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Hurst, Blake
Debate: Organic Food is Marketing Hype
Published Freelance Writer, the Wall Street Journal, Wilson Quarterly, and the American.
And his wife Julie raise corn and soybeans with 7 family members on a farm in northwest Missouri. They've farmed for over 30 years. Hurst is also a freelance writer,… more
Hutchinson, Asa
Debate: Legalize Drugs
Former Administrator, Drug Enforcement Administration
Asa Hutchinson is CEO of Hutchinson Group, a homeland security consulting firm, and practices law in Northwest Arkansas. Hutchinson was the first Under Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. … more
Hutson, John
Debate: Tough Interrogation of Terror Suspects is Necessary
Retired Rear Admiral, Resident and Dean of Franklin Pierce Law Center
Huston served as the Navy's judge advocate general from 1997 to 2000. He currently serves as the president and dean of Franklin Pierce Law Center in Concord, New Hampshire. As… more
Ian Hutchinson
Debate: Science Refutes God
Professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering, MIT
Ian Hutchinson is a physicist and Professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He and his research group are international leaders exploring the generation and confinement… more
Irwin, Douglas
Debate: Buy American/Hire American Policies Will Backfire
Robert E. Maxwell Professor of Arts and Sciences in the Department of Economics at Dartmouth College
Douglas is the Robert E. Maxwell Professor of Arts and Sciences in the Department of Economics at Dartmouth College. more
Jacoby, Susan
Debate: America is Too Damn Religious
Author of seven books
Susan has written several books including Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism and Wild Justice: The Evolution of Revenge, a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 1984. Jacoby’s articles and essays have… more
Jacoby, Tamar
Debate: Don't Give Us Your Tired, Your Poor, Your Huddled Masses
President and CEO of ImmigrationWorks USA.
Is president and CEO of ImmigrationWorks USA, a national federation working to advance better immigration law. She is the author of Someone Else’s House: America’s Unfinished Struggle for Integration, and… more
James A. Dorn
Debate: Abolish The Minimum Wage
Cato Institute Vice President for Academic Affairs and Editor of the Cato Journal
James A. Dorn is Vice President for Academic Affairs, Editor of the Cato Journal, and Director of Cato’s annual monetary conference. His research interests include trade and human rights, economic… more
James Grant
Debate: America Doesn't Need A Strong Dollar Policy
Editor and Founder, Grant's Interest Rate Observer
James Grant is the editor and founder of Grant's Interest Rate Observer, a twice-monthly journal of the financial markets. Grant originated the "Current Yield" column in Barron's before founding Grant's… more
Jared Bernstein
Debate: Abolish The Minimum Wage
Former Chief Economist to Vice President Joe Biden
Jared Bernstein is a senior fellow at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. From 2009 to 2011, Bernstein was the chief economist and economic adviser to Vice President Joe… more
