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Jarvis, Jeff
Debate: Google Violates its Don't be Evil Motto
Creator and Founding Editor of Entertainment Weekly and Sunday Editor and Associate Publisher of the New York Daily News
Jeff is writing a book, WWGD? - What Would Google Do?, that reverse-engineers the company's success and applies those lessons and laws to other industries. He writes about media and… more
Jeffrey Goldberg
Debate: Israel Can Live With a Nuclear Iran
National Correspondent, The Atlantic
Jeffrey Goldberg is a national correspondent for The Atlantic and a columnist for Bloomberg View. He is a recipient of the National Magazine Award for Reporting for his coverage of… more
Jenkins, Simon
Debate: Bush 43 is the Worst President of the Last 50 Years
Journalist and Author
Simon writes a column twice weekly for the Guardian and weekly for the Sunday Times, as well as broadcasting for the BBC. Previously he wrote columns for the Times and… more
John Taylor
Debate: America Doesn't Need A Strong Dollar Policy
Chairman and Founder, FX Concepts
In 1981 John Taylor founded FX Concepts, a multi-faceted investment management company, which today manages over $4 billion in currency absolute return and overlay strategies. FX Concepts is known around… more
Jones, Stephen
Debate: Treat Terrorists Like Enemy Combatants, Not Criminals
Managing Partner, Law firm of Jones, Otjen, and Davis.
Is managing partner of the law firm of Jones, Otjen, and Davis. In May 1995, he was appointed by the U.S. District Court to serve as the principal defense counsel… more
Jones, Van
Debate: California is the First Failed State
Former Special Advisor, White House Council for Environmental Quality
Worked from March to September 2009 as the special advisor for green jobs at the White House Council for Environmental Quality, where he developed policy recommendations to help implement the… more
Kagan, Frederick W.
Debate: America is Finally Winning the War in Iraq
Resident Scholar in Defense and Security Policy Studies at American Enterprise Institute (AEI)
Frederick was previously an associate professor of military history at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Kagan is the author of Iraq: The Way Ahead and Choosing Victory: A… more
Karen Kornbluh
Debate: Abolish The Minimum Wage
Former US Ambassador, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
Karen Kornbluh recently stepped down as US Ambassador to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development where she negotiated international Internet policymaking principles, launched a new OECD gender initiative, and… more
Kayyem, Juliette
Debate: It's Time to End the War on Terror
Terrorism Specialist and Homeland Security Expert
Juliette Kayyem formerly served under the Obama Administration as Assistant Secretary for Intergovernmental Affairs at the Department of Homeland Security. With nearly 15 years of experience in counterterrorism and homeland… more
Keane, Jack - General (Ret.)
Debate: America is Finally Winning the War in Iraq
Senior Managing Director and Co-Founder of Keane Advisors, LLC, a private equity firm
General Keane is also a member of the secretary of defense’s policy board, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and a director and member of numerous non-profit organizations.… more
