[  Authors:   A-C    D-F    G-J    K-L    M-N    O-R    S    T-Z  ]    Meredith L. Oakley, author of On the Make: The Rise of Bill Clinton, is an editor and political columnist at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. She has followed Bill Clinton’s career, first as a reporter and later as a political columnist, for 13 years. On the Make exhibits the firsthand knowledge that made her one of the most sought-after reporters in the country when Bill Clinton launched his campaign for president. Marvin Olasky, author of The Tragedy of American Compassion and a professor of journalism at The University of Texas-Austin, is the author of nine books of history and cultural analysis, and the editor of World, a weekly Christian news magazine. Barbara Olson was the best-selling author of Hell to Pay: The Unfolding Story of Hillary Rodham Clinton. She served as a prosecutor for the Department of Justice and as counsel to a congressional committee before going into private practice. She was a much sought-after legal analyst and commentator on television and radio. Just two days before her book, The Final Days: The Last, Desperate Abuses of Power by the Clinton White House, was originally printed, Barbara Olson was killed in the hijacked airplane that was flown into the Pentagon during the September 11 terrorist attack on America. John O’Neill, author of Unfit for Command, served in Coastal Division 11 in Vietnam and took command of PCF 94, John Kerry’s swift boat, after Kerry’s departure. Outraged by Kerry’s antiwar slanders against his fellow veterans, O’Neill faced Kerry in a famous debate on the Dick Cavett Show in 1971, refuting Kerry’s accusations of rampant American war crimes in Vietnam. A graduate of the Naval Academy, and from a Navy family, O’Neill is a lawyer in private practice in Houston. Carole O'Toole, author of Healing Outside the Margins, was diagnosed with inflammatory breast cancer a very rare and aggressive form of advanced breast cancer in 1994, at the age of 38. Given 18 months to live by her physician, and faced with an extensive and grueling regiment of chemotherapy, surgery, radiation and a bone marrow transplant (high dose chemotherapy/stem cell rescue), Carole decided she needed to do everything she could to help herself through treatment and recovery. She viewed cancer as more than a physical crisis; it was an opportunity to heal on many different levels. Her search for complementary therapies while facing a life-threatening illness led her to a new appreciation for the time and energy a cancer patient must expend on finding appropriate treatments and practitioners. This experience led her to commit herself to helping others: since her recovery, she has coached breast cancer survivors on creating their personal integrative treatment plans, through her partnership, Finding My Way. Carole also advises hospitals on patient needs and integrative cancer care, and speaks and writes about complementary therapy and integrative treatment to health professionals and survivors. She is the author of two books on integrative treatment. Reza Pahlavi, author of Winds of Change, has been a leading advocate of freedom, democracy, and human rights for is Iranian countrymen since the advent of the clerical regime in Iran and the passing of his father, the late shah of Iran. In 1978, Pahlavi, then crown prince of Iran, left his homeland to complete his higher education in the United States, and he graduated with a degree in political science from the University of Southern California. An accomplished jet fighter pilot, he completed the US Air Force Training Program at Reese Air Force Base in Lubbock, Texas. He lives in the United States with his wife Yasmine, and two daughters, Noor and Iman. Lieutenant Colonel Robert “Buzz” Patterson, USAF (retired), bestselling author of Reckless Disregard and Dereliction of Duty, has served his country with distinction. His tours of duty included service in Grenada, Rwanda, Haiti, the Persian Gulf, and Bosnia, as well as The White House as a military aide to President Bill Clinton. He also served as cadet group commander at the U.S. Air Force Academy. Lt. Col. Patterson is the national security correspondent for www.humaneventsonline.com. He lives with his wife and children in Atlanta, Georgia. Jay Richards, coauthor of The Privileged Planet, is vice president and senior fellow of the Discovery Institute in Seattle. He received his Ph.D. with honors from Princeton Theological Seminary, with a focus on modal logic and the philosophy of science. He is the author of many academic and popular essays. He is also the author and editor of several books in subjects as diverse as science, philosophy, and theology, including Are We Spiritual Machines?: Ray Kurzweil Versus the Critics of Strong AI. Paul Craig Roberts, author of The New Color Line, is John M. Olin Fellow of the Institute for Political Economy. He served as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy during the Reagan Administration and played a major role in the Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981. He is a former editor and columnist for the Wall Street Journal, and is currently a columnist for Business Week and the Scripps-Howard News Service. He has held numerous academic appointments, contributed to many scholarly journals, and is the author of four other books. George Roche has served as president of Hillsdale College since 1971. Formerly the presidential-appointed chairman of the National Council of Educational Research, the director of seminars at the Foundation for Economic Education, a professor of history at the Colorado School of Mines, and a US Marine, he is the author of twelve books, including The Fall of the Ivory Tower: Government Funding, Corruption, and the Bankrupting of American Higher Education. Lissa Roche, author of The Book of Heroes: Great Men and Women in American History, has served as the director of seminars at Hillsdale College since 1985. She is also managing editor of the college’s monthly speech digest, Imprimis, and the Hillsdale College Press. She has written numerous articles and is the editor of a literary anthology, The Christian’s Treasury. Michael S. Rose, author of Goodbye, Good Men: How Liberals Brought Corruption into the Catholic Church, is the author of two previous books: Ugly as Sin and The Renovation Manipulation. During the past seven years, while editor of the St. Catherine Review, he has emerged as one of the freshest new voices in the Catholic world. As an investigative reporter and editorialist he has illuminated a number of highly controversial issues in contemporary Catholicism. His articles, editorials, and essays have appeared in venues such as Catholic World Report, New Oxford Review, Culture Wars, Homiletic and Pastoral Review, Envoy, Adoremus Bulletin, National Catholic Register, The Wanderer, Lay Witness, A.D. 2000, Challenge, This Rock, and Catholic Dossier. Currently he is executive editor of Cruxnews.com, an Internet news magazine and wire service. A graduate of the University of Cincinnati and Brown University, he is married with four children and lives in Cincinnati. Herbert Romerstein, author of The Venona Secrets, was head of the Office to Counter Soviet Disinformation at the United States Information Agency from 1983 to 1989. He had previously served as a professional staff member for several congressional committees, including the House Intelligence Committee and the House Committee on Un-American Activities. Now retired, Romerstein continues to write and lecture on the subject of Soviet espionage. Mitt Romney, author of Turnaround, is the governor of Massachusetts. Before he was elected governor, he led the Salt Lake Organizing Committee as its president and CEO. In 1984, Romney founded Bain Capital, a successful venture capital and investment company, and later became CEO of Bain & Company. An active member of his church and in charitable activities, Romney and his wife, Ann, have five sons, five daughters-in-law, and seven grandchildren. Howard Ruff is the author of How to Prosper During the Hard Times Ahead: A Crash Course for the American Family in the Troubled New Millennium, the best-selling financial book in history, with more than three million copies in print. With that blockbuster and with his newsletter, the Ruff Times, he has successfully guided millions through economic chaos and uncertainty. Ruff, father of thirteen children and grandfather of forty-eight, lives in Utah.