FF Bloggers

David Frum

David Frum, resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, is the editor of FrumForum.com. Frum is the author of six books, including two New York Times bestsellers: The Right Man: The Surprise Presidency of George W. Bush (2003), and co-author with Richard Perle of An End to Evil: How To Win the War on Terror (2004). His newest book is Comeback: Conservatism That Can Win Again, published by Doubleday on December 31, 2007 and released in paperback in January 2009.

Latest Posts

FF Symposium: Where’s the Vital Center? - February 9th, 2010
The English Language - February 8th, 2010
YouTube Blogging Palin’s Speech - February 8th, 2010

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Meghashyam Mali

Meghashyam Mali is the managing editor of FrumForum.com

Latest Posts

Obama Disses India Again - June 3rd, 2009
When is a Hispanic Not a Hispanic? - May 27th, 2009
The Lost-Out Generation - April 2nd, 2009

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Sean Linnane

Sean Linnane is the pseudonym of a US Army (retired) Special Forces Combat Diver NCO, still serving in other capacities.

Latest Posts

Remembering Murtha’s Iraq War Smears - February 9th, 2010
Stop Smearing the Tea Partiers - February 1st, 2010
Boycotting the State of the Union - January 28th, 2010

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Jeb Golinkin

Jeb Golinkin is an editor and reporter for FrumForum.com and the host of the FF Podcast.

Latest Posts

The Perfect Storm for Illinois Dems - February 8th, 2010
BAE Gets a Slap on the Wrist - February 6th, 2010
The Tea Party Convention’s Embarrassing Start - February 5th, 2010

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Shawn Summers

Shawn Summers is an undergraduate at Georgetown University.

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Richard Brownell

Richard Brownell is a New York City-based writer focusing on American politics, history, and culture.

Latest Posts

Questions Swirl Around NY Gov Paterson - February 8th, 2010
NY Gov Race: Cuomo Planning Run Against Paterson - January 25th, 2010
Respect Rudy’s Decision - December 24th, 2009

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E. D. Kain

E.D. Kain is a free-lance writer and blogger living in Northern Arizona. He also blogs at The League of Ordinary Gentlemen and True/Slant.

Latest Posts

GOP Resurgence Needs More than Run to the Center - February 8th, 2010
The Problem with Centrism for Moderation’s Sake - February 7th, 2010
Health Insurance Market Not Ready for Vouchers - February 2nd, 2010

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Lloyd Green

Lloyd Green is a former Department of Justice appointee who served in the campaigns and administration of George H. W. Bush. Lloyd lives in a Blue suburb north of New York City.

Latest Posts

GOP Needs to Win Back the Elite - February 8th, 2010
Obama Faces His Limits - January 20th, 2010
Stop Understating the Threat - December 29th, 2009

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Dennis Sanders

Dennis Sanders is an ordained minister living in Minneapolis.

Latest Posts

Don’t Equate “Moderate” with “Bland” - February 8th, 2010
Club for Growth Tries to Lose One More GOP Seat - October 12th, 2009
Don’t Despair Yet, Mr. Bartlett! - August 31st, 2009

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Jim DiPeso

Jim DiPeso is Vice-President for Communications of Republicans for Environmental Protection.

Latest Posts

Is Climate Change Legislation Dead? - February 7th, 2010
Fight Dems Not Other Republicans - November 5th, 2009
Charge Companies for Releasing Carbon Dioxide - August 18th, 2009

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Telly Davidson

Telly Davidson is a youthful veteran of film and TV columns and criticism, who has written for the American Film Institute, YahooMovies, FilmStew, Newsmakers, Guitar Player, and several NBC and PBS specials, including Pioneers of Television. He is the author of the award-winning media tie-in, TV's Grooviest Variety Shows, and the forthcoming satirical novel, Pop Culture.

Latest Posts

Obama’s Political Theater - February 7th, 2010

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Jonathan Kay

Jonathan Kay is Managing Editor for Comment at Canada's National Post newspaper, and a blogger at Fullcomment.com, the blog of the National Post comment section.

Latest Posts

Palin Rallies the Tea Party Faithful - February 6th, 2010
Tea Party’s Fifteen Minutes Are Up - February 6th, 2010
Birthers Get a Tea Party Welcome - February 6th, 2010

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John Guardiano

John R. Guardiano served as a Marine in Iraq and once worked on the Army's Future Combat Systems (FCS) modernization program. He resides in Arlington, Virginia. (www.twitter.com/Guardian0)

Latest Posts

In Defense of Demon Sheep - February 6th, 2010
Obama & the Dems: Still in Retreat - January 28th, 2010
Young Hipster Cons: Enter the Fray - January 25th, 2010

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Tim Mak

Tim Mak is a reporter and columnist for FrumForum.com. Previously, Tim was a Koch Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. He has also been employed at the Fraser Institute and the Office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs in Canada. You can follow Tim on twitter: @timkmak.

Latest Posts

Is Hawaii Home to the Next Scott Brown? - February 6th, 2010
Kirk’s Keys to Victory - February 3rd, 2010
Hawaii’s GOP Resurgence - February 2nd, 2010

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Elise Cooper

A teacher and political volunteer, Elise Cooper was the West Los Angeles co-chair for McCain-Palin 2008. She hosts a blog talk radio book show at www.blogtalkradio.com/bookstopshere.

Latest Posts

Moving the Terror Trials - February 6th, 2010
Keeping Terror Trials at Gitmo - February 3rd, 2010
CIA to Obama: Don’t Point the Finger at Us - January 13th, 2010

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John Vecchione

John Julian Vecchione, a litigator, lives with his wife and two sons in Falls Church, Virginia. Originally from New York and its suburbs he has lived inside the Beltway and been involved in conservative causes for over twenty years. The views expressed here are solely his own, which he views as unfortunate.

Latest Posts

Pat Buchanan’s About Face on Taiwan - February 5th, 2010
Obama’s Desperate Choices - January 26th, 2010
Defending Internet Speech - January 23rd, 2010

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Stephen Richer

Stephen Richer shares a birthday with Napoleon, Justice Breyer, and Mr. Yogato, and he is a red-head like Thomas Jefferson and Winston Churchill. As such, he harbors illusions of grandeur that have largely gone unrealized. Stephen is a graduate of Tulane University and the University of Chicago, and a current resident of DuPont Circle, Washington DC.

Latest Posts

Bennett’s Same-Sex Marriage Ban Push - February 5th, 2010
Taking the Fight to the Dems - December 14th, 2009
Sarah *Hearts* Learning - November 17th, 2009

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Dana Commandatore

Dana Commandatore is an advertising executive living in Los Angeles with her husband and autistic son. She is the author of Michelangelo the Diver and co-creator of RethinkingAutism.com.

Latest Posts

Disability Rights Advocates Cheer Christie’s Reforms - February 5th, 2010
GOP Should Take Lead in Championing Disability Rights - January 22nd, 2010

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Crystal Wright

Crystal S. Wright is a media strategist who has resided in Washington, DC for nearly 15 years.

Latest Posts

Blaming the GOP Isn’t Working - February 4th, 2010
Obama’s Wake-Up Call - January 20th, 2010
Blinded by Race - January 12th, 2010

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Bryce McNitt

Bryce McNitt is a student in Public Policy at George Washington University. He is a graduate of the University of Minnesota.

Latest Posts

What’s Driving Pawlenty’s Fundraising Surge? - February 2nd, 2010
Pawlenty Keeps Pushing Constitutional Amendment - January 27th, 2010
Jumping on the Brown Bandwagon - January 21st, 2010

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Chris Brown

Chris is a recent law school graduate who has plans on joining the U.S. military.

Latest Posts

Obama’s Stealth Push for Card Check - February 2nd, 2010
Next on the Dems’ Senate Worry List - January 18th, 2010
Expect Higher Deficits with Obamacare - December 16th, 2009

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Gusher

Gusher is a pseudonym for an executive at a major energy company.

Latest Posts

Obama’s New Energy Policy: More Oil from Overseas - February 2nd, 2010
Obama Doubles Down - January 28th, 2010
Obama as Orator? Overrated - January 25th, 2010

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Danielle Crittenden

Danielle Crittenden is a Washington-based author and journalist.

Latest Posts

Miracle in Jerusalem - January 31st, 2010
How to Make a Hannukah “Wreath” - December 9th, 2009
The Closing of the American Dream - October 6th, 2009

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Eugene Debs

Eugene Victor Debs is the pseudonym for a Democratic activist in the Washington D.C. area.

Latest Posts

A Liberal Lament: When Will Obama Do His Reagan? - January 29th, 2010
The Dems’ Health Care Win - December 19th, 2009
Election Forecast: Split Tickets Benefit Dems - October 28th, 2009

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Daniel Webster

Daniel Webster is the pseudonym of a conservative Republican attorney in Washington, D.C.

Latest Posts

Buckley Grew – Can Today’s GOP? - January 29th, 2010
Steele Can’t Have it Both Ways - January 8th, 2010

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Steve Bell

Steve Bell is former Staff Director of the Senate Budget Committee, a former managing director at Salomon Brothers, and now Visiting Scholar at the Bipartisan Policy Center in Washington, D.C.

Latest Posts

Obama Lacking the “Vision Thing” - January 28th, 2010
Brown Win Would Kill Only Most Viral Form of Obamacare - January 19th, 2010
The Coming Club for Growth Versus Tea Party Fight - January 14th, 2010

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Paul Craft

Paul Craft is a writer and blogger. He graduated from Stanford University, with honors in History, this year.

Latest Posts

McCain’s Stand Against Bernanke: Principle Not Pandering - January 28th, 2010
Tea Partiers Turn on Palin for Backing McCain - January 28th, 2010
Hayworth Poised to Challenge McCain - January 26th, 2010

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Martin Krossel

Martin Krossel is a freelance political journalist living in New York.

Latest Posts

No Israeli Good Deed Goes Unpunished - January 28th, 2010
Transcending Disability - January 9th, 2010
No Immunity from Radical Islam - December 17th, 2009

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Alex Knepper

Alex Knepper is an undergraduate at American University.

Latest Posts

Obama’s Worst Lines - January 27th, 2010
What I Saw at the March for Life - January 23rd, 2010
Thank RINOs for Saving the Filibuster - January 21st, 2010

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Henry Clay

Henry Clay is the pseudonym of an employee of the US government.

Latest Posts

GOP Should Pick its Fights - January 27th, 2010
Brown Should be Sworn in Quickly - January 19th, 2010
Church Must Do More Than “Rock the Vote” - November 4th, 2009

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FF Washington Insider

Washington Insider is an anonymous contributor.

Latest Posts

Playing State of the Union Bingo - January 27th, 2010
Health Bill Rests on Stupak - December 23rd, 2009
No Smoke and Mirrors, Just Live TV - November 19th, 2009

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Peter Worthington

Peter Worthington is the founding editor of the Toronto Sun, where he is a columnist.

Latest Posts

Haiti’s Brain Drain - January 26th, 2010
Stop the Hysteria Over Body Scans - January 25th, 2010
A New Political Star is Born - January 20th, 2010

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Andrew Gelman

Andrew Gelman is a professor of political science and statistics at Columbia University and the lead author of the recent book, Red State, Blue State, Rich State, Poor State: Why Americans Vote the Way They Do. He blogs at Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science.

Latest Posts

Is Obama the New Hoover? - January 26th, 2010
The Newest Put Down - January 9th, 2010
Does Gallup Poll Have a Pro-GOP Bias? - November 23rd, 2009

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David Gratzer

David Gratzer, a physician, is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute. He frequently writes on health care and pubic health issues. His most recent book, with a foreword by Nobel laureate Milton Friedman, is The Cure: How Capitalism Can Save American Health Care.

Latest Posts

The Obamacare War is Over - January 26th, 2010
The Biggest Loser - January 20th, 2010
D-Day for Obamacare - January 19th, 2010

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Conor Friedersdorf

Conor Friedersdorf is a freelance writer who blogs at TheAmericanScene.com.

Latest Posts

Enough with the Attacks on Dissident Cons - January 26th, 2010
Listening to the Grassroots on the GOP’s Future - October 9th, 2009
Populist Mustard - May 9th, 2009

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Daniel Huff

Daniel Huff is the Director of the Legal Project at the Middle East Forum and a former republican counsel to the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Latest Posts

Islamists New Weapon: Libel Law - January 25th, 2010

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Eli Lehrer

Eli Lehrer writes from Oak Hill, Virginia.

Latest Posts

Finding the Good in Obama’s New Bank Reg Proposals - January 23rd, 2010
Restoring Fiscal Health at the Local Level - January 9th, 2010
Getting the States Into Fighting Shape - January 3rd, 2010

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M. Scott

M. Scott is a science writer at the University of Colorado.

Latest Posts

Healthcare Status Quo is Not an Option - January 22nd, 2010

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Brad Schaeffer

Brad Schaeffer is co-founder and CEO of INFA Energy Brokers, LLC. an interdealer broker of complex energy derivatives, a veteran of the commodities markets since 1990, as well as frequent contributor as an energy analyst to Fox Business News. A Chicago native, he lives in NJ.

Latest Posts

Obama Must Learn from Clinton - January 22nd, 2010
Reid’s Words and Actions Fall Short - January 12th, 2010
President Obama Vs. Candidate Obama - January 7th, 2010

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Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld

Shmuel Herzfeld is Rabbi of Ohev Sholom - The National Synagogue and National Vice-President of the Coalition of Jewish Concerns - Amcha.

Latest Posts

U.S. Air Reaction to Praying Jew Understandable - January 22nd, 2010
Israel Doesn’t Need Religious Police - November 20th, 2009
The Jews Of Venezuela - March 20th, 2009

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Melinda Ledden Sidak

Melinda Sidak is Vice-President of Criterion Economics LLC in Washington, DC.

Latest Posts

Edwards: Shut. Up. - January 21st, 2010

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Zac Morgan

Zac Morgan is a former Bush Administration political appointee and is currently attending George Mason University School of Law.

Latest Posts

Palin’s Bunker Mentality - January 21st, 2010
Generation Obama Gets Shafted - November 24th, 2009
Obama to Gay Rights Activists: Keep Waiting - October 11th, 2009

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Matt Cavedon

Matt Cavedon is a junior at Harvard University, originally from CT. He is a panelist on the online radio show The Weekly Filibuster.

Latest Posts

Brown’s Win Gives GOP a Voice in the Health Reform Debate - January 21st, 2010

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Thomas J. Marier

T. Joseph Marier is a longtime Catholic church musician, and a human resources professional. He writes from Leesburg, Virginia.

Latest Posts

Brown’s Strategy Won’t Work for Every Race - January 20th, 2010
GOP Not Ready to Breakout in the Northeast - December 24th, 2009
NY-23: Wasted Money, Wasted Effort - November 4th, 2009

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Jennifer Marsico

Jennifer Marsico is a research assistant at the American Enterprise Institute and a researcher/writer for the AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project. She holds an M.A. in American Government from Georgetown University.

Latest Posts

The GOP’s Northeast Resurgence - January 20th, 2010
NJ Governor’s Race Goes Down to the Wire - November 2nd, 2009
Conservatives Versus Republicans - March 3rd, 2009

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Brent R. Orrell

Brent R. Orrell is Principal of the Fulcrum Group, a Virginia-based consulting firm. He served for eight years in the Bush Administration and worked for 14 years in the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate.

Latest Posts

What’s Next for the GOP? - January 20th, 2010
Dems Running Out of Options - January 20th, 2010
The Dems Healthcare Trap - November 5th, 2009

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Barbara Ledeen

From 2000 to 2006, Barbara Ledeen was Director of Coalitions for the Senate Republican Conference.

Latest Posts

Did the Dems Get the Message? - January 20th, 2010

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Jeannemarie Devolites Davis

Jeannemarie Devolites Davis is a former Virginia state senator.

Latest Posts

A Warning for the Dems and a Lesson for the GOP - January 20th, 2010

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Byron Tau

Byron C. Tau currently works at the New Republic. His work has previously appeared in Roll Call, Congressional Quarterly, Congress.org, and Canada’s National Post.

Latest Posts

Can Massachusetts GOP Ride on Brown’s Coattails? - January 19th, 2010

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John Gardner

John S. Gardner served as General Counsel of the U.S. Agency for International Development and as Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Staff Secretary for President George W. Bush and held a similar position for President George Bush. He has worked on four Presidential campaigns. He resides in Alexandria, VA.

Latest Posts

Don’t Mess with the Sox - January 19th, 2010
Election Forecast: GOP Still Has Work to Do in Virginia - October 29th, 2009
A Better Label - October 9th, 2009

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Rachel Hoff

Rachel Hoff is a young Republican activist based in Washington, DC.

Latest Posts

Freezin’ for a Reason - January 19th, 2010
Obama Plummets Among Youth Over Jobs - October 15th, 2009

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Garth Pritchard

Garth Pritchard is an independent filmmaker and lifelong journalist.

Latest Posts

Reporting Outside the Wire - January 12th, 2010

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Kapil Komireddi

Kapil Komireddi is an Indian writer. His work has appeared in such publications as The Guardian, Foreign Policy, The Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times, The Salt Lake Tribune, and The Khaleej Times, among others. He writes about foreign affairs, particularly the emerging US-India relationship, for FrumForum.

Latest Posts

Pakistan’s Trauma – and Revenge - January 4th, 2010
Poverty Breeds Terrorism? - December 26th, 2009
Pakistan: Committing Genocide Against Fellow Muslims - December 19th, 2009

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Sam Theodosopoulos

Sam K. Theodosopoulos is an undergraduate student at The George Washington University. He has previously interned for McCain 2008, the Heritage Foundation, and the Media Research Center. In Spring 2009 he was awarded the Ronald Reagan College Leaders Scholarship by the Philips Foundation for his conservative activism on campus.

Latest Posts

Reid’s Bill Could be the End of Private Insurance - December 26th, 2009
Jeb Bush to GOP: Stop Being the “Party of No” - October 22nd, 2009
Tancredo: “Global Warming is Bull” - October 18th, 2009

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Douglas Holtz-Eakin

Douglas Holtz-Eakin is the former Director of the Congressional Budget Office.

Latest Posts

The Obvious Choice - December 16th, 2009
Democrats’ Health Budgeting: Garbage in, Garbage Out - October 26th, 2009
No More Bribes for Homeowners - October 5th, 2009

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Eric Trager

Eric Trager is a Ph.D. student in political science at the University of Pennsylvania. He was a 2006-2007 Islamic Civilizations Fulbright fellow in Cairo, Egypt.

Latest Posts

Sacrificing Human Rights for Naught - December 15th, 2009
EU Opens the Door to More Mideast Violence - December 2nd, 2009
Palin: Celebrity But No Credibility - November 15th, 2009

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Napoleon Linardatos

Latest Posts

Will Greece Break the Euro? - December 14th, 2009
Saint Sarah - November 8th, 2009
Same Dem Mistakes Call for New GOP Answers - October 26th, 2009

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Andrew Pavelyev

Andrew Pavelyev is a scientist specializing in mathematical modeling in medicine. He immigrated from the Soviet Union in 1992 and now resides in Charlotte, NC.

Latest Posts

Health Reform: GOP Must Offer More than “No” - December 14th, 2009
Climategate: No Conspiracy, Just Bad Science - December 7th, 2009
More Tests Doesn’t Mean More Saved Lives - November 23rd, 2009

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Frum Forum Editors

Latest Posts

America’s Silence Empowers the Mullahs - December 12th, 2009
Iran’s Mullahs: Masking Weakness with Terror - December 12th, 2009
A Nation Plundered by the Mullahs - December 11th, 2009

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William Macdonald

William A. Macdonald is President of his own public policy and economic strategic consulting firm W. A. Macdonald Associates Inc. in Toronto, Canada, which consults almost entirely to Chief Executives. He was formerly senior partner of a large Toronto law firm and a director of such major Canadian companies as Imperial Oil, National Trust Company, Rio Algom and Marathon Realty.

Latest Posts

China and America’s Collective Economic Future - December 10th, 2009
The Plot Thickens - February 13th, 2009

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Bradley Smith

Former Federal Election Commission Chairman Bradley Smith is Professor of Law at Capital University in Columbus, Ohio, and Chairman of the Center for Competitive Politics.

Latest Posts

The Not So Big Conservative Base - December 5th, 2009
Universal Coverage: We Need a Better Reason than “Everybody Else Does It” - August 25th, 2009
Universal Coverage: Unaffordable and Unpopular - August 22nd, 2009

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Desmond Lachman

Desmond Lachman is a resident fellow at AEI. He previously served as a managing director and chief emerging market economic strategist at Salomon Smith Barney and as deputy director in the International Monetary Fund's Policy Development and Review Department.

Latest Posts

The Next Economic Crisis - December 1st, 2009
Economy Won’t Recover in 2010 - October 16th, 2009
Fed Sees a Weak Economic Recovery - October 7th, 2009

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Steven Rinehart

Steven Rinehart is an attorney in Utah.

Latest Posts

Romney’s Religion Problem is Mine Too - November 30th, 2009

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Liron Bruck

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Henry Olsen

Henry Olsen is Vice-President of the American Enterprise Institute, and Director of AEI's National Research Initiative.

Latest Posts

A Conservative Win or a Labour Collapse? - November 27th, 2009
Goldwater And Modern Conservatism - March 2nd, 2009
The Republican Future – Three Choices - February 25th, 2009

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Jonathan Schanzer

Jonathan Schanzer, a former Treasury intelligence analyst, is the director of policy for the Jewish Policy Center and author of “Al-Qaeda’s Armies: Middle East Affiliate Groups and the Next Generation of Terror.”

Latest Posts

No Substitute for Sanctions - November 24th, 2009
Unilaterally Declaring a State Could Backfire on PLO - November 16th, 2009
Lost in Marrakesh - November 3rd, 2009

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Kenneth Silber

Kenneth Silber is a senior editor at Research, a magazine for financial advisors, and has written on various topics in science, technology and economics for publications including the New York Post, National Review, Scientific American and the Wall Street Journal. He blogs at Quicksilber.

Latest Posts

President Dobbs: The First Tell-All Memoir - November 24th, 2009
Privatize Outer Space - October 23rd, 2009
Ron Paul’s New Book: More Exaggeration and Conspiracy-Mongering - September 8th, 2009

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Andrew Biggs

Andrew G. Biggs is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, where his work focuses on Social Security and pensions. From 2003 through 2008, he served at the Social Security Administration, as Associate Commissioner for Retirement Policy, Deputy Commissioner for Policy, and ultimately the principal Deputy Commissioner of the agency. During 2005, he worked at the White House National Economic Council on Social Security reform, and in 2001 was on the staff of the President's Commission to Strengthen Social Security. He blogs on Social Security-related issues at Notes on Social Security Reform. He can be contacted at andrew.biggs@aei.org

Latest Posts

The Dems’ Medicare Accounting Gimmicks - November 24th, 2009
Social Security: It Just Got Even Worse - May 13th, 2009
Survey: Half Of Workers Would Opt Out Of Social Security If They Could - March 16th, 2009

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Rob Bernstein

Rob Bernstein graduated magna cum laude from Princeton in religion and has worked in the French Senate and a Japanese Buddhist temple.

Latest Posts

Reagan Never Went Rogue - November 22nd, 2009

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Richard Klingler

Richard Klingler was general counsel of the National Security Council in the second George W. Bush presidential term.

Latest Posts

Holder Will Be Held Accountable - November 19th, 2009
Obama Terrorist Detention Policy: Same As The Bush Policy - June 14th, 2009
Yes, Souters Replacement Can Be Worse - May 1st, 2009

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Tom Gray

Tom Gray is a writer, communications consultant and former editorial-page editor now living in Central California.

Latest Posts

Jerry Brown: Media Master - November 12th, 2009
California’s GOP: They’ll Be Back - November 10th, 2009

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Edward Pinto

Edward Pinto was Executive Vice President/Chief Credit Officer at Fannie Mae in the 1980s and has been a consultant to the mortgage finance indusrty for the last 20 years.

Latest Posts

How Krugman Got It Wrong - November 11th, 2009
Trillions More for the Wrong Housing Policy - October 21st, 2009
Fannie and Freddie’s Subprime Loan Purchases Add Up to Trillions - October 9th, 2009

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Jean Granville

Jean Granville is the pen name of a senior French civil servant.

Latest Posts

Terror Threat Blurs the Rules of War - November 9th, 2009
Handling Limbaugh and Beck the French Way - October 22nd, 2009
Wall’s Fall Lost on Obama - October 19th, 2009

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Michael Toth

Mike Toth is a Captain in the United States Marine Corps. The views that he expresses are his own and are not intended to represent those of any branch of the United States Armed Forces. He can be contacted at michaelctoth@gmail.com

Latest Posts

Name that Decade! - November 8th, 2009
We Jail When Families Fail - April 27th, 2009
Persuader In Chief - February 15th, 2009

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Tom Gross

Tom Gross is the former Jerusalem correspondent for the (London) Sunday Telegraph and writes at www.tomgrossmedia.com.

Latest Posts

Holocaust Denier Now in Charge of Iranian Press - November 4th, 2009
New Unesco Head Sparks Protests: “i Would Burn Israeli Books” - June 2nd, 2009

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Paul Windels III

Paul Windels III practices law in Westchester County. He has been involved in Republican and Conservative campaigns for over 30 years.

Latest Posts

A Welcome Win for the N.Y. GOP - November 4th, 2009
Westchester Conservative Party Flunks the Smell Test - October 27th, 2009

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Charles W. Brackett

Charles W. Brackett lives in Massachusetts and holds an M.A. in Political Science from Northeastern University.

Latest Posts

Lessons for the GOP from Labour - October 30th, 2009
Fewer Attacks on ACORN, More Attention to Affordable Housing - October 29th, 2009
The Republican Way to Urban Renewal - October 8th, 2009

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Rich Muny

Rich Muny, an engineer who lives in Kentucky, is a conservative-libertarian blogger and an advocate of internet freedom. He serves on the board of directors of the million-member Poker Players Alliance.

Latest Posts

Gambling Away the Republican Future? - October 29th, 2009
Gambling with Free Speech on the Net - September 21st, 2009

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Andrew Steinman

Andrew Steinman is a lawyer living in Washington, DC.

Latest Posts

The Shareholder You Can’t Refuse - October 23rd, 2009
Bankruptcy Courts: Ignore Chrysler Bailout - October 16th, 2009

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David Jenkins

David Jenkins is Vice President for Government and Political Affairs for Republicans for Environmental Protection.

Latest Posts

The Right Climate for Bipartisanship - October 19th, 2009
Dont Know Much About Science Books - April 29th, 2009
Thanks, Pat Toomey! - April 21st, 2009

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Grace-Marie Turner

Grace-Marie Turner is president of the Galen Institute, a public policy research organization that she founded in 1995 to promote an informed debate over free-market ideas for health reform.

Latest Posts

Most Americans Oppose Dems Health Reform Proposals - October 19th, 2009

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Andrew Walker

Andrew Walker is an evangelical seminarian in Louisville, KY. As a conservative, he writes about the intersection of faith, culture, and public policy.

Latest Posts

Bono Hearts Obama - October 19th, 2009
Compassionate Intimidation - September 16th, 2009
Truth is a Moral Value Too - September 9th, 2009

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Alexander Benard

Alexander Benard is a New York attorney.

Latest Posts

New Stimulus Package, Same Old Mistakes - October 16th, 2009
The One Issue Presidency - September 10th, 2009
The Republican Alternatives to Obamacare - July 23rd, 2009

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Ezra Levant

Latest Posts

Mark Steyn and Ezra Levant Testify Against Canada’s Human Rights Laws - October 6th, 2009

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Jamie Boulding

Jamie Boulding is a British expat and works for a consulting firm in Virginia. In 2007-8, he served as a Parliamentary Researcher to David Cameron's Shadow Cabinet, and has worked for the Hudson Institute. He graduated from Cambridge University with a B.A. and an M.Phil in Theology.

Latest Posts

Tories Give Compassionate Conservatism a Second Chance - October 5th, 2009
The Tories Broaden Their Base - July 15th, 2009
GOP’s Winning Team: Facebook/Twitter in ‘12 - June 24th, 2009

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Richard Ivory

Richard Ivory, founder of HipHopRepublican.com, has worked for the Republican National Committee and was the college outreach director for the Republican Youth Majority.

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GOP Minority Candidates Ready for 2010 Races - October 3rd, 2009
How the GOP Can Wage Urban Warfare - July 30th, 2009
Stop Shooting RINOs - June 7th, 2009

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John Rosenthal

John Rosenthal writes on European politics and transatlantic relations. He created and edited the translations program of the online news site World Politics Review and has taught political philosophy at Rutgers University and the École Normale Supérieure of Lyon, among other places.

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Merkel Wins, Iran Loses - October 1st, 2009
Electoral Disaster Looms for German Left - August 26th, 2009
German Social Democrats Mulling Grand Deal with Former Communists - August 14th, 2009

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David Back

David Back is a student at Harvard Law School.

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A Public Option Today, Outlawing Twinkies Tomorrow - October 1st, 2009

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Bruce Bartlett

Bruce Bartlett writes a column for Forbes.com. He is the author of Impostor: How George W. Bush Bankrupted America and Betrayed the Reagan Legacy (2006).

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The Whiskey Rebellion: All They Wanted was a Value Added Tax - September 25th, 2009
Latimer: Bush 2008 Speeches Had No Vision or Strategy - September 23rd, 2009
Latimer: Aides Pretended to be Stupid to Get on Bush’s Good Side - September 23rd, 2009

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Tyler Montgomery

Tyler Montgomery graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a BA in Political Science. He has traveled extensively in Latin America, including an internship with the US Embassy in Caracas, Venezuela. He has also worked for ProPeru, an NGO in Urubamba, Peru and lived in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Latest Posts

Honduran “Coup”: Blame Zelaya, Not Congress - September 24th, 2009
Obama’s Bogus Russian Achievement - July 6th, 2009
The Honduran “Coup”: Obama Sides with Chavez and Castro - July 5th, 2009

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Tom Church

Tom Church is a student in the Master of Public Policy program at Pepperdine University. He is a recent graduate of the University of Michigan and blogs at RedWhiteMaizeandBlue.blogspot.com.

Latest Posts

American Manufacturing is Not in Decline - September 21st, 2009
Universal Coverage: Make it Our Bill - August 23rd, 2009
It’s Not About The Economy, Stupid - June 5th, 2009

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Stanley Goldfarb

Stanley Goldfarb, MD is a Professor of Medicine and Associate Dean of Curriculum at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.

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Keeping Doctors in Business - September 21st, 2009
The Coming Doctor Shortage - September 2nd, 2009
Obama’s Big Idea: Bankrupt Medicare Faster - August 27th, 2009

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Hillary Mann Leverett

Hillary Mann Leverett is a former U.S. diplomat and now CEO of STRATEGA, a political risk consultancy.

Latest Posts

The Real Israel Test - September 19th, 2009

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K.E. Boedeker

K.E. Boedeker is a Jesuit-trained retiree from the Army Reserve and a major communications company and a life-long westerner.

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Healthcare Must be Affordable - September 19th, 2009
Universal Coverage Isn’t the Issue, High Costs Are - August 27th, 2009

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Leatherstocking

Leatherstocking is the pseudonym of a Midwest conservative who deeply loves and cherishes the Native Indian heritage of this country, though he himself is not one.

Latest Posts

GOP’s Unsung Achievements for Native Americans - September 15th, 2009

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Clare Spark

Clare Spark is an academic researcher with a special interest in the career of UN diplomat Ralph Bunche.

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American Mid-East Policy: No Israel Lobby, Just Self-Interest - September 14th, 2009

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Dustin Siggins

Dustin Siggins works in communications for a Washington-based health care trade association. A former New Hampshire native, Dustin was active in state and local politics during his time at Plymouth State University. Before entering his current job he interned at The Heritage Foundation. Dustin is a member of the D.C. Army National Guard.

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Market Economics is the Best Fairness Doctrine - September 14th, 2009
New FCC Officer’s Proposed Regs Would Stifle Free Speech - August 17th, 2009
Annoy the Teachers’ Unions: Reinstate D.C. School Vouchers - August 3rd, 2009

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Thane J. Thompson

Army Major Thane J. Thompson was in the reserves, working for Morgan Stanley on the 61st floor of WTC Tower II, at the time of the 9/11 attacks.

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Remembering 9/11 - September 11th, 2009
Remembering 9/11: “This is How I’m Going to Die” - September 10th, 2009
Remembering 9/11: “It was Horrible. There was No Escape.” - September 9th, 2009

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Laura Bridges

Laura Bridges lives in Dallas, Texas with her teenage son and works for a managed health care company.

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Some Rationality Please on Prez Speech - September 7th, 2009

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Geoffrey Kabaservice

Geoff Kabaservice, recently a visiting assistant professor of history at Yale University, is the author of The Guardians: Kingman Brewster, His Circle, and the Rise of the Liberal Establishment (Henry Holt). He is currently at work on a book about moderate Republicans.

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Conservatism is Dead Without Pragmatism - September 5th, 2009
Pragmatism, Not Ideology, Won the House in 1994 - August 8th, 2009
Moderation and Courage: Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. - July 24th, 2009

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Austin Bramwell

Austin Bramwell is a writer living in New York City. His work has appeared in Critical Review, First Things, Modern Age, The Weekly Standard and other publications.

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Conservatism Isn’t Dead, It’s Just Intellectually Boring - September 5th, 2009
Universal Coverage: We Have to Build on What We’ve Got - August 25th, 2009
Not to Praise WFB, But to Bury Him - June 26th, 2009

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Blake Seitz

Blake Seitz is on the editorial staff of his high school publication, The Sidekick. More of his work can be found on their website.

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Report from a Suburban High School: Will GOP Lose Another Generation? - September 3rd, 2009

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Thomas Gibbon

Thomas Gibbon recently finished a two-year commitment to Teach For America and is beginning a Ph.D program in the fall with a focus on urban education and American culture.

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New School Year, Same Frustrations - August 31st, 2009
Marry the Father? ROFL! - August 7th, 2009
Counterterrorism Strategies Could Work in Our Schools - July 25th, 2009

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Michael Pollan

Michael Pollan is the author of In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto, winner of the James Beard Award, and The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals, which was named one of the ten best books of the year by both the New York Times and the Washington Post.

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Michael Pollan: I’ll Still Shop at Whole Foods - August 28th, 2009

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Les Francis

Les Francis is a Washington, DC-based public affairs and political consultant. He once served as chief of staff to then Representative Norman Y. Mineta (D-CA) and as Deputy Assistant and Deputy White House Chief of Staff to President Jimmy Carter. He is a former Executive Director of both the Democratic National Committee and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.

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My Opponent, Senator Kennedy - August 27th, 2009
Barack Obama Is Wrong On Lobbying - March 29th, 2009
Bush Could Learn From Carter - January 22nd, 2009

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John Avlon

John P. Avlon, is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute. He served as Director of Speechwriting and Deputy Policy Director for former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani's 2008 presidential campaign.

Latest Posts

Universal Coverage: Not Politically Realistic - August 25th, 2009
Choose Ridge - May 5th, 2009
The Nyu Clown Show - February 20th, 2009

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David Menzies

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My Friend, Murdered Over Lockerbie - August 25th, 2009

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Michael Rosen

Michael M. Rosen is an attorney and Republican activist in San Diego. He serves as the secretary of the San Diego County Republican Party and as the local chapter leader of the Republican Jewish Coalition. He contributes articles to Politico, the Jerusalem Post, the San Diego Union-Tribune, and numerous other publications. All views expressed are his own and not those of the organizations he's affiliated with.

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Universal Coverage Not the Only Way to Show Compassion - August 25th, 2009
Sanity Prevails In California - May 20th, 2009
Can Meg Whitman Govern California? And Why Does She Even Want To Try? - April 7th, 2009

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Tom Qualtere

Tom Qualtere serves as research assistant for Dr. Edwin J. Feulner, president of the Heritage Foundation. A graduate of Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. where he earned a B.A. in Government and Acting, he spent several years as a GOP activist in upstate New York politics before moving to his current residence in Washington, D.C.

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Universal Coverage: Not a Right, Nor a Conservative Obligation - August 24th, 2009
Michael Moore: Obama’s Faking Right, Heading Left - August 11th, 2009
Democracy in Albany 3: The Restoration - July 15th, 2009

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Pictor Publius

Pictor Publius is a nom de guerre of a painter, musician, writer, new media artist, art instructor, and graduate student from Texas.

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Are All Anti-Obama Cartoons Off Limits? - August 19th, 2009

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Larry King

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On the Anniversary of the Dieppe Disaster - August 19th, 2009

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Kevin Nix

Kevin Nix is the Director of Communications for Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, a pro-military, nonpartisan organization in Washington, D.C. that works with the Pentagon, Congress, and White House to end "Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell."

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A Conservative Case for Ending “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” - August 18th, 2009

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Demetrius Minor

Demetrius Minor is a senior at Augusta State University.

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Message to Obama: Listen - August 12th, 2009
An African-American Opportunity for Republicans - June 15th, 2009

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Sunil Somalwar

Sunil Somalwar is a Professor of Physics at Rutgers University, a volunteer leader in Sierra Club’s New Jersey Chapter and Co-chairs SavingWildTigers.org.

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A Climate Offer Conservatives Can’t Refuse - August 7th, 2009
The Electric Car: Environmental Disaster - August 6th, 2009
Save Energy? Raise Prices - July 20th, 2009

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Christian Hines

Christian Hines is an undergraduate contributor for NewMajority.com. He studies history at Indiana University.

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Network Execs v. Talking Heads - August 6th, 2009
A Deal on Abortion? - July 27th, 2009

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Ed Morgan

Ed Morgan is a professor of law at the University of Toronto.

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A Terrorist on the Faculty? - July 31st, 2009

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George Burger

George Burger is a broadcasting industry executive based in Toronto, Canada.

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Obama: Bad for Israel and Bad for the Palestinians - July 28th, 2009

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John David Dyche

John David Dyche is an attorney and writer in Louisville. "Republican Leader", his political biography of Senator Mitch McConnell, is due out from ISI Books in June.

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With Bunning Out, KY GOP Prospects Rise - July 27th, 2009
Could Mitch Daniels Be “the One”? - May 17th, 2009
Bluegrass Republicans Breathing Easier - May 3rd, 2009

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Jurgen Reinhoudt

Jurgen Reinhoudt is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania. Formerly a Research Associate at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C., he received his undergraduate degree from Princeton University.

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Obama’s Driving America Back to Europe in the 70s - July 22nd, 2009
Dutch Welfare State: “the Times” Praises; The Dutch Flee - May 4th, 2009
Europes Lesson: Overspending Is Not The Answer - April 5th, 2009

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J. Moses Browning

J. Moses Browning is the pen-name of a former consultant to the defense and aerospace industries.

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F-22 R.I.P. - July 22nd, 2009
More Raptors on the Horizon? - June 18th, 2009
Traditionalists Against Ketchup - May 8th, 2009

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Hon. Kevin Brady

Rep. Kevin Brady represents the Texas 8th congressional district in the House of Representatives and is the Joint Economic Committee's ranking House Republican member.

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The Baffling Bureaucracy in the Dems’ Health Care Plan - July 15th, 2009

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Jeff Cimbalo

Jeffrey L. Cimbalo is a lawyer living in Virginia. He can be reached at info@cimbalofirm.com

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France and Britain: Together Again - July 14th, 2009
Obama’s First International Goof? - February 13th, 2009

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George Craddock

George Craddock is a graduate student at the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia. He graduated from Princeton University in 2004 and worked in education and consulting before business school.

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The Democrats’ Hypocrisy on Malpractice Caps - July 9th, 2009
Green Shoots? Sorry, No - May 14th, 2009
Mark To What Market? - March 13th, 2009

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John J. Pitney

John J. Pitney Jr. is the Roy P. Crocker professor of government at Claremont McKenna College. With James Ceaser and Andrew Busch, he is co-author of Epic Journey: The 2008 Elections and American Politics.

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White House Continues to Airbrush History - July 8th, 2009
New White House Website Conceals More Than It Tells - May 29th, 2009
Steele Is The Right Guy For The Job - January 30th, 2009

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Christian Lueth

Christian Lueth is the Project Director of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation in Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

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Honduran Coup: Zelaya is Not the Victim - July 8th, 2009

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Gerry Nicholls

Gerry Nicholls is the former vice president of the National Citizens Coalition and is now a senior fellow with the Democracy Institute. His writing has appeared in the Globe and Mail, the National Post, and the Toronto Star. He is the author of Loyal to the Core.

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Hey Yanks, Thanks for the Revolution - July 5th, 2009

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Norman Lear

Norman Lear has enjoyed a long career in television and film, and as a political and social activist and philanthropist.

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Lear Hits Back at Frum - June 24th, 2009

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FF Political Report

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Sotomayor Central - June 23rd, 2009
Dear Fellow Cheese Eaters: - March 9th, 2009
How Should Conservatives React To The Stimulus Measures? Our Experts Weigh In. - February 9th, 2009

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Hon. Frank R. Wolf (VA-10)

Rep. Frank Wolf represents Virginia's 10th congressional district in the House of Representatives.

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A Congressman Speaks Out Against Cair - June 13th, 2009

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James Kirchick

James Kirchick is an assistant editor of The New Republic and a columnist for The Advocate. He is a contributor to the Independent Gay Forum and he can be reached at james.kirchick@gmail.com

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Massachusetts Wakes Up To Government Waste - June 10th, 2009
Can’t Shut A Bad Man Up - June 9th, 2009
South Africa’s Disgraceful Next Leader - April 13th, 2009

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Cari Clark

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Pretty In Porn - June 6th, 2009
Sexy Is The New Pretty - May 29th, 2009

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La Ligue du Droit International des Femmes

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French Feminists: President’s Speech A “Slap In The Face” To Islamic Women - June 5th, 2009

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FrumForum Exclusive

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Ayaan Hirsi Ali: Obama Let Down Moderate Muslims - June 5th, 2009

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John S. Wilson

John S. Wilson attends Virginia Commonwealth University with a triple major in economics, sociology, and women's studies. He blogs at Policy Diary, Hip-Hop Republican, and serves as a regular contributor to PolicyNet, where he writes about domestic and foreign affairs. He recently served as a legislative fellow in the office of the Honorable David Englin (D) of the Virginia House of Delegates.

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They Are Obama’s Detainees Now - June 2nd, 2009
Phoney Populism - March 17th, 2009
Gop Must Do More Than Talk - March 17th, 2009

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Jeffrey Singer

Jeff Singer lives in Chicago with his wife and two children. He has worked extensively with city government and follows Chicago politics and public policy closely.

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Here’s A Trillion: Spend It Wisely - June 2nd, 2009
Rv Without Green Guilt - April 16th, 2009
The Senator Nobody Loves - March 10th, 2009

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Ken Kurson

Ken Kurson, executive vice president of Jamestown Associates, was chief operating officer of the Giuliani presidential campaign, co-author with Rudy Giuliani of the national bestseller Leadership, and deputy director of communications for Giuliani Partners.

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Capitalists Of Little Faith - May 31st, 2009
Rudy At 65: The Anti-lunatic - May 27th, 2009
What To Do About Philip Weiss? - February 13th, 2009

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Michael Sharnoff

Michael Sharnoff is a research associate at the Jewish Policy Center.

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Are There Palestinians To Talk To? - May 28th, 2009

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M. Abramowitz

M. Abramowitz is the pen name of an attorney living in New York City.

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Sotomayor: The Gops Strategy Could Backfire - May 27th, 2009

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Emmanuel Navon

Dr. Emmanuel Navon is founder of the Navon-Levy international marketing consulting group and also lectures at Tel-Aviv University.

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How To Deserve A State - May 20th, 2009
If Obama Pushes, Netanyahu Will Fall - February 11th, 2009

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John Murdock

John Murdock, a native Texan, is now a natural resources attorney in Washington, D.C. He is proud to be associated with the Evangelical Environmental Network and REP (Republicans for Environmental Protection), but the opinions expressed here are solely his own. John also blogs at republicantreehugger.

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Smarter Climate Denialism Please - May 19th, 2009
An “earth” To Delight In - April 21st, 2009
Global Warming: Its True, Get Used To It - April 5th, 2009

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Peter Huessy

Peter Huessy is president of GeoStrategic Analysis.

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Cuts Endanger Americas Nuclear Arsenal - May 18th, 2009
Pakistan’s Nukes: A Mystery Inside An Enigma… - April 29th, 2009

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Richard Posner

Richard Posner is a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

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Conservatives Suffer From “intellectual Deterioration” - May 17th, 2009

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Aaron Eitan Meyer

Aaron Eitan Meyer received his Juris Doctor degree from Touro Law Center, and is currently assistant director at the Legal Project of the Middle East Forum and Legal Correspondent to the Terror Finance Blog.

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Lawfare: How Radical Islam Seeks To Silence Its Critics - May 14th, 2009

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Neal McCluskey

Neal McCluskey is the associate director of the Cato Institute’s Center for Educational Freedom, and the author of Feds in the Classroom: How Big Government Corrupts, Cripples, and Compromises American Education.

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Student Loans – Do The Democrats Have A Point? - May 7th, 2009

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Eli Lake

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Obama May Force Israel To Reveal Nukes - May 6th, 2009

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Lee Stranahan -The Huffington Post

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Elizabeth Edwards As Guilty As John In Deceiving Democratic Voters “on An Unprecedented Scale” - May 5th, 2009

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Pierre Poilievre

Pierre Poilievre is parliamentary secretary to the Prime Minister of Canada.

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Canada Vindicated At Durban Ii - April 28th, 2009
“the Real Anti-racism Conference” - April 23rd, 2009

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Jeremy Carl

Jeremy Carl is a Research Fellow at the Program on Energy and Sustainable Development at Stanford University. His research focuses on the intersection of energy and environmental issues in the U.S., China, and India.

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Why Drill, Baby, Drill Wont Work - April 26th, 2009
Public Transit’s Real Enemies: Big Government, Big Unions - April 20th, 2009

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Karin Morin

Karin Venable Morin is a graduate of Yale College and the Harvard Law School. She works as a writer and educator in the Boston area.

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How To Undress For Your College Roommate 101 - April 26th, 2009

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Fred Bauer

Fred Bauer is a writer from New England. He blogs at A Certain Enthusiasm.

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Republican Equality - April 24th, 2009

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Andrew Coyne

Andrew Coyne is the national editor for Maclean’s.

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Conservatism Now - April 24th, 2009

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Marshall Bowen

Marshall Bowen is a native Texan and an undergraduate at Texas A&M university. He was a delegate to the 2008 Texas GOP convention and was elected as a Republican precinct chairman in Austin.

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Voter Id Laws Duh! - April 23rd, 2009
The Crisis In Texas Universities - March 29th, 2009
Funders And Fundies - February 23rd, 2009

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Steve Schmidt

Steve Schmidt, manager of the John McCain 2008 presidential campaign, is a partner at Mercury Public Affairs.

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Mccain Campaign Managers Endorsement Of Gay Marriage - April 19th, 2009

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Frum Forum Reports

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Readers On Tax 3 - April 16th, 2009
Readers On Tax 1 - April 15th, 2009
Readers On Tax 2 - April 15th, 2009

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Jack Goldsmith

Jack Goldsmith, the Henry L. Shattuck Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, is the former Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel and the author of The Terror Presidency.

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“the Terror Presidency” Excerpts, Part 2 - April 14th, 2009
How Courts Took Over The War On Terror - April 14th, 2009

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FF Street Scene

Street Scene is an anonymous contributor for NewMajority.com.

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My Administration Is All That Is Standing Between You And The Pitchforks - April 5th, 2009
An Act Of Civic Decency - March 27th, 2009
The State We’re In - March 24th, 2009

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Will Haun

Will Haun, a senior at American University, is policy chairman of the Young Conservative Coalition and will begin Catholic University Law School this fall.

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The Young Conservative Coalition: Its Our Turn - April 5th, 2009

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Henryk Broder

Henryk Broder is the author of numerous books on contemporary German political culture, including Hurrah, Wir Kapitulieren! [Hurray! We Capitulate!] and, most recently, Kritik der reinen Toleranz [Critique of Pure Tolerance]. He is a regular contributor to many leading German-language news publications and one of the principal co-authors of the popular German blog Die Achse des Gutens [The Axis of Good].

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The Americans Are To Blame: Berlin, Two Days After 9/11 - April 1st, 2009

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Jessica Leval

Jessica Leval is a research assistant at the American Enterprise Institute and assistant director of the AEI-Brookings Continuity of Government Commission.

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Dc Voting Rights Act Is Unconstitutional - April 1st, 2009

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Benjamin Collins

Benjamin Collins served three tours in Afghanistan rising to the rank of Captain with US Special Forces.

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The Afghan Dead End - March 29th, 2009
A Drive Through Kabul - March 4th, 2009
On The Afghan Front Line - February 20th, 2009

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Howard Foster

Howard Foster is a lawyer in Chicago.

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Is It “un-american” To Enforce The Immigration Laws? - March 24th, 2009
Immigration And The New Majority - February 12th, 2009

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Karin Agness

Karin Agness is the President of the Network of enlightened Women, Inc. (NeW), the nation's premier organization for conservative college women. She can be emailed at karin.agness@enlightenedwomen.org

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Conservatives Of Tomorrow: Grant Starrett - March 23rd, 2009
What Do Women Want? A Gentleman - February 20th, 2009
Conservatives Of Tomorrow: Charlie Smith - February 9th, 2009

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Gabe Ledeen

Gabe Ledeen is a fellow with the Vets For Freedom Educational Institute. He served two tours in al Anbar, Iraq, as an officer with a Marine infantry battalion.

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Honor Murtha? - March 19th, 2009
Obama Forgets Victory - March 1st, 2009
Sderot, Israel Is Iraq Without The Body Armor - January 27th, 2009

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Karlyn Bowman

Karlyn Bowman is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute where she studies public opinion.

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Anger And Aig - March 17th, 2009
We Greet Our Presidents With High Expectations - January 30th, 2009

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FF Events

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The American Enterprise Institute’s Annual Dinner In Washington, D.c. - March 13th, 2009
Nm Events: Conservatives (and Others) Celebrate/commiserate At Counter-inaugural Party - January 21st, 2009

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Broadside Panel

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Dating Advice For The Newly Impoverished Bachelor - March 13th, 2009
Why Do Women Dislike Talk Radio? - March 8th, 2009

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Michael Weiss

Michael Weiss is an editor at Nextbook.org. His writing has appeared in Slate, the Weekly Standard, the New Criterion, Democratiya, City Journal, and Standpoint.

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An Afghan Reconstruction Horror Story - March 13th, 2009
An Afghan Reconstruction Horror Story, Part 3 - March 12th, 2009
An Afghan Reconstruction Horror Story, Part 2 - March 11th, 2009

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Noah Pollak

Noah Pollak is a graduate student at Yale University and a contributor to the Commentary magazine blog, Contentions. He previously worked at the Shalem Center in Jerusalem, Israel.

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Chas Freeman’s Ugly Goodbye - March 12th, 2009
Freeman’s Saudi Million - February 22nd, 2009

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Kevin Jones

Kevin Jones is a frequent correspondent to NewMajority.com

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Don’t Blame Obama For The Bad Market - March 10th, 2009

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Stephanie Herman

Stephanie Herman, also known as the Holistic Republican, is co-founder of Rightgrrl.com and the author of "Cost Benefit Jr.", a book on microeconomics for kids. She lives in Colorado with her husband and two boys.

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Green Yes, Cap-and-trade No - March 8th, 2009
Stimulating The Economy On The Backs Of The Poor - February 24th, 2009
You Can be Red State– and Green Too - February 17th, 2009

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William Walters

William Walters is a former counsel to the House Ways & Means Committee. He is a partner of FedPoint LLC in Washington.

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Where Have All The Great Bankers Gone? - March 6th, 2009

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Falah Muradkhin Shakaram

Falah Muradkhin Shakaram is a project coordinator in Iraq for the aid organization WADI.

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Forgetting Saddam’s Victims - March 5th, 2009

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Stanley Jevons

Stanley Jevons is the pen name of a management consultant in New York.

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Give The Parks To The Greens - March 3rd, 2009
Much Ado About (almost) Nothing - February 5th, 2009
Go Nukes - January 30th, 2009

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Lorne Gunter

Lorne Gunter is a senior editorial writer and columnist with Canada's National Post and a columnist for Alberta's Edmonton Journal.

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Taliban Multiculturalism - February 26th, 2009
American Politics, Global Obsession - January 31st, 2009

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Charlotte Allen

Charlotte Allen is a contributing editor at the Manhattan Institute's MindingTheCampus.com.

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Universities In Denial - February 18th, 2009

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Larry Greenfield

Larry Greenfield is Fellow of American Studies at The Claremont Institute, where he writes and lectures nationally. He has served in U.S. Naval Intelligence (Res.), and worked in law, business, and politics in California and Nevada.

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Taxes, Taxes, Taxes - February 15th, 2009
California Republicans Prepare For 2010 - February 6th, 2009
California Won’t Be Saved By Democratic “liposuction” - January 26th, 2009

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Cheves Ligon

Cheves Ligon has worked in business, politics, and law. He will be graduating from law school in May; after the bar exam he will be practicing commercial litigation in Dallas, TX.

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The Chronic(le) Of Michael Phelps - February 13th, 2009
A Free Turkey From The Unions - February 3rd, 2009
…not That Theres Anything Wrong With That - January 27th, 2009

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Moira Bagley

Moira Bagley is an investigative reporter for FrumForum.com.

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Too Big To Count - February 12th, 2009
Don’t Ask, Won’t Tell: No Role For Bipartisan Oversight On Stimulus - February 11th, 2009
Geithner, Daschle… Obama? Tax Impropriety In Prez’s Past - February 3rd, 2009

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Nat Frum

Nat Frum, 15, is a ninth-grade student in Washington, D.C.

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What Gaza Could Be Like - February 11th, 2009
Israel – A First Visitor’s View - February 2nd, 2009

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Michael Anton

Michael Anton is a writer, editor, and communications consultant. He previously served as Deputy Foreign Policy Advisor to Rudy Giuliani's 2008 Presidential Campaign and as Special Assistant for National Security Affairs to President George W. Bush. Under the pseudonym Nicholas Antongiavanni, he is the author of "The Suit" (Collins 2006). He blogs at http://culinarytechniques.wordpress.com/

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Did Even Obamas Supporters Expect Something This Radical? - February 11th, 2009
Pakistan Frees A.q. Khan - February 7th, 2009
Is Our Nuclear Arsenal Useless In The Age Of Terror? - February 3rd, 2009

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Jonas Stankovich

Jonas Stankovich is an undergraduate student of Finance at the Dolan School of Business at Fairfield University, and President of the Fairfield University Gay-Straight Alliance. He lives in Sayville, New York.

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Republican Economics And The Young: The Fundamentals Are Not Sound - February 10th, 2009
The Party Of Small Minds, Not Small Government - January 25th, 2009
Goldwater Was Right: Republicans Must Show Greater Tolerance Toward Gays - January 1st, 2009

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Allen Guelzo

Allen C. Guelzo is the Henry R. Luce Professor of the Civil War Era and Director of Civil War Era Studies at Gettysburg College. He is a two-time winner of the Lincoln Prize, and the author, most recently, of Lincoln and Douglas: The Debates That Defined America.

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Conservatism’s Greatest Failure: The Academy - February 8th, 2009
The Gop’s Winning Streak - January 21st, 2009
When They Win, They Win; But When They Lose - January 14th, 2009

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Joshua Glatter

Joshua D. Glatter is a partner with the law firm Osen LLC, specializing in complex civil litigation, focusing on matters concerning terror finance, money laundering, RICO, investor and consumer protection, and corporate governance.

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Score One For The Little Guys - February 8th, 2009
God Save The Queen.and Fast! - January 31st, 2009
Terrorism, Facebook-style - January 25th, 2009

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Nibras Kazimi

A former adviser to Iraq's National Commission for De-Baathification, Nibras Kazimi is a visiting scholar at the Hudson Institute and the author of the Talisman Gate blog.

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Malikis Plurality Adds To His Woes - February 6th, 2009

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Liz Mair

Liz Mair is a Strategic Manager with New Media Strategies in Arlington, Virginia. During 2008, she served as the Republican National Committee's Online Communications Director, where she led an aggressive and groundbreaking online media outreach effort aimed at electing Republicans nationwide. Liz's website can be found at lizmair.com; she is also on Twitter (@LizMair).

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Murtha Donors Raided By Feds - February 2nd, 2009

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Charles Murray

Charles Murray, W.H. Brady Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, is the author of Real Education.

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“Real Education” Starts Early - January 27th, 2009

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Brad Miner

Brad Miner is a former Literary Editor of National Review and the founding Editor-in-Chief of the American Compass book club. He is a frequent contributor to The Catholic Thing.

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Super Bowl Sunday: Something Conservative Wonks Should Watch–and Celebrate - January 26th, 2009
The Right Time For The Right Books - January 23rd, 2009
The Right Time For The Right Books - January 14th, 2009

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Bradley Wine

Brad Wine is an attorney based in Washington, DC. He has advised and raised funds for Republican officeholders and candidates throughout the United States.

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Mr. Steele Goes To Washington? - January 23rd, 2009

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David Kirkpatrick

David Kirkpatrick is a Dallas-based professional writer and blogger.

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Cultural Moderates And The Republican Coalition - January 23rd, 2009
Cultural Moderates And The Republican Coalition - January 14th, 2009

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Newt Gingrich

Newt Gingrich, former Speaker of the House of Representatives, is Chairman of American Solutions for Winning the Future and a Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.

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Security Threat From Mexico Greater Than Iraq, Afghanistan - January 23rd, 2009

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Peter Crittenden

Peter Crittenden, US Army retired, served two tours in the Sinai, 1984 and 1986, during which time he visited Gaza. Nowadays Peter writes about and conducts training on Leadership, Planning, Decision Making, Risk Management, and various paramilitary skills.

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Gaza: One Soldiers View - January 23rd, 2009

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Sarah Gannaway

Sarah Gannaway is a health care provider and military spouse. Home is where the Army sends her.

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Losing The Military Vote - January 21st, 2009

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Margaret Hoover

Margaret Hoover has served as a congressional staffer, at the Department of Homeland Security, in the White House, and in two national presidential campaigns. She is a Fox News contributor and a member of the Board of Overseers of the Hoover Institution.

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Writing History’s Wrongs - January 20th, 2009

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Michael K Powell

Former FCC Chairman Michael K. Powell is a Senior Advisor with Providence Equity Partners, Chairman of the MK Powell Group and Rector of the College of William and Mary.