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Francis J. Beckwith

Francis J. Beckwith is Professor of Philosophy & Church-State Studies at Baylor University. He teaches in the departments of philosophy and political science as well as the J. M. Dawson Institute of Church-State Studies, where he served as its Associate Director from July 2003 until January 2007. He is also a Resident ....[more]

James R. Flynn

James R. Flynn is Professor Emeritus at the University of Otago and recipient of the University's Gold Medal for Distinguished Career Research. His name has been given to the "Flynn effect", the documentation of massive IQ gains from one generation to another. His book, What is Intelligence?, lays the foundation for ....[more]

Pippa Norris

PIPPA NORRIS is the McGuire Lecturer in Comparative Politics at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. She has also served recently as the Director of the Democratic Governance Group at the United Nations Development Program in New York. Her research compares gender politics, democracy, elec....[more]

Carol M. Swain

Carol M. Swain’s work on representation and race relations has earned her national and international accolades. Her highly acclaimed book, Black Faces, Black Interests: The Representation of African Americans in Congress (1993, 1995 Harvard University Press; reprinted in 2006 by University Press of America) was named o....[more]

Sean M. Theriault

Susan Ariel Aaronson

Susan Aaronson is Associate Research Professor at the George Washington University's Graduate School of Business and the Elliott School of International Affairs. She is also a 2009-2010 Policy Research Scholar at GWU. She is affiliated with the Institute for International Economic Policy and the Institute for Corporate....[more]

Carrie N. Baker

Carrie N. Baker is an Assistant Professor in Program for the Study of Women and Gender at Smith College. She holds a B.A. in Philosophy from Yale University and a J.D. and Ph.D. in Women’s Studies from Emory University. Dr. Baker was Editor in Chief of the Emory Law Journal while in law school and later served as a law....[more]

Richard Miller Bird

Michael G. Hagen

Ian Williams

Born in Liverpool, UK, Ian Williams graduated from Liverpool University despite several years’ suspension for protests against its investments in South Africa. Consequently, he had a wobbly career path, which included a drinking competition with Chou En Lai and an argument about English literature with Mme Mao before t....[more]

John Locke

Noam Chomsky

Business & Economics, Fiction, Foreign Language Study, History, Language Arts & Disciplines, Law, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Social Science, Technology & Engineering

Noam Avram Chomsky was born December 7, 1928, in Philadelphia. Son of a Russian emigrant who was a Hebrew scholar, Chomsky was exposed at a young age to the study of language and principles of grammar. During the 1940s, he began developing socialist political leanings through his encounters with the New York Jewish int....[more]

Bill Clinton

Biography & Autobiography, Business & Economics, History, Law, Political Science, Social Science, Technology & Engineering

William Jefferson Clinton was born William Jefferson Blythe IV on August 19, 1946 in Hope, Arkansas. His father, an automobile parts salesman, was killed in a car accident three months before he was born. At the age of fifteen, Bill changed his name to that of his stepfather Roger's as a gesture of goodwill to both him....[more]

Newt Gingrich

Biography & Autobiography, Fiction, History, Law, Medical, Political Science, Religion, Self-help

Newt Gingrich is one of the most colorful politicians in 20th century America. First elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1970, Gingrich rose to the position of Speaker when the Republicans gained control of Congress in 1995. A staunch conservative, Gingrich gained nationwide recognition with the successful ....[more]

Al Gore

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Politician and businessman Al Gore was born on March 31, 1948. In 1969, he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in government from Harvard College. He represented Tennessee in the House of Representatives from 1977-1985 and the Senate from 1985-1993. He was Vice-President of the United States from 1993-2001. He is ....[more]