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Benbrook, Charles
Debate: Organic Food is Marketing Hype
Chief Scientist, The Organic Center
serves as the chief scientist of The Organic Center. He has worked in Washington, D.C. on agricultural policy, science and regulatory issues from 1979 through 1997. Benbrook served as the… more
Benjamin Friedman
Debate: Cutting the Pentagon's Budget is a Gift To Our Enemies
Research Fellow, Cato Institute
Benjamin H. Friedman is a research fellow in defense and homeland security studies. His areas of expertise include counter-terrorism, homeland security and defense politics. He is the author of dozens… more
Berenson, Alex
Debate: Blame Washington More Than Wall Street for the Financial Crisis
Investigative Reporter for the New York Times
Alex has been a business investigative reporter for the New York Times since 2000. He is the author of three novels and one non-fiction book, The Number, an explanation of… more
Bergen, Peter
Debate: It's Time to End the War on Terror
CNN National Security Analyst, Bestselling Author
One of few Americans to have interviewed Osama bin Laden face-to-face, Peter Bergen is one of today’s foremost commentators on America’s national security and the War on Terror. Author of… more
Bethke Elshtain, Jean
Debate: America is Too Damn Religious
Laura Spelman Rockefeller Professor of Social and Political Ethics at the University of Chicago
Jean is a political philosopher. Her books include Public Man, Private Woman: Women in Social Thought, The Family in Political Thought, and Democracy on Trial. In 2006, she was appointed… more
Bhagwati, Jagdish
Debate: Buy American/Hire American Policies Will Backfire
University Professor of Economics and Law, at Columbia University and Senior Fellow in International Economics at the Council on Foreign Relations
Bhagwati is a University Professor of Economics and Law, at Columbia University and senior fellow in International Economics at the Council on Foreign Relations. more
Bienen, Henry
Debate: Too Many Kids Go to College: Our First Debate in Chicago
President Emeritus, Northwestern University
A member of Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s Economic Development and Planning Committee, Henry Bienen launched his career in academics at Princeton University in 1966 as an assistant professor. In 1994, he… more
Bissinger, Buzz
Debate: Ban College Football
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist & Author, Friday Night Lights
H.G. "Buzz" Bissinger is among the nation's most honored and distinguished writers. A native of New York City, Bissinger is the winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the Livingston Award, the… more
Boot, Max
Debate: Afghanistan is a Lost Cause
Contributing Editor, Weekly Standard and the Los Angeles Times
Is one of America’s leading military historians and foreign-policy analysts. The Jeane J. Kirkpatrick Senior Fellow in National Security Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, he is also a… more
Bremmer, Ian
Debate: China Does Capitalism Better than America
Founder/President, Eurasia Group & Author, The J Curve and The Fat Tail
Ian Bremmer is the founder and president of Eurasia Group, a leading global political risk research and consulting firm providing financial, corporate, and government clients with information and insight on… more
