of us,” she whispered conspiratorially. Her grip on my left triceps was much stronger than I would have expected from a short woman of maybe one hundred pounds and easily 65 years. “Will being here hurt your career?” It was a question I was asked repeatedly during the National Review Institute’s Conservative Summit, held October 8-9 at the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles.
My answer to her was, “No, of course not,” but by the end of the weekend, I had begun to wonder whether I was, indeed, risking my professional life.
Comments