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Kimberley Strassel is a member of the Wall Street Journal editorial board. Since 2007 she has written the "Potomac Watch" column and has worked for the Wall Street Journal in Brussels, London, and New York. An Oregon native, Ms. Strassel is a graduate of Princeton University and lives in Virginia with her three children. Her new book is entitled, “The Intimidation Game: How the Left Is Silencing Free Speech.” Kim R. Holmes is a Distinguished Fellow and former Vice President of The Heritage...

Eric Bolling is a Fox News Channel personality and co-host of the highly rated show The Five and his own weekend program Cashin' In. He frequently appears on other Fox programs, including as substitute host for Bill O’Reilly on The O’Reilly Factor. His new book is entitled, Wake Up America: The Nine Virtues That Made Our Nation Great - And Why We Need Them More Than Ever. Phil Kerpen is the president of American Commitment and a leading free-market policy analyst and advocate in Washington....

Allen West served as an US Representative representing Florida's 22nd and 18th District. He is a 22 year veteran of the military where he earned the rank of Lieutenant Colonel as well as a Bronze Star and a Meritorious Service Medal. He is a Fox News contributor, founder of AllenBWest.com, the author of the bestseller Guardian of the Republic: An American Ronin’s Journey to Faith, Family and Freedom. LTC West currently serves as Executive Director and Vice-Chairman of the Board for the...

ILYA SOMIN is Professor of Law at George Mason University School of Law. He is a regular contributor for the Washington Post’s Volokh Conspiracy blog and is the author or co-author of several books, including The Grasping Hand: "Kelo v. City of New London” and the Limits of Eminent Domain. Professor Somin has recently released a second edition of his 2013 book, Democracy and Political Ignorance: Why Smaller Government Is Smarter, which he will discuss with us today. WILLIAM S. KING is an...

Juan Williams is a top political analyst for Fox News Channel, co-host of the daily news show “The Five,” and a columnist for The Hill. His written work includes such critically acclaimed bestselling books as Eyes on the Prize, Enough, and Thurgood Marshall. And his latest book is entitled We the People: The Modern-Day Figures Who Have Reshaped and Affirmed the Founding Fathers' Vision of America. Demetrius Minor is a former White House intern, and radio and television talk show...

Bryan Caplan is a professor of economics at George Mason University, a research fellow at the Mercatus Center, an adjust scholar at the Cato Institute, and a blogger for EconLog. He is the author of Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids and The Myth of the Rational Voter. George Gilder is the author of 18 books including the classic Wealth and Poverty which lead him to be called President Reagan’s most quoted living author. He is a founding fellow of the Discovery Institute and a senior fellow...

Ed Morrissey is the senior editor and correspondent for HotAir.com, and has weekly columns at TheWeek.com and TheFiscalTimes.com. His new book is entitled, Going Red: The Two Million Voters Who Will Elect the Next President - And How Conservatives Can Win Them. Peter Kuo is a Republican candidate to represent California’s 17th Congressional District in the US Congress. He is an insurance agent who started his own Farmers Insurance Agency in 1994. And he is the founder of the True 3D...

Dana Perino is a Fox News Contributor and co-host of one of the most popular shows on cable television, The Five. Perino was the first Republican woman to serve as the White House Press Secretary, and served for over seven years in the administration of George W. Bush, including at the Department of Justice after the terrorist attacks on 9/11. She has recently released the paperback edition of her bestselling book, And The Good News Is: Lessons and Advice from the Bright Side. Dr....

Allen West is the CEO of the National Center for Policy Analysis. Previously, he served as an US Representative representing Florida's 22nd and 18th District. He is a 22 year veteran of the military where he earned the rank of Lieutenant Colonel as well as a Bronze Star and a Meritorious Service Medal. He is a Fox News contributor, founder of AllenBWest.com, and the author of the bestseller, Guardian of the Republic: An American Ronin’s Journey to Faith, Family and Freedom. Dr. Barry...

Gerard Robinson is a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), where he works on education policy issues including choice in public and private schools, implementation of K–12 standards, innovation in for-profit educational institutions, and the role of community colleges and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in adult advancement. Karen Branan is a veteran journalist who has written for newspapers, magazines, the stage, and television for almost fifty...

Ana Quintana is a policy analyst for Latin America and the Western Hemisphere in The Heritage Foundation’s Allison Center for Foreign and National Security Policy Studies. Dr. Barry Latzer is the Emeritus Professor of Criminal Justice at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and the author of many books on the death penalty and state constitutional criminal procedure. His latest book is titled The Rise and Fall of Violent Crime in America.

John Yoo is a Professor of Law at the University of California at Berkeley, and a visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. He is a former advisor in the Justice Department as well as a former clerk to Justice Clarence Thomas. His books include Crisis and Command, War by Other Means, The Powers of War and Peace, and Point of Attack: Preventive War, International Law, and Global Welfare. His most recent project is co-editing, Liberty's Nemesis: The Unchecked Expansion of the...

Ilya Shapiro is a senior fellow in constitutional studies at the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank, and editor-in-chief of the Cato Supreme Court Review." Dan Bongino served in the Secret Service during the administrations of Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama. He is also a former candidate for both the House and the Senate, and currently hosts a radio show on WMAL, and ConservativeReview.com. His first book, Life Inside the Bubble, was a New York Timesbestseller. And...

Allen West served as an US Representative representing Florida's 22nd and 18th District. He is a 22 year veteran of the military where he earned the rank of Lieutenant Colonel as well as a Bronze Star and a Meritorious Service Medal. He is a Fox News contributor, founder of AllenBWest.com, the author of the bestseller Guardian of the Republic: An American Ronin’s Journey to Faith, Family and Freedom, and CEO of the National Center for Policy Analysis. Robert S. Levine is Professor of...

Michelle Malkin is a premier political blogger as well as syndicated columnist; bestselling author, the founder of HotAir.com,twitchy.com, and MichelleMalkin.com. Her new book, co-authored with John Miano is, Sold Out: How High-Tech Billionaires & Bipartisan Beltway Crapweasels Are Screwing America's Best & Brightest Workers. Kevin D. Williamson writes for National Review, and his work has appeared in publications including Politico and the New York Post. He is the author of The End Is...

Steve Forbes is CEO and Editor-in-Chief of Forbes magazine, and the chairmanForbes Media, which encompasses Forbes, ForbesLife, Forbes.com, Investopedia.com, the RealClear sites and a host of other properties. His latest book, written with Elizabeth Ames, is titled Reviving America: How Repealing Obamacare, Replacing the Tax Code and Reforming The Fed will Restore Hope and Prosperity. A.F. Branco is one of today’s most widely followed editorial cartoonists whose work has been cited by some...

Allen West is the CEO of the National Center for Policy Analysis. Previously, he served as an US Representative representing Florida's 22nd and 18th Districts. He is a 22 year veteran of the military where he earned the rank of Lieutenant Colonel as well as a Bronze Star and a Meritorious Service Medal. He is a Fox News contributor, founder of AllenBWest.com, and the author of the bestseller Guardian of the Republic: An American Ronin’s Journey to Faith, Family and Freedom. Dr David Altman...

Niall Ferguson is the Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History at Harvard, a Senior Research Fellow of the Hoover Institution, and the author of numerous well-respected bestsellers, including The Ascent of Money, The Great Degeneration, and The House of Rothschild. His latest book is entitled, Kissinger: 1923-1968: The Idealist. Brian Kilmeade is the cohost of the Fox News Channel's morning show Fox & Friends and host of the daily national radio show Kilmeade & Friends. Kilmeade is the author...

William A. Jacobson is a Clinical Professor of Law and Director of the Securities Law Clinic at Cornell University and the 2014 CPAC Blog Bash Blogger of the Year. He is the founder of Legal Insurrection, one the nations’s top conservative websites and its sister site, College Insurrection. Theodore Roosevelt Johnson, III is an opinion columnist, speaker, 2011-2012 White House Fellow, PhD candidate, and military officer. He writes and speaks on issues of race and politics. His latest essay...

Ronald Bailey is the author of Eco-Scam and the award-winning science correspondent for Reason magazine and reason.com. His new book is entitled The End of Doom: Environmental Renewal in the Twenty-first Century. Jay Nordlinger is a senior editor of National Review and the music critic of The New Criterion. He is the author of Peace, They Say and of the recently released, Children of Monsters: An Inquiry into the Sons and Daughters of Dictators.