Politically Incorrect Gather on Capitol Hill
As I write this Accuracy In Academia is completing their two day conference Conservative University today on Capitol Hill. While I have to admit the attendance was below expectations (we underestimated the fickleness of hill interns ) the conferences content has been excellent.
The conference started with a talk by Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-VA) who is the youngest member of congress at 29. He said the average age is 59. McHenry spoke about his own experiences in college at N.C. State and his run in with political correctness. Keep your eye on this guy. He has a lot of ambition.
His colleague Paul Ryan (R-WI) spoke on social security reform and was followed by a panel consisting of Peter Ferrara and Carrie Lukas. They actually made this subject interesting not just for me, but for the student audience. I personally am not relying on social security some 20 years out for myself and it pains me to watch my children sucked out of their minimum wage paychecks just to pay today’s retirees.
Other speakers included Evan Coyne Maloney who has produced a great politically incorrect film Brainwashing 101 and Mason Weaver who refuses to let the political left push him around. This is just a snapshot.
Don Irvine
Donald Irvine is the chairman of of Accuracy in Academia (AIA), a non-profit research group reporting on bias in education. Irvine follows his father’s legacy, Reed Irvine, to critically analyze the liberal media’s bias and brings over thirty years of media analysis experience. He has published countless blog posts and articles on media bias, in context of current events, and he has been interviewed by many news media outlets during his professional career. He currently hosts a livestream weekly show on AIA’s Facebook page which discusses current events.
Irvine graduated from the University of Maryland and rose up the ranks to become chairman of Accuracy in Media until his transition to AIA.
He resides in the suburbs around the nation’s capital and is a proud father and grandfather.
