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Fost, Norman
Debate: We Should Accept Performance-Enhancing Drugs in Competitve Sports
M.D., M.P.H., a Professor of Pediatrics and Bioethics at the University of Wisconsin, and Director of the Bioethics Program
Fost founded the Bioethics Program at the University of Wisconsin in 1973. He has published widely on ethical and legal issues in health care, and served on numerous federal committees,… more
Frakt, David
Debate: Treat Terrorists Like Enemy Combatants, Not Criminals
Professor, Barry University’s Dwayne O. Andreas School of Law
Is a professor at Barry University’s Dwayne O. Andreas School of Law and a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Air Force Reserve JAG Corps. more
Francona, Rick
Debate: Tough Interrogation of Terror Suspects is Necessary
Retired U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel
Rick served with the National Security Agency, the Defense Intelligence Agency, and the Central Intelligence Agency. His tours of duty include Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, and Saudi Arabia, with operational… more
Frederic Mishkin
Debate: America Doesn't Need A Strong Dollar Policy
Professor, Columbia Business School
Frederic S. Mishkin is the Alfred Lerner Professor of Banking and Financial Institutions at the Graduate School of Business, Columbia University. He is also a research associate at the National… more
Friedman, Amy L.
Debate: We Should Legalize the Market for Human Organs
M.D., Director of Transplantation and Professor of Surgery at SUNY Upstate Medical University
Friedman was trained at Princeton, SUNY Downstate, and the University of Pennsylvania, she previously served on the faculties of Penn and Yale University. On numerous society boards, she is a… more
Frum, David
Debate: Better More Domestic Surveillance Than Another 9/11
Author of five books
David has written several books, including the New York Times bestseller An End to Evil: How To Win the War on Terror with co-author Richard Perle. His sixth book, The… more
Galbraith, James K.
Debate: Obama's Economic Policies Are Working Effectively
Chair of Government/Business Relations, University of Texas at Austin
Holds the Lloyd M. Bentsen, Jr., Chair of Government/Business Relations at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, the University of Texas at Austin, and a professorship in Government. more
Galbraith, Peter
Debate: It's Time to Clip America's Global Wings
Senator of Vermont and Senior Diplomatic Fellow at the Center for Arms Control.
Is a newly-elected Vermont state senator and the senior diplomatic fellow at the Center for Arms Control. Prior to joining the Center, he was a professor of national security strategy… more
Galston, William A.
Debate: America is Too Damn Religious
Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution
Prior to 2006, William was a professor at the School of Public Policy, University of Maryland; director of the Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy; and founding director of the… more
Gartenstein-Ross, Daveed
Debate: Islam is Dominated By Radicals
Vice President of Research at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, and the Author of My Year Inside Radical Islam
Daveed consults for a number of clients who need to be at the forefront of understanding terrorism, including the Manhattan Institute's Center for Policing Terrorism and law enforcement. Gartenstein-Ross has… more
