Powerline Blog‘s Scott Johnson spoke at Duke University last night at an event sponsored by the Duke Conservative Union. The crowd was not great, but that could have had something to do with the trouble the group apparently had getting “permission” to advertise the event (yes, apparently you have to get permission for such things at Duke) and the fact that the main access door of the event venue required a card key.

Nevertheless, Johnson gave a fascinating account of what happened on Sept. 9, 2004, the day the blog he co-authors was homebase for a nation of sleuths investigating the CBS “60 Minutes” Texas National Guard documents. That notoriety vaulted Powerline into the top ranks of political blogs, a position it maintains today.

Kudos to the DCU for sponsoring this event. Go by their blog site, Duke New Sense, for a visit.