Aaron Goldstein was a card carrying member of the socialist New Democratic Party of Canada (NDP). Since 09/11, Aaron has reconsidered his ideological inclinations and has become a Republican. Earlier this year, Aaron put out a chapbook titled Oysters and the Newborn Child: Melancholy and Dead Musicians. Aaron's poetry can be found on www.poetsforthewar.org and www.timbuckley.com. Aaron lives and works in Boston.
The American Forces Press Service (AFPS) is the news service provided by the United States Department of Defense and supplies news stories pertaining to the activities of U.S. military forces around the world.
Alan Burkhart is a freelance political writer, cross-country trucker, and proud citizen of the reddest of the Red States - Mississippi.
Alan Caruba writes a weekly column, "Warning Signs", posted on the Internet site of The National Anxiety Center, www.anxietycenter.com. Caruba blogs at http://factsnotfantasy.blogspot.com.
Andrew Davis is a professional writer and Director of Communications for the Libertarian National Committee.
Bob Barr, a former member of Congress from Georgia, is the Libertarian Party's nominee for president.
Bob Confer is the Vice-President of manufacturer Confer Plastics, Inc. He writes a weekly conservative-libertarian column for the four newspapers that constitute the Greater Niagara Newspapers group. His columns consistently emphasize small government, Constitutionality, open markets, and old-fashioned values. His website is http://bobconfer.net.
Bonnie Alba is a freelance writer and retired DOD civil servant. Since 1995 she has observed and written articles for newspapers and online sites on all aspects of the historical and postmodern political sphere and society. A Patriot with six grand boys, she is concerned about the future direction of the United States.
Christopher G. Adamo is a freelance writer and staff writer for the New Media Alliance. He lives in southeastern Wyoming. He has been active in local and state politics for many years and is a managing partner in Best American Buy (www.bestamericanbuy.com), an e-commerce business that markets products exclusively made in America. His contact information and archives can be found at www.chrisadamo.com.
Chris Edwards is tax policy director at the Cato Institute and co-author of Global Tax Revolution.
Chuck Baldwin ran as the Vice Presidential candidate of the Constitution Party in 2004 and is the host of a hard-hitting radio talk show called, "Chuck Baldwin Live." Chuck's web site is available at chuckbaldwinlive.com.
Cliff Kincaid, a veteran journalist and media critic, Cliff concentrated in journalism and communications at the University of Toledo, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree.
David Boaz is executive vice president of the Cato Institute and author of The Politics of Freedom: Taking on the Left, the Right, and Threats to Our Liberties.
Doug Edelman is a conservative political commentator and a contributing editor for The Conservative Voice. His work is also seen on News By Us, The American Daily, The Post Chronicle, New Media Journal, Capitol Hill Coffee House etc. For the support of his family, however, he is also an IT Consultant/Contractor and owner of a Computer Services Business. He has taught PC Maintenance & Repair and Networking at his local Community College, and maintains a blog at http://edeldoug.blogs.com/.
Doug French is executive vice president of the Ludwig von Mises Institute and associate editor for Liberty Watch Magazine. He is the author of Early Speculative Bubbles & Increases in the Money Supply. He received the Murray N. Rothbard Award from the Center for Libertarian Studies. He writes for Lew Rockwell at lewrockwell.com.
Frank Salvato is the Executive Director and Director of Terrorism Research for BasicsProject.org a non-profit, non-partisan, 501(c)(3) research and education initiative. His writing has been recognized by the US House International Relations Committee and the Japan Center for Conflict Prevention. His organization, BasicsProject.org, partnered in producing the original national symposium series addressing the root causes of radical Islamist terrorism.
J. D. Longstreet is a conservative Southern American (A native sandlapper and an adopted Tar Heel) with a deep passion for the history, heritage, and culture of the southern states of America. At the same time he is a deeply loyal American believing strongly in “America First”.
Staff writer for the MRC's Business & Media Institute and can be reached by e-mail at robjpoor@gmail.com. He also writes for NewsBusters.org.
Jim Kouri, CPP is currently fifth vice-president of the National Association of Chiefs of Police. He's former chief at a New York City housing project in Washington Heights nicknamed "Crack City" by reporters covering the drug war in the 1980s. In addition, he served as director of public safety at a New Jersey university and director of security for several major organizations.
Jim Powell, a Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute, is the author of FDR's Folly, Bully Boy, and Greatest Emancipations.
Johan Norberg is a senior fellow of the Cato Institute and the author of In Defense of Global Capitalism.
John Bowman lives in Washington State and writes for Lew Rockwell at www.lewrockwell.com.
Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. is president of the Ludwig von Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, editor of LewRockwell.com, and author of Speaking of Liberty.
The Libertarian Party is America's third largest political party, founded in 1971 as an alternative to the two main political parties. You can find more information on the Libertarian Party by visiting www.LP.org. The Libertarian Party proudly stands for smaller government, lower taxes and more freedom.
Michael D. Tanner is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute editor of Social Security and Its Discontents: Perspectives on Choice.
Michael Gaddy, an Army veteran of Vietnam, Grenada, and Beirut, lives in the Four Corners area of the American Southwest. He writes for Lew Rockwell at http://www.lewrockwell.com.
Michael Hill is a professional software system developer and amateur politcal pundit/writer. He is also a veteran of Desert Storm and the NATO operations in the Balkans. He considers himself a conservative in the Buckley-Reagan mold, a staunch advocate of the Jeffersonian concept that the government that governs best is the one that governs the least, and firm believer that the free market and individuals operating within it will accomplish anything the government can economically, just faster, cheaper, and more reliably.
Nat Hentoff has written extensively on the First Amendment and the Bill of Rights. He is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute and a member of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.
Neal Boortz, the Talkmaster, Mighty Whitey and The High Priest of The Church of the Painful Truth, is a nationally-syndicated radio host of the Neal Boortz show.
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Paul Driessen is senior policy advisor for the Congress of Racial Equality and Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow, and author of Eco-Imperialism: Green power – Black death.
Ron Paul is a Congressman from the 14th district of Texas and enjoys a national reputation as the premier advocate for liberty in politics today.
Selwyn Duke is a writer, columnist and public speaker whose work has been published widely online and in print, on both the local and national levels. He has been featured on the Rush Limbaugh Show and has been a regular guest on the award-winning Michael Savage Show. His work has appeared in Pat Buchanan's magazine The American Conservative.
Susan Hogarth is the media contact for the Center for Libertarian Press Information at www.clipr.info. She can be contacted at media@clipr.info.
Taxpayers for Common Sense is a non-partisan budget watchdog serving as an independent voice for American taxpayers. Our mission is to achieve a government that spends taxpayer dollars responsibly and operates within its means. We work with individuals, policymakers, and the media to increase transparency, expose and eliminate wasteful and corrupt subsidies, earmarks, and corporate welfare, and hold decision makers accountable. Their web site is available at taxpayers.org.
Thomas E. Woods, Jr., is the New York Times bestselling author of nine books. A senior fellow at the Ludwig von Mises Institute, Woods holds a bachelor's degree in history from Harvard and his master's, M.Phil., and Ph.D. from Columbia University. He maintains his own web site at www.thomasewoods.com.
Tom Blumer is president of a training and development company in Mason, Ohio, and is a contributing editor to NewsBusters.com.
The Voice of America (VOA), which first went on the air in 1942, is a multimedia international broadcasting service that reaches a worldwide audience of more than 115 million people.
In 1980, Walt became a libertarian. In 1995 he became self-employed. Today he promotes libetarian ideas on the Internet and lives with his wife, Louise in Warrenton, VA.
