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Probably the most prominent American political consultant, Dick Morris is credited almost universally with piloting Bill Clinton to a stunning comeback re-election victory in 1996 after the president lost Congress to the Republicans two years before.
Called "the most influential private citizen in America" by Time magazine, Morris also has handled the winning campaigns for more than 30 senators or governors.
Morris makes more than 400 appearances each year and is well known for hard-hitting, nonpartisan commentary about the U.S. political scene. He writes a weekly column for the New York Post and the Hill Magazine in the United States and the National Post in Canada.
In November 1999, Morris founded a Web site called Vote.com where people may log on to vote on the major issues of the day. Their opinions are e-mailed to their senators and members of Congress and to other significant decision makers Vote.com is rated by Media Metrics and PC Data as one of the most trafficked Web sites in the world.
John Gizzi is Newsmax's chief political columnist and White House correspondent. He is "the man who knows everyone in Washington" as well as many who hold elected positions and party leadership roles throughout America. He has appeared on countless radio and TV shows in America and Europe. He is the recipient of the William A. Rusher Award for Journalistic Excellence and was named Journalist of the Year by the Conservative Political Action Conference in 2002. John's email is johng@newsmax.com.
Josh Hammer is a popular conservative commentator, of counsel at First Liberty Institute and a syndicated columnist through Creators. A frequent pundit on political, legal and cultural issues, Josh is a constitutional attorney by training.
An outspoken conservative, Josh opines on conservative intellectual trends, contemporary domestic and foreign policy debates, constitutional and legal issues, and the intersection of law, politics and culture. He has been published by many leading outlets, including The Los Angeles Times, The New York Post, National Review, First Things, the Daily Wire, Fortune magazine, the Jewish Journal and The American Mind. Josh is a frequent television contributor on One America News Network and BlazeTV, a guest host on Salem Radio Network's 660 AM "The Answer," as well as a frequent op-ed contributor to the Post. He also has multiple forthcoming pieces of constitutional scholarship. Josh speaks on college campuses also through Young America's Foundation and a law school campus speaker through the Federalist Society.
Prior to joining The Daily Wire, where he was editor-at-large, Josh worked at a large law firm and clerked for a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Josh has also served as a John Marshall Fellow with the Claremont Institute and as a law clerk for Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah. Josh graduated from Duke University, where he majored in economics, and from the University of Chicago Law School. He lives in Dallas and is an active member of the State Bar of Texas.
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- Professor of Space Architecture at the University of Houston
Larry Bell is an endowed professor of space architecture at the University of Houston where he founded the Sasakawa International Center for Space Architecture (SICSA) and the graduate program in space architecture. He is the author of several books, including "Reinventing Ourselves: How Technology is Rapidly and Radically Transforming Humanity" (2019), "Thinking Whole: Rejecting Half-Witted Left & Right Brain Limitations" (2018), "Reflections on Oceans and Puddles: One Hundred Reasons to be Enthusiastic, Grateful and Hopeful" (2017), "Cosmic Musings: Contemplating Life Beyond Self" (2016), and "Scared Witless: Prophets and Profits of Climate Doom" (2015). He is currently working on a new book with Buzz Aldrin, "Beyond Footprints and Flagpoles."
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- Professor of Teaching at the Mendoza College of Business
Laura Hollis is a professor of teaching at the Mendoza College of Business, as well as a professor of business law and entrepreneurship at Notre Dame. Her career as an attorney has spanned 35 plus years. Her legal publications have appeared in the Temple Law Review, Cardozo Law Review, and the Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy. Dr. Hollis has been a freelance political writer since 1993, writing for The Detroit News, HOUR Detroit magazine, Townhall.com, and the Christian Post.
Scott Powell has always been an entrepreneur, and founded two companies along the way. He has been Senior Fellow at the Discovery Institute since 2010, after a six year affiliation with Stanford's Hoover Institution. He has written three books and over 250 published articles in the Wall Street Journal, Investor's Business Daily, Newsmax, USA Today, Barron's Financial, New York Post, and Chicago Tribune, and some 40 other newspapers and journals. He graduated from the University of Chicago with honors (B.A. and M.A.) and received his Ph.D. from Boston University.
Wendy L. Patrick, JD, MDiv, PhD, is a career prosecutor, named the Ronald M. George Public Lawyer of the Year, and recognized by her peers as one of the Top Ten criminal attorneys in San Diego by the San Diego Daily Transcript. She has completed over 160 trials ranging from human trafficking, to domestic violence, to first-degree murder. Dr. Patrick is a public speaker and media commentator with over 7,000 appearances including CNN, Fox News Channel, Newsmax, and many others. She is host of "Live with Dr. Wendy" on KCBQ, author of "Red Flags" (St. Martin´s Press), and co-author of the revised version of the New York Times bestseller "Reading People" (Random House). On a personal note, Dr. Patrick holds a purple belt in Shorin-Ryu karate, is a concert violinist with the La Jolla Symphony, and plays the electric violin with a rock band. Find her at BlackSwanVerdicts.com and watch her Media Demo Reel here.