Attention all you political scientist groupies (we know you’re out there!): head over to the Wardman Park Marriott with your cameras and copies of the latest Nation or National Review right away. Because on a weekend where, traditionally, most involved in politics take off for one last weekend away from Swamp City, 6000+ political scientists from the worlds of academia, media, and government are descending on Woodley Park for the annual convention of the American Political Science Association. Attendees include such luminaries as “Bobos in Paradise” author David Brooks, Weekly Standard editor William “No I Wasn’t in City Slickers” Kristol, and rapper-slash-pragmatist Cornel West.
So if you can’t get enough of seer sucker suits, red power ties, and discussions on just war theory or Montesquieu, this weekend should be heaven for you. But if the thought of such triggers your gag reflex, be advised that Woodley Park should probably be avoided, at least until Labor Day. But for the intrepid, DCist is offering a $100 reward for anyone who sends us a picture of Cornel West scarfing down a jumbo slice. We hear these APSA parties are wicked.
