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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.

John O’Sullivan, author of The President, the Pope, and the Prime Minister, covered the Reagan presidency as a Washington columnist, was a special adviser to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, and has written regularly on Pope John Paul II and the Catholic Church’s influence on international relations. A veteran journalist in Britain and the United States, he was the editor in chief of National Review, The National Interest, Policy Review, and United Press International, editorial page editor of the New York Post, op-ed and editorial page editor for the London Times, and an editor with the London Daily Telegraph. He is currently editor at large for National Review, a weekly columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times, and a senior fellow with the Hudson Institute. A Commander of the British Empire and founder of the New Atlantic Initiative, he divides his time between his apartment in Washington, D.C., his home in Decatur, Alabama, and frequent trips to Britain, Europe, and Latin America.

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.

Dave R. Palmer, author of George Washington and Benedict Arnold: A Tale of Two Patriots, is a retired lieutenant general of the United States Army, two-tour veteran of Vietnam, former superintendent of West Point, and accomplished military historian specializing in the campaigns of George Washington and the eighteenth-century American army. He often appears as a commentator in television documentaries on the Revolutionary War period and its generals and is the author of many books, including The Summons of the Trumpet: U.S.-Vietnam in Perspective; The Way of the Fox: American Strategy in the War for America, 1775­-1783; and George Washington: First in War. A graduate of West Point and Duke University, he lives with his wife in Belton, Texas.

Lieutenant Colonel Robert “Buzz” Patterson, United States Air Force (Retired), is the author of Conduct Unbecoming and the New York Times bestsellers Dereliction of Duty and Reckless Disregard. Patterson served twenty years as a pilot on active duty in the United States Air Force. His tours of duty included combat operations in Grenada, Somalia, Rwanda, Haiti, and Bosnia. From 1996 to 1998, Colonel Patterson was the Senior Military Aide to President Bill Clinton. During that time he was responsible for the President’s Emergency Satchel, otherwise known as the “nuclear football,” the black bag with the nation’s nuclear capability that accompanies the president at all times. Patterson lives in Southern California with his family.

 

William Perry Pendley, author of Warriors for the West, is president and chief legal officer of Mountain States Legal Foundation and has litigated against the United States at the U.S. Supreme Court and numerous federal courts of appeal. A former Marine, Capitol Hill lawyer, and Reagan administration official, Pendley is author of War on the West: Government Tyranny on America’s Great Frontier and It Takes A Hero: The Grassroots Battle Against Environmental Oppression. He lives in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains. His website can be found at: www.mountainstateslegal.org. William Pendley's speaking engagements can be found at http://www.ifr-ors.com/mountain_states/public_appearances.cfm.

 

Kelly Perdew, author of Take Command, graduated from the United States Military Academy, West Point, the Anderson School of Management at UCLA, and the UCLA School of Law. He served as a military intelligence officer in the U.S. Army and successfully completed both Airborne and Ranger training. Before winning and becoming “The Apprentice,” Kelly proved himself as an innovative high-tech entrepreneur. Kelly recently started a new business with Donald Trump that provides a direct marketing channel for premium brands. Go to www.kellyperdew.com for more.

 

Sally C. Pipes, author of The Pipes Plan and The Truth About Obamacare, is president and chief executive officer of the Pacific Research Institute and a renowned expert on health care and economic issues. A refugee from Canada’s government-run health care system, she now lives in California; is a frequent guest on network and cable news shows; has been a columnist for the Examiner newspapers and Investor’s Business Daily; has written for many other newspapers including the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Wall Street Journal; and writes a weekly column for Forbes.com.

 

Ramesh Ponnuru, author of Party of Death and senior editor at National Review, is a graduate of Princeton University and has covered politics as a reporter for more than a dozen years. His journalism has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Newsday, the Washington Times, the Weekly Standard, and Financial Times. He is also a frequent guest on television and radio political programs. A native of Kansas City, Kansas, he now lives in Washington, D.C. with his family.

 

Carrie Prejean, author of Still Standing, was first runner-up in the 2009 Miss USA Pageant and winner of the 2009 Miss California Pageant. She has worked as a professional model, and is active in charitable work for the Special Olympics and church-based ministries. She lives in San Diego.

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.

Captain David Rozelle, author of Back in Action, has served in the U.S. Army for over ten years since his commission from Davidson College ROTC. He is the recipient of the Bronze Star with Valor and the Purple Heart. He has been a guest on the CBS Evening News with Dan Rather, the Today Show, and Dayside with Linda Vester. He holds a degree in English literature. He lives in Fort Carson, Colorado, with his wife, Kim, and their son, Forrest.

 

Tom Ruck, author of Sacred Ground, created the book as a labor of love to honor America's fallen heroes. All of his royalties go to the Freedom Alliance Scholarship Fund, for the children of fallen soldiers. Professionally, Ruck is a national sales and marketing executive with U.S. Health Works, a nationwide network of occupational medical facilities that specializes in services to meet the needs of the American workplace. He is a graduate of the University of Missouri in Columbia and grew up in the St. Louis area, where he was active in many volunteer and philanthropic organizations. Ruck lives in Southern California.

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.