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Topics: Author/Writer, Communication, Current Affairs, Ethics/Values, Legal, Television Media An Emmy, duPont-Columbia, and Gracie Allen Award-winning journalist and the youngest state judge to ever be elected in Texas, Catherine Crier joined Court TV's distinguished team of anchors in Nove… |
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Topics: Current Affairs, International Affairs, Leadership, Negotiation, Terrorism/Homeland Security Cesar Gaviria served as President of Colombia from 1990 to 1994, and Secretary General of the Organization of American States from 1994 until 2004. Gaviria is known in Latin America as a conflict … |
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Topics: Current Affairs, Human Rights, International Affairs, Journalist, National Politics E.J. Dionne, Jr. is a widely syndicated Washington Post columnist,a regular political analyst for National Public Radio and a frequent guest on the Chris Matthews Show, the Tim Russert Show and Thi… |
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Topics: Author/Writer, Current Affairs, Ethics/Values, Journalist, Relationships/Family, Social Trends, Women's Issues Ellen Goodman, a stylish writer with a humanizing touch on any issue, public or personal, is an American original. Her abundant talents - intellect, wit, style, news judgment - set her apart wit… |
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Topics: Arts, Author/Writer, Current Affairs, Diversity, Social Trends, Television Media Farai Chideya is a multimedia journalist who has worked in print, television, online, and radio. Prior to joining NPR's News & Notes with Ed Gordon, Chideya hosted Your Call, a daily news and cultu… |
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Topics: Current Affairs, International Affairs, National Politics, Terrorism/Homeland Security Ivo H. Daalder, special adviser on national security at the Center for American Progress, is also senior fellow in Foreign Policy Studies at the Brookings Institution, where he holds the Sydney Ste… |
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Topics: Current Affairs, International Affairs, Journalist, Media, National Politics, Television Media John Stossel joined the ABCNEWS newsmagazine 20/20 in 1981. He began doing one-hour primetime specials in 1994. Stossel's first special, "Are We Scaring Ourselves To Death?", examined exaggerate… |
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Topics: Current Affairs, Economy, Human Rights, International Affairs, Leadership, National Politics, Security, Visionaries Lord Robertson is Chairman of Cable & Wireless International. He was Secretary General of NATO from 1999-2003 and Defence Secretary of the United Kingdom from 1997-1999. He was Member of Parliament… |
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Topics: Current Affairs, International Affairs, Leadership, National Politics, Negotiation Senator George J. Mitchell entered the U.S. Senate in 1980 when he was appointed to complete the unexpired term of Senator Edmund S. Muskie, who resigned to become secretary of state. Before the 19… |
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Topics: Author/Writer, Current Affairs, International Affairs, Journalist, National Politics Seymour Hersh is widely acknowledged as the most influential and acclaimed investigative reporter of the past 35 years. His special focus is, and has always been, the abuse of power in the name o… |
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Topics: Current Affairs, Energy, Globalization, International Affairs, Terrorism/Homeland Security Flynt Leverett became Senior Fellow and Director of the Geopolitics and Geoeconomics of Energy Security Project of the New America Foundation in June 2006. He was previously with the Saban Ce… |
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Topics: Current Affairs, International Affairs, Professor/Teacher, Terrorism/Homeland Security Dr Magnus Ranstorp is Chief Scientist at the Centre for Asymmetric Threat Studies at the Swedish National Defence College and a Senior Honorary Research Associate and former Director of Centre for … |
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Topics: Current Affairs, Globalization, International Affairs, National Politics, Terrorism/Homeland Security Counselor and Trustee, Center for Strategic & International Studies;
and Robert E. Osgood Professor of American Foreign Policy, the Paul Nitze
School of Advanced International Studies, J… |
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Topics: Current Affairs, International Affairs, Leadership, Team Building, Terrorism/Homeland Security Anthony Zinni joined the Marine Corps in 1961 and was commissioned an infantry second lieutenant in 1965 upon graduation from Villanova University. He has held numerous command and staff assignment… |
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Topics: Author/Writer, Comedy, Current Affairs, Ethics/Values, Humor, National Politics, Political Humor Al Franken is an Emmy Award-winning television writer and producer, New York Times best-selling author, Grammy Award-winning comedian, and now host of the flagship program of Air America, "The Al F… |
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Topics: Commentators, Current Affairs, International Affairs, Journalist, Media, Moderator/Facilitator, National Politics, Popular Culture, Television Media Anderson Cooper anchors Anderson Cooper 360°, an unconventional, wide-ranging news program airing on CNN/U.S. weekdays. Cooper, who joined CNN in December 2001, served as CNN's weekend anchor befor… |
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Topics: Author/Writer, Celebrity, Current Affairs, Economy, Entertainment, Humor, Journalist, Media, National Politics, Political Humor, Television Media Motivational speaker Ben Stein has had what may be the most diverse career of anyone now on the national scene. He is in every sense a Renaissance man. He has been an award winning actor, economist… |
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Topics: Arts, Celebrity, Commentators, Current Affairs, Human Rights, Journalist, Legal, Media, Social Trends, Television Media An acclaimed documentary host and producer, network and major market news anchor and multimedia production company president, Bill Kurtis has spent the past 35 years creating a body of work that is… |
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Topics: Commentators, Current Affairs, International Affairs, Journalist, National Politics, Television Media (CBS) Bob Schieffer, interim anchor of The CBS Evening News, is broadcast journalism's most experienced Washington reporter. He also serves as anchor and moderator of Face The Nation, CBS News - Su… |
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Topics: Author/Writer, Current Affairs, Diversity, Ethics/Values, National Politics, Social Trends Dinesh D'Souza was a senior domestic policy analyst in the Reagan White House and is the author of six books whose topics range from multiculturalism to patriotism. D'Souza is currently the Rob… |
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Topics: Current Affairs, Ethics/Values, Human Rights, National Politics, Political Humor National radio commentator, writer, public speaker and author of Thieves In High Places: They've Stolen Our Country And It's Time to Take It Back, Jim Hightower has spent three decades battling the… |
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Topics: Current Affairs, Human Rights, International Affairs Strobe Talbott served in the State Department from 1993 until 2001, for a year as Special Advisor to the Secretary of State for the New Independent States of the Former Soviet Union and then for se… |
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Topics: Current Affairs, Diversity, Motivation, Television Media Some would say that an exclusive interview with the President of the United States, during one of the most controversial scandals ever to hit the White House, is the interview of a lifetime. Others… |
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Topics: Current Affairs, Futurist, Global Business, Globalization Ted C. Fishman's bestselling book, China, Inc.: How the Rise of the Next Superpower Challenges America and the World has helped describe for the world the effects of China's momentous change on the… |
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Topics: Commentators, Current Affairs, Journalist, National Politics, Political Humor His reporting has been praised as "riveting." ABC News calls him "excellent, well-connected and influential," and "legendary." The American Journalism Review has rated him "one of the unsung stars… |
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Topics: Author/Writer, Commentators, Current Affairs, Historian, Journalist, National Politics William Safire from 1972 to early 2005, wrote a political column on the
Op-ed pages of The New York Times, and continues to write a Sunday
column, "On Language," which has ap… |
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Topics: Commentators, Current Affairs, Journalist, Legal, Moderator/Facilitator Known for her articulate, personable style as much as for her in-depth reporting, Ashleigh Banfield has risked her life several times while reporting in the Middle East and Central Asia, although s… |
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Topics: Commentators, Communication, Current Affairs, Journalist, Moderator/Facilitator, National Politics, Television Media Eleanor Clift is a contributing editor for Newsweek magazine. She reports on the White House, presidential politics, and a variety of national issues. She was assigned to cover the Democratic prima… |
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Topics: Current Affairs, Journalist, National Politics Peggy Noonan is the best selling author of five books on American politics, history and culture. She is a contributing editor of The Wall Street Journal and a weekly columnist for the Journal's edi… |
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Topics: Branding, Consumer Trends, Current Affairs, Education, Ethics/Values, Globalization, Human Rights, International Affairs Benjamin R. Barber has combined a career as a distinguished scholar and political theorist with a life of practical commitment to democratic civic practices and the arts that has given him widespre… |
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Topics: Current Affairs, Energy, Human Rights, International Affairs, Terrorism Fawaz Gerges is a leading expert on the Middle East, terrorism, and energy policy. He is currently in the field interviewing activists and militants in preparation for his next book. Fawaz A. G… |
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Topics: Current Affairs, Diversity, Education, Human Rights, Legal, National Politics Kathleen Cleaver is an African-American educator, lawyer, writer, and activist. She has spent most of her life participating in the human rights struggle. Her father was a sociology professor a… |
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Topics: Current Affairs, Globalization, Historian, International Affairs, Professor/Teacher Niall Ferguson, MA, D.Phil., is Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History at Harvard University and William Ziegler Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. He is also a Senior… |
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Topics: Baseball, Current Affairs, Historian, International Affairs, Religion/Spirituality, Terrorism/Homeland Security Sol Gittleman was born in Hoboken, NJ, the son of immigrant parents. He was educated in the New Jersey public school system, received his B.A. from Drew University, the M.A. from Columbia Universit… |
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Topics: Current Affairs, Economy, Finance, Financial Markets, Investing, Journalist Andrew Serwer is a regular contributor on CNN's American Morning. An editor-at-large at FORTUNE Magazine since 1998, he writes the "Street Life" column as well as stories about the personalities an… |
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Topics: Commentators, Current Affairs, International Affairs, Journalist, National Politics, Television Media Andrea Mitchell is the Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent for NBC News, a position she's held since November 1994. She reports on evolving foreign policy issues in the United States and abroad fo… |
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Topics: Current Affairs, Media, National Politics Just as the American hostages were being seized by the Iranian government in 1979, Alan Colmes began doing talk radio. One of his first radio exploits was to call the American embassy in Tehran. Sh… |
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Topics: Commentators, Current Affairs, Journalist, National Politics, Television Media Connie Chung, Emmy Award winning journalist, and her husband, fellow TV veteran Maury Povich, joined MSNBC in January 2006 to anchor a weekly, half-hour program, "Weekends with Maury and Connie". … |
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Topics: Current Affairs, International Affairs, Terrorism, Terrorism/Homeland Security Danny O. Coulson is Former Commander of the FBI's Hostage Rescue Team. Based on his 30 years of experience and expertise in hostage rescue, major crime investigation and counter-terrorism in the Fe… |
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Topics: Current Affairs, Leadership, National Politics, Women's Issues Geraldine A. Ferraro is a Principal in the government relations practice of Blank Rome, a national law firm. Prior to joining Blank Rome Government Relations (BRGR), Ms. Ferraro chaired the Public… |
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Topics: Celebrity, Current Affairs, Journalist, Media, Television Media Controversial talk show host Maury Povich made no apologies for the sensationalistic, tabloid-style journalism of A Current Affair, the program that made him famous and his name practically a house… |
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Topics: Current Affairs, International Affairs, National Politics, Philanthropy Jimmy Carter (James Earl Carter, Jr.), thirty-ninth president of the United States, was born Oct. 1, 1924, in the small farming town of Plains, Ga., and grew up in the nearby community of Archery. … |
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Topics: Biotechnology, Current Affairs, Ethics/Values, Healthcare, Terrorism/Homeland Security, Wellness, Women's Issues Dr. Bernadine Healy is a cardiologist and health administrator who was the first woman to head the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Known for her outspokenness, innovative policymaking, and som… |
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Topics: Current Affairs, Economy, Futurist, Strategy David L. Smith is a Dartmouth and Stanford trained economist, futurist and market strategist whose views have intrigued audiences in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Europe and Japan over the past 20 year… |
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Topics: Author/Writer, CEO, Current Affairs, Leadership, Management, Media, Television Media F. Lee Bailey, legendary defence attorney, is one of the best known and most controversial figures in the practice of law. He has been involved with many of the most high profile trials in Americ… |
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Topics: Commentators, Current Affairs, International Affairs, Journalist, Media, National Politics, Television Media Hugh Downs, one of the most familiar American television figures in the history of the medium, was anchor for ABC News 20/20 from 1978 to 1999, concentrating on issues of medicine, science, family… |
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Topics: Computer Technology, Current Affairs, Ethics/Values, Terrorism/Homeland Security Jack Wiles is a security professional with over 30 years of experience in computer security, cyber-crime prevention, disaster recovery and physical security. He has trained hundreds of federal agen… |
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Topics: Creativity, Current Affairs, Innovation, Leadership, Organizational Development, Strategy John A. Warden III is an executive, strategist, planner, author, and motivational speaker whose work has had a worldwide impact in business, in the military, in government, and in education. Vietna… |
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Topics: Author/Writer, Comedy, Current Affairs, Emcees, Entertainment, Media, Political Humor A New Jersey native, Jon Stewart is considered one of America's top social and comedic voices. From the anchor chair of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, he "has breathed new life into a show… |
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Topics: Current Affairs, Diversity, Journalist, National Politics, Social Trends A "firebrand libertarian" according to "Daily Variety," Larry Elder, a self-described "fiscal conservative" and "social liberal," has been on KABC Talk Radio in Los Angeles since March, 1994, and c… |
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Topics: Current Affairs, Ethics/Values, Human Rights, Sustainability Van Jones is working to combine solutions to America's two biggest problems: social inequality and environmental destruction. HUMAN RIGHTS CHAMPION: In 1996, Van and Diana Frappier co-founded the … |
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Topics: Author/Writer, Current Affairs, Healthcare, Wellness, Women's Issues Jacqueline was so compelled by caring for her elderly parents, both with the beginning of Alzheimer's which was not diagnosed for over a year--she gave up her stalled career as a television executi… |
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Topics: Current Affairs, National Politics, Team Building, Terrorism/Homeland Security Oliver "Buck" Revell is founder of a global business and security consulting firm. He spent 30 years working his way up in the FBI. He was awarded his B.S. from Tennessee State University and M.S. … |
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