Cruising With the Old White Men at the National Review

After four months of not writing a word, Fire Tom Friedman really needs a vacation. That's why I signed up for the National Review's Post-Election Cruise. It leaves today and I couldn't be more excited. Seven days and nights of Nordlinger!

When I told my friend, Screw David Brooks, that I was going, she was like, "Why would you want to be stuck on a ship for seven days with a bunch of gross, old, white dudes?" But SDB clearly doesn't understand that the faces of conservatism have changed. This is not your father's National Review - it's a big tent! Check out the speakers:

Speaker	White?	Male?	Age
Bernard Lewis	White	Male	94
Phyllis Schafly	White	Female!!!	86
Cal Thomas	White	Male	78
Michael Novak	White	Male	77
John O' Sullivan	White	Male	68
Bernie Goldberg	White	Male	65
Scott Rasmussen	White	Male	65
John Derbyshire	White	Male	65
Peter W. Schramm	White	Male	64
Tony Blankley	White	Male	62
Kate O' Beirne	White	Female!!!	61
Michael Walsh	White	Male	61
Karl Rove	White	Male	60
Vin Weber	White	Male	58
Victor Davis Hanson	White	Male	57
James Lileks	White	Male	52
Ralph Reed	White	Male	49
Jay Nordlinger	White	Male	47
Rich Lowry	White	Male	42
Andrew Breitbart	White	Male	41
Jonah Goldberg	White	Male	41
Daniel Hannan	White	Male	39
Roman Genn	White	Male	38
Ramesh Ponnuru	Indian!!!	Male	36
Kathryn Lopez	Hispanic!!!	Female!!!	34
Andrew McCarthy	White	Male	???
Jim Geraghty	White	Male	???
Roger Kimball	White	Male	???
Alan Reynolds	White	Male	???
Rob Long	White	Male	???
Robert Costa	White	Male	???
Ed Whelan	White	Male	???
Kevin Williamson	White	Male	???
Greg Gutfeld	White	Male	???

For those of you who are statistically inclined, the speakers are only 91% male, only 94% white, and the average age is a sprightly 58. Sounds like America to me!

Depending on the ship's Internet connection, I hope to live blog/tweet from what is sure to be a wild and wacky seven days. Gotta go. Just saw Rove -- in a Hawaiian shirt! Jealous?