Nancy will be speaking at the Educational Policy Conference next week in St. Louis, Jan. 27-29, 2011. Also speaking are Ann Coulter, Rick Santorum, David Kupelian, Judith Reisman, Frank Gaffney, Kelly Shackelford, and others.

I just got off the phone with conference organizer Donna Hearne and can let you know that Nancy will be speaking Saturday at 2:00.

Nancy will be happy to autograph books, so don't forget to bring copies of Saving Leonardo (and her other books as well!).

This conference is sponsored by the Constitutional Coalition. For more information or to register, please see this website or call 1-636-386-1789. Visit the Facebook page here.

Here is a preliminary schedule and partial list of speakers and working titles of their talks.

COURAGE AND CONVICTION
Lessons From Our History -- Extraordinary Plans for the Future!

Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011, 7:00 p.m. Open (Registration Begins at 5:00 pm)

Lessons From Our History

* Erick Metaxas, author of Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy, speaking on The Education of a Martyr

* David Kupelian, author of How Evil Works: Understanding and Overcoming the Destructive Forces that are Transforming America

Friday, Jan. 28, 2011, 9:00 a.m. Open

Understanding the Battle --
Our Toxic Culture: Dehumanizing Individuals

* Dr. Judith Reisman, author of Sexual Sabotage on Why our Schools and Culture Promote Toxic Sexuality

* Barbara Anderson, Minnesota Family Public Policy, The Fed’s push on Schools to Promote Toxic Sexuality: Money and Curriculum

* Janet Boynes, One Person’s Journey Back to Human Dignity

* Candi Cushman, Focus on the Family, Bullying and How to Effectively Confront It

Understanding the Battle --
Science’s Corruption

* Dr. John West, Discovery Institute, Science and Religion: Evolution or Purpose – Where does Theistic Evolution fit?

* John Calvert, attorney, Defining Terms: Materialistic Science vs. Theistic Science

FRIDAY LUNCH

* James Wanliss, physic professor, Post Normal Science in the Classroom

Understanding the Battle -- 
History: Facts or PC’s Fudging?

* Don McLeroy, Texas State School Board, History Standards and Freedom

* Betty Peters, Alabama State School Board, Federal Standards and Mind Control

* Peggy Littleton, former Colorado State School Board, Why Common Core Standards are Bad

* Kathy Wilmot, former Nebraska State School Board, How the Feds Intend to Enforce Toxic Secularism

Understanding the Battle  -- 
How to Teach Children Healthy Risk

* Abby Sunderland, 16-years old, Circling the Globe Solo in a Sailboat – Lessons Learned

FRIDAY DINNER

* Ann Coulter, author, lawyer, conservative social and political commentator, syndicated columnist, Why Liberals Never Learn the Lessons of History

Saturday, Jan. 29, 2011

Understanding the Battle -- 
What Kind of "Rule of Law" Produces a Civil Society?

* Frank Gaffney, Center for Security, Shariah, the Threat to America

* Speaker to be announced – The Founder’s Biblical Constitutionalism

* Speaker to be announced – We, the People, or I, the Chief Executive?

* Hon. Sen. Rick Santorum, former U.S. senator from Pennsylvania, How is Human Dignity treated by the Constitution and Shariah and Why is it Important?

* Larry Reed, president, Foundation for Economic Education, The Best Road to Prosperity and Why

SATURDAY LUNCH

NEW! Breakout Session for young people ages 9-14 (Runs simultaneously with sessions on “Winning the Battle …,” joining the concluding session “Leaders We Must Know and Emulate”)

* Debby Brezina – Why America is the BEST!

* Abby Sunderland – My Stories and Lessons of Sailing Alone

Winning the Battle –
Why We Must Go Back into the Public Square

* John Stonestreet, Summit Ministries, Opposing Views of Humanity

* David Brog, author of In Defense of Faith: The Judeo-Christian Idea and the Struggle for Humanity

* Nancy Pearcey, described in The Economist as "America’s preeminent evangelical Protestant female intellectual," author of Saving Leonardo: A Call to Resist the Secular Assault on Mind, Morals & Meaning, on the faculty of Rivendell Sanctuary, editor at large of The Pearcey Report

Winning the Battle –
How to Go Back into the Public Square

Apologetics: The Arguments of the Secularists
and How to Win the Discussion

* Kelly Shackelford, president, Liberty Legal Institute and Free Market Foundation and Dick Thompson, president, Thomas More Center, How to Conquer the Public Square

Leaders We Must Know and Emulate

* Dr. William Forstchen, author of To Try Men Souls, speaking on Why Character Matters: George Washington

* Dr. Peter Lillback, author of George Washington’s Sacred Fire, speaking on Documenting a Biblical George Washington