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If I Ran the Zoo: Rethinking America's Role in the World

Derek Thompson, Student at Northwestern University
Salman Ahmad, Founder and Guitarist of the South Asian band, Junoon
Rand Beers, President National Security Network
Jamal Dajani, Producer and Director of Middle Eastern Programming at Link TV
Sabienne Brutus, Sophomore at the High School for Global Citizenship
Aneka Hewitt, Junior at the High School for Global Citizenship
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The Great Decider: The Unchecked Rise of Presidential Power

Kevin Phillips, Author of American Theocracy: The Peril and Politics of Radical Religion, Oil, and Borrowed Money in the 21st Century


Helen Thomas, UPI Washington Reporter for a record 57 years; Author of the book, Thanks for the Memories, Mr. President: Wit and Wisdom from the Front Row at the White House

James A. Thurber, Director of the Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies; Professor of Government at American University

Charlie Savage, Washington Correspondent for the Boston Globe

Mark Rozell, Professor of Public Policy at George Mason University

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Final Judgment: The Supreme Court & the Future of American Democracy

Robert Reich, Alan Simpson, John Danforth, Melody Barnes

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De-Polarizing Politics: Partisanship and Partnership in the Nation's Capital

Robert Reich, Alan Simpson, Christine Todd Whitman

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We Can't Keep Meeting Like This: Partnerships Across the Partisan Divide

John Kasich, Robert Reich, Alan Simpson, Harris Wofford

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Faith and Politics: Religion and Spirituality in Political Life

Bob Edgar, Tiffany Horton, Alan Keyes, Joseph McCormick

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Red, Blue & Purple: Bridging America's Great Divide

Samuel Abrams, Thomas Frank, Ed Goeas, Celinda Lake, John Sperling

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Vote Count 2004: Lingering Questions, Long Term Solutions

David Dill, Professor of Computer Science at Sanford University

Bob Fitrakis,Professor of Political Science in the Social and Behavioral Sciences Department at Columbus State Community

Edward Foley, Robert M. Duncan/Jones Day Designated Professor of Law at Moritz College of Law at Ohio State University

Steven Freeman, Professor, University of Pennsylvania, Center for Organizational Dynamics

Mark Ritchie, President, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy

Mark Weaver, Lead Attorney for the Ohio Republican Party

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Where's the Party? What Do Democrats Stand For?

Ruth Conniff, John Kitzhaber, Celinda Lake, Katrina vanden Heuvel,

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Convergence Conversations: From Either/Or to Both/And

Laura Chasin, Joseph McCormick, Alan Simpson, Leif Utne

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The Party's Over: The Splintering of the Republican Party

Bob Barr, David Brock, Lawrence Chickering, Karen Kwiatkowski

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Come Together: From Confrontation to Conversation

Ivan Eland, Robert Reich, Russell Train

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Reframing the Debate: The New Silent Majority

Lawrence Chickering, Celinda Lake, George Lakoff

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Vote Count 2004: How Can We Assure Free and Fair Elections?

David Carroll, Steven Hertzberg, Melaku Kifle, Patrick Merloe

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The Promise and Perils of Electronic Voting

David Dill, Douglas Kellner, Jason Kitcat, Rebecca Mercuri

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