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Moe, Terry
Debate: Don't Blame Teachers Unions For Our Failing Schools
William Bennett Munro Professor of Political Science, Stanford University
Is the William Bennett Munro Professor of Political Science at Stanford University, a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, and a member of Hoover's Koret Task Force on K-12 Education. more
Mohamedou, Mohammad-Mahmoud Ould
Debate: A Democratically-Elected Hamas is Still a Terrorist Organization
Associate Director of the Harvard Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research
Previously, Mohammad-Mahmoud served as Director of Research at the International Council on Human Rights in Geneva, where he helped found and direct the research and policy program. He is the… more
Morones, Enrique
Debate: Let's Stop Welcoming Undocumented Immigrants
Founder of Border Angels in 1986
Border Angels is a non-profit volunteer organization dedicated to saving migrant lives by placing place water, blankets and food in the desert around the border areas. Among other accomplishments, Morones… more
Morozov, Evgeny
Debate: When it Comes to Politics, the Internet is Closing Our Minds
Internet Scholar and Author, The Net Delusion
Evgeny Morozov is the author of The Net Delusion: The Dark Side of Internet Freedom. Morozov is currently a visiting scholar in the Liberation Technology program at Stanford University and… more
Muravchik, Joshua
Debate: Hollywood Has Fueled Anti-Americanism Abroad
Resident Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
Joshua studies the UN, neo-conservatism, the history of socialism and communism, the Arab-Israeli conflict, and global democracy, terrorism, and the Bush doctrine. His most recent book is The Future of… more
Murdock, Deroy
Debate: U.S. Airports Should Use Racial and Religious Profiling
Syndicated columnist, Scripps Howard News Service
Is a syndicated columnist with the Scripps Howard News Service and media fellow with the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace at Stanford University. His column, “This Opinion Just… more
Murphy, Dale
Debate: We Should Accept Performance-Enhancing Drugs in Competitve Sports
Former Major League Baseball Outfielder and Catcher
Dale was a seven-time All-Star, five-time Golden Glove winner and two-time National League MVP with the Atlanta Braves. He started the iWon’t Cheat Foundation to help rid sports of drugs,… more
Murray, Charles
Debate: Too Many Kids Go to College: Our First Debate in Chicago
Author of AEI Article, Are too many people going to college?
A political scientist, Charles Murray is the author of two of the most widely debated and influential social policy books, Losing Ground: American Social Policy 1950–1980 and, with the late… more
Murray, Douglas
Debate: Islam is a Religion of Peace
Founder & Director, The Centre for Social Cohesion (CSC)
is a bestselling author and award-winning journalist. He is also founder and director of the Centre for Social Cohesion (CSC), a non-partisan think-tank in Westminster, London, which focuses on radicalization… more
Nagl, John
Debate: America Cannot and Will Not Succeed in Afghanistan/Pakistan
President of the Center for a New American Security
Nagl is president of the Center for a New American Security and a visiting professor in the War Studies Department at Kings College of London. Nagl retired from the US… more
