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Lomborg, Bjorn
Debate: Major Reductions in Carbon Emissions Are Not Worth the Money
Author of the Bestsellers Cool It and The Skeptical Environmentalist
Bjorn was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine in 2004, one of the "50 people who could save the planet" by the… more
Lord Robert Winston
Debate: Prohibit Genetically Engineered Babies
Professor of Science & Society and Emeritus Professor, Fertility Studies, Imperial College
Robert Winston, Professor of Science and Society and Emeritus Professor of Fertility Studies at Imperial College London, runs a research program in the Institute of Reproductive and Developmental Biology on… more
Lott, John R.
Debate: Guns Reduce Crime
Senior Research Scholar at the University of Maryland
Lott has held positions at the University of Chicago, Yale University, Stanford, UCLA, Wharton, and Rice and was the chief economist at the United States Sentencing Commission during 1988 and… more
Lucas, C. Payne
Debate: Aid to Africa is Doing More Harm Than Good
Writer, Speaker and Activist
Lucas was co-founder and president of Africare from 1971 through mid-2002. He is a senior advisor to AllAfrica Global Media and the AllAfrica Foundation. During a 40-year career, including 10… more
Lynn, Barry W. - Rev.
Debate: America is Too Damn Religious
Executive Director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State
Rev. Barry has been the executive director of Americans United since 1992. A long-time civil liberties attorney and ordained minister, Lynn is a frequent guest on television and radio talk… more
Mac Donald, Heather
Debate: Tough Interrogation of Terror Suspects is Necessary
John M. Olin Fellow at the Manhattan Institute and a contributing editor to City Journal
A non-practicing lawyer, Mac Donald has clerked for the Honorable Stephen Reinhardt, General Counsel of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. She was recipient of the 2005 Bradley Prize for Outstanding… more
MacArthur, John R.
Debate: Buy American/Hire American Policies Will Backfire
President and Publisher of Harper's Magazine
John is president and publisher of Harper's Magazine, the oldest continuously published monthly magazine in America. He has served in this role since 1983. more
MacKinnon, Catharine
Debate: It's Wrong to Pay for Sex
Specialist in Sex Equality Issues under International and Constitutional Law
Catharine specializes in sex equality issues under international and constitutional law. She pioneered the legal claim for sexual harassment and, with Andrea Dworkin, created ordinances recognizing pornography as a civil… more
Madrick, Jeff
Debate: Grandma's Benefits Imperil Junior's Future
Leading Economic Analyst and Editor of Challenge Magazine
A former economics columnist for The New York Times, and current Editor of Challenge Magazine, Jeff Madrick is a regular contributor to The New York Review of Books. The author… more
Mandelbaum, Michael
Debate: America Should be the World's Policeman
Christian A. Herter Professor of American Foreign Policy at The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies
Michael is the author of The Ideas That Conquered the World: Peace, Democracy, and Free Markets in the Twenty-first Century (2002), The Case for Goliath: How America Acts as the… more
