2004 Caribbean: sailing November 13-20 on Holland America Line's MS Zuiderdam post-election cruise.(Advertisement)

A LUXURY VOYAGE FEATURING ALL-STAR SPEAKERS INCLUDING Renowned author VICTOR DAVIS HANSON, Islam expert BERNARD LEWIS, Republican party chairman ED GILLESPIE, acclaimed author DINESH D'SOUZA, Club for Growth boss STEPHEN MOORE, columnist MICHELLE MALKIN, and NREditors RICH LOWRY, JAY NORDLINGER, RAMESH PONNURU, JOHN O'SULLIVAN, and JOHN DERBYSHIRE

I am pleased to announce our next exciting seafaring adventure: the National Review 2004 Post-Election Caribbean Cruise. Featuring an incredible cast of conservative celebrity speakers--and remarkably affordable accommodations (prices start at just $1,549 per person, and "singles" can get a luxurious room for only $1,899!)--this special trip will take place November 13-20, 2004, aboard Holland America Line's new MS Zuiderdam.

This wonderful journey will afford you the unique opportunity to meet some of America's most preeminent conservative celebrities: "definites" for this special voyage are the esteemed author Victor Davis Hanson (the renowned academic has become one of the most influential writers on America and terrorism--and with his new book, Mexifornia, also on immigration--since September 11), Bernard Lewis (the eminent Princeton professor is the world expert on Islam's bloody history with the West--his What Went Wrong? and The Crisis of Islam are must-reads), Republican National Committee chairman Ed Gillespie, economist and Club for Growth president Stephen Moore, acclaimed author Dinesh D'Souza, syndicated columnist Michelle Malkin (her 2003 immigration book, Invasion, caused a sensation!), National Review Online favorite John Derbyshire, NR Editor Rich Lowry, Senior Editor Ramesh Ponnuru, Managing Editor Jay Nordlinger, and Editor-at-Large (and editor of The National Interest) John O'Sullivan (we're awaiting RSVPs from other conservatives we've invited to participate in this special week of "topics and tropics").

Join them for seven relaxing days and nights of politics and policy, conservative revelry, and world-class luxury cruising.

As NR cruise alumni (there are thousands, the "typical" one has gone on three or four of our very bon voyages!) know, our trips are remarkable events, marked by scintillating political shoptalk, wonderful socializing, intimate dining with our editors and speakers, making new friends, the rekindling of old friendships--and, of course, grand cruising. That's what's in store for you on the National Review 2004 Post-Election Caribbean Cruise.

There are countless reasons for you to come, but none bigger than the luminaries who will be joining us for this luxury trip--what a truly extraordinary gathering! It's one of the best ensembles we've ever had on an NR cruise, which guarantees that our seminar sessions--featuring ample audience "Q & A"--will be fascinating.

[check] Where does one begin to question Bernard Lewis about the brutal revival of the millenium-old struggle between Islam and the West?!