CPU Newsletter

April 17, 2006 A

CPU EVENT: "The K Street Gang: The Rise and Fall of the Republican Machine" - Matthew Continetti (Thursday, 04/20)

CPU EVENTS:

1. "The K Street Gang: The Rise and Fall of the Republican Machine" - Matthew Continetti (Thursday, 04/20) [LOCATION CONFIRMED]

2. J. Stapleton Roy, former US Ambassador to Singapore, China, and Indonesia - Dinner and Discussion (Tuesday, 04/25) [CORRECTED DATE]

OTHER EVENTS:

3. "The Postcapitalist Vision and American Social Liberalism in the Twentieth Century" - Professor Howard Brick, Washington University (Thursday, 04/20)

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1. A CPU Event: "The K Street Gang: The Rise and Fall of the Republican Machine" - Matthew Continetti

Date: Thursday, 04/20
Time: 7:30PM
Location: 517 Hamilton Hall

From the Random House Press Release:

No one can argue with the stunning success of the 1994 Republican Revolution. But what happens when idealists come to power? How do they grow, develop, peak, and ultimately collapse? In Weekly Standard writer Matthew Continetti's eye-opening and timely THE K STREET GANG: THE RISE AND FALL OF THE REPUBLICAN MACHINE he shows us what happens when you go to Washington to do good but end up staying to do well, including the shocking stories of key players like Jack Abramoff, Tom DeLay, Ralph Reed, and Grover Norquist, among many others.

Combining in-depth reporting with analysis, the book looks at lobbying, how the Republican Party has become captive to special interests, and how those special interests distort American politics. By climbing in bed with the K Street lobbyists, conservatives have put themselves on the side of South Pacific sweatshops and Indian gaming interests.

About the Author:

Matthew Continetti graduated from Columbia University in 2003 and has been a full time reporter at the Weekly Standard since 2004, where he is currently a staff writer. His articles and reviews have appeared in the Washington Post, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and other publications and he has appeared as a commentator on Fox News, CNN, C-SPAN, and the BBC.

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2. A CPU Event: J. Stapleton Roy, former US Ambassador to Singapore, China, and Indonesia - Dinner and Discussion [CORRECTED DATE]

Date: Tuesday, 04/25 [CORRECTED DATE]
Time: 8:15PM
Location: 304 Hamilton Hall

SEATING LIMITED TO FIRST 20 PEOPLE TO RSVP: http://www.cupolitics.org/rsvp/

**For those who have already RSVP'd, please reply to dkim@cupolitics.org to confirm your attendance for Tuesday, 04/25. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Description:

Born in Nanjing, China to missionary parents, AMBASSADOR J. STAPLETON ROY joined the United States Foreign Service in 1956. Mr. Roy spent much of his career in Asia, where he ultimately served as Ambassador to three different countries -- Singapore, China, and Indonesia -- before becoming the Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research. Mr. Roy was also posted to Moscow during the height of the Cold War. He is now the managing director of Kissinger Associates.

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OTHER EVENTS:

3. "The Postcapitalist Vision and American Social Liberalism in the Twentieth Century" - Professor Howard Brick, Department of History, Washington University

Date: Thursday, 04/20
Time: 4:10PM
Location: 417 Hamilton Hall

Presented by the American Studies Program, Department of History, and Department of Political Science at Columbia University.

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