Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and named by The Financial Times as the most influential commentator in America, Charles Krauthammer has been honored from every part of the political spectrum for his bold, lucid and original writing — from the famously liberal People for the American Way (which presented him their First Amendment Award) to the staunchly conservative Bradley Foundation (which awarded him their first $250,000 Bradley Prize).
Since 1985, Krauthammer has written a syndicated column for The Washington Post for which he won the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for distinguished commentary. It is published weekly in more than 240 newspapers worldwide.
Krauthammer is a contributing editor to The Weekly Standard and The New Republic, and a weekly panelist on Inside Washington. He is also a contributor to FOX News, appearing nightly on FOX’s evening news program, Special Report with Bret Baier.
For three decades, his influential writings have helped frame the very shape of American foreign policy. Krauthammer coined and developed The Reagan Doctrine (Time, April 1985), defined the structure of the post-Cold War world in The Unipolar Moment (Foreign Affairs, Winter 1990/1991), and outlined the principles of post-9/11 American foreign policy in his much-debated Irving Kristol Lecture, Democratic Realism (AEI Press, March 2004). He is president of The Krauthammer Foundation and chairman of Pro Musica Hebraica, an organization dedicated to the recovery and performance of lost classical Jewish music. He is also a member of the Chess Journalists of America.
Arthur C. Brooks is an expert on public policy and economics who has published extensively on social entrepreneurship and the connections between culture, politics and economic life.
A behavioral economist by training, he has written three books on the social value and economic impact of nonprofits and charitable giving. He is the author of a major study of association membership titled Generations and the Future of Association Participation, an optimistic and valuable look at what young people want from their involvement in associations.
His new book, The Battle: How the Fight Between Free Enterprise and Big Government Will Shape America’s Future, looks at the new culture war facing America, a battle between free enterprise and social democracy.
In 2008, Arthur has released two books—Gross National Happiness and Social Entrepreneurship.
Gross National Happiness: Why Happiness Matters for America — and How We Can Get More of It, explores the relationship between values and happiness—what makes people happy and fulfilled in life and work, and how public leaders and public policy can help make America happier.
Social Entrepreneurship: A Modern Approach to Social Value Creation combines the methods of the entrepreneur with leading edge nonprofit and public management tools.
Arthur’s first book offers surprising perspectives on the values and practices of conservatives and liberals in America. Who Really Cares: The Surprising Truth About Compassionate Conservatism proves with hard numbers that conservatives give far more to charity than liberals and explains why values make the difference.
Arthur C. Brooks is President of the American Enterprise Institute.
Jason Lewis has returned to the Twin Cities and is on KTLK-FM weekdays 4-7 p.m. He was on the air at WBT in Charlotte, N.C. While in Charlotte, N.C., Jason Lewis was listed as one of “The Heavy Hundred 2005″ by Talkers Magazine. He has been named by the magazine as one of the top 100 most important talk show hosts in the nation.
Prior to WBT, Jason spent ten years at Hubbard Broadcasting in Minneapolis, where he was rated number one.
Lewis earned his Masters of Arts Degree in Political Science at the University of Colorado-Denver and his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Education/Business at the University of Northern Iowa. He also completed the Series 7 General Securities Examination requirement from the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD). In 1990, he was the Republican nominee for the United States Congress from Colorado’s Second District.
Lewis has been twice featured in ABC Radio’s “The Year in Talk” and has also been a substitute host for Rush Limbaugh. He’s been quoted in the Washington Post and has written editorials for newspapers throughout the country, including the Wall Street Journal. Lewis has also appeared on such nationally broadcast television programs as NBC’s Today Show, CNN, Fox News Channel, MSNBC and CNBC.
A frequent guest on radio and television news and talk shows, his commentaries have been published in The Washington Times, New York Post and National Review Online among many others. Before rejoining Heritage in 2005 as a research fellow, Haislmaier worked as a health policy consultant from 1998-2004 and was director of health care policy in Pfizer Inc.’s Corporate Strategic Planning and Policy division from 1994-1997.
He originally came to Heritage in 1987 as the think tank’s first policy analyst for health care. He was named senior policy analyst in 1994. He was promoted to senior research fellow in 2007. Haislmaier is a member of the board of directors of the National Center for Public Policy Research. He holds a bachelor’s degree in history from St. Mary’s College in Maryland.
Hans von Spakovsky examines how civil justice is administered in state and federal courts as senior legal fellow in The Heritage Foundation’s Center for Legal and Judicial Studies.
As manager of the think tank’s Civil Justice Reform Initiative, von Spakovsky is particularly interested in the ways that plaintiffs’ attorneys and activists try to manipulate the courts for their own ends — at the expense of the public. The project studies not only how the civil justice system can be protected but improved and made more efficient, resulting in greater fairness and predictability for all.
Among other responsibilities, von Spakovsky researches and writes about aspects of election law such as campaign finance, voter fraud and voter identification as well as registration and equipment issues. These have emerged as important topics in an era of razor-thin victory margins for national candidates.
Before joining Heritage in 2008, he served two years as a member of the Federal Election Commission, the authority charged with enforcing campaign finance laws for congressional and presidential elections, including public funding. Previously, von Spakovsky worked at the Justice Department as counsel to the assistant attorney general for civil rights, providing expertise in enforcing the Voting Rights Act and the Help America Vote Act of 2002.
A former litigator, in-house counsel and senior corporate officer in the insurance industry, von Spakovsky worked on tort reform and civil justice issues there for more than a decade. He also has served on the Board of Advisors of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission and on the Fulton County (Ga.) Board of Registrations and Elections. He is a member of the Fairfax County (Va.) Electoral Board and the Virginia Advisory Board to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.
His analysis and commentary have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Times, Politico and Human Events, as well as such outlets as National Review Online and Townhall. He has testified before state and congressional committees and made presentations to, among other organizations, the National Association of Secretaries of State, the Federalist Society, the National Conference of State Legislatures and the American Legislative Exchange Council.
Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp, a lifelong resident of Athens, is a graduate of Clarke Central High School and of the University of Georgia, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Agriculture.
Secretary Kemp has served as Secretary of State since January, 2010. Among the office’s wide-ranging responsibilities, the Secretary of State is charged with conducting efficient and secure elections, the registration of corporations, and the regulation of securities and professional license holders. The office also oversees the Georgia Archives.
Secretary Kemp served in the Georgia State Senate from 2002-2006. Among his many accomplishments, he led efforts to cut wasteful spending and streamline government, cut red tape and support small business growth, protect the HOPE Scholarship, preserve our water resources and green space, and promote early learning efforts.
As Georgia’s Chief Elections Administrator, Secretary Kemp implemented numerous e-government solutions for voters and established his state as a national model for election security. The My Voter Page or “MVP” voter education website allows voters to view their sample ballot, find their early voting locations and times, find their Election Day polling location, verify their registration status and much more. Georgia’s military and overseas voters can also use MVP to download and print their absentee ballots.
Secretary Kemp achieved significant victories for both protection of election security and states rights when he filed suit against the U.S. Department of Justice to obtain preclearance of Georgia’s verification system for new voter registration applicants, which includes citizenship. Georgia can now verify that voter registration applicants are who they say they are, and that they are U.S. citizens.
Secretary Kemp also implemented the Stop Voter Fraud website so citizens can report questionable election-related activity online or by calling the Secretary of State’s Voter Fraud Hotline. Additionally, the agency’s Investigations Division increased its partnerships with state and local law enforcement to investigate and prosecute voter fraud.
Finally, Secretary Kemp established the Secretary of State’s Election Advisory Council, comprised of experienced election officials and leaders from across the state. The Council is tasked with reviewing the Georgia Election Code and State Election Board Rules, and making recommendations that improve and strengthen Georgia’s election laws and procedures.
Bill LuMaye began his radio career in 1980 in his hometown of Green Bay, Wisconsin. Bill was the first radio host to be embedded with our troops in Iraq, broadcasting live the week before Christmas 2003.
NewsRadio 680 WPTF welcomed the “Bill LuMaye Show” to North Carolina in 2004. While anchoring the afternoon-drive slot, weekdays 2pm – 5pm, Bill has continued to bring the news of the world to Triangle airwaves. He returned to Iraq in 2006 where he was embedded with the Iraqi 1st Army.
Bill continues to take the afternoon show on the road whenever possible. He’s filed reports from Guantanamo Bay in order to get an inside perspective on the living conditions of terrorists being held at GITMO. He made a live broadcast from the Pentagon for the 5 year anniversary of 9/11 and was one of just 30 talk shows in the nation invited to the White House “Radio Days” event.
Bill LuMaye is committed to bringing you first hand accounts from today’s newsmakers, wherever they may be in the world.
Jordan Lorence serves as senior counsel and senior vice-president of the Office of Strategic Initiatives for the Alliance Defense Fund at its Washington, D.C., Regional Service Center. He has litigated religious liberty, free speech, and marriage cases across the nation since 1984. Lorence earned a J.D. from the University of Minnesota Law School in 1980. He is admitted to the bar in three states, the U.S. Supreme Court, and multiple federal courts.
Originally from North Carolina, Tabitha Hale has spent the last two years in Washington, DC as the New Media Director for FreedomWorks.
In 2008, Tabitha joined the board of a conservative women’s group called Smart Girl Poltics. Through SGP, she became involved in the Tea Party movement, speaking at events and learning the ropes of political activism. In the fall of 2009, she made the move to Washington, and came on board as the New Media Director for FreedomWorks.
During her time at FreedomWorks, Tabitha straddled the line between blogger and activist, working shoulder to shoulder with both the media team and campaigns team to fight for smaller government all over the country. She developed BlogCon, the only conference designed to connect and serve the conservative blogging community.
At the end of the year, she is thrilled to be making the move to the Franklin Center as the New Media Director, and will be continuing the fight from Raleigh, North Carolina.
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