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Davis, Gray
Debate: California is the First Failed State
Governor, California
Was overwhelmingly elected the 37th governor of California in 1998, winning 58 percent of the vote. As Governor, he made education a top priority, signing legislation to strengthen California’s K-12… more
Dean, Howard
Debate: Grandma's Benefits Imperil Junior's Future
Former DNC Chairman and Governor of Vermont
In 1982 Howard Dean transitioned from a full-time practicing physician to an elected representative in Vermont, serving as Governor for 12 years. Dean left office in 2003 to run for… more
Delmonico, Francis L.
Debate: We Should Legalize the Market for Human Organs
M.D., Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School and Director of Medical Affairs of The Transplantation Society (TTS)
Delmonico works closely with the World Health Organization, where he has been appointed as an advisor on organ transplantation. In addition, he is the medical director of the New England… more
Dershowitz, Alan
Debate: Freedom of the Press Does Not Extend to State Secrets
Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law at Harvard Law School
Is the Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law at Harvard Law School who has been called “the nation’s most peripatetic civil liberties lawyer.” He recently joined the legal defense team for… more
Donohue, John J.
Debate: Guns Reduce Crime
Leighton Homer Surbeck Professor at Yale Law School
Donohue’s recent work has used large-scale statistical studies to estimate the causal impact of law and public policy in a wide range of areas from civil rights and employment discrimination… more
Dr. Art Kellermann
Debate: Ration End of Life Care
Chair in Policy Analysis, RAND Health
Art Kellermann holds the Paul O'Neill Alcoa Chair in Policy Analysis at the RAND Corporation. Before joining RAND, he was a Professor of emergency medicine and public health and Associate… more
Dr. David Challoner
Debate: The FDA's Caution Is Hazardous To Our Health
VP for Health Affairs Emeritus, University of Florida
David R. Challoner, M.D. is vice president emeritus for Health Affairs of the University of Florida. Dr. Challoner has held leadership and health policy positions in many national organizations including… more
Dr. Jerry Avorn
Debate: The FDA's Caution Is Hazardous To Our Health
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Jerry Avorn, M.D., is a professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and chief of the Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics in the Department of Medicine at Brigham and Women's… more
Dr. M. Zuhdi Jasser
Debate: Better Elected Islamists Than Dictators
Founder and President of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy
M. Zuhdi Jasser, M.D., is the Founder and President of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy (AIFD). A devout Muslim, Dr. Jasser founded AIFD in the wake of the 9/11… more
Dr. Scott Gottlieb
Debate: The FDA's Caution Is Hazardous To Our Health
Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute
Scott Gottlieb, M.D., is currently a practicing physician and resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. From 2005-2007, Dr. Gottlieb served as the FDA deputy commissioner and before that, from… more
