Music Piracy

John Perry Barlow co-wrote songs with the Grateful Dead. As the co-founder and vice chairman of the Electronic Fronteir Foundation (EFF) - defenders of freedom in the digital world - he is a recognized commentator on information economics, digitized intellectual goods, cyber liberties, and virtual community.

Music and technology pioneer Thomas Dolby Robertson believes that pirating a copy of your favorite artist's CD is no different than looting that artist's house, and distributing the ill-gotten gains. Dolby believes this variety of theft makes you a criminal, not just in the eyes of the RIAA, but also in any resonable person's definition of what's moral and fair.

Does God Exist?

R. Douglas Geivett is Professor of Philosophy and Department Chair in the Talbot School of Theology at Biola University. He specializes in the areas of epistemology, philosophy of religion, and philosophical theology. Dr. Geivett has published several books, written countless articles, and lectures frequently on the existence of God.

Michael Shermer earned his Ph. D. in Science history and a masters in psychology. He is the author of Why People Believe Weird Things and How We Believe: The Search for God in an Age of Science. He is the director of Skeptics Society and publisher of Skeptic Magazine. Shermer argues that science proves humans created God.

Prostitution

Susan G. Cole, senior entertainment editor and books editor at NOW Magazine in Toronto, is the author of Pornography and the Sex Crisis. She is an expert in the area of violence against women and makes frequent TV and radio appearances on various panel discussions. Additionally, Susan is a sportswriter and a pioneer in women's music.

Wendy McElroy is the author of several books including XXX: A Women's Right to Pornography, and Sexual Correctness: The Gender-Feminist Attack on Women. She interviewed hundreds of women working in pornography and prostitution. She is also an active member of Feminists for Free Expression.

Assisted Suicide

Since 1996 Faye Girsh has been President of the Hemlock Society USA, a national right-to-die organization of more than 25,000 members. She has written more than 30 articles on the right to die, and has spoken throughout the world on the issue.

Dr. Felicia Cohn is currently a Study Director for the institute of Medicine/National Research Council and a Bioethics Professor at George Washington University medical School. She speaks publicly on end-of-life care and ethics education.

Gun Control

Franklin E. Zimring is the William G. Simon Professor of law and Director of the Earl Warren Legal Institute at the University of California at Berkley. He has authored or co-authored twenty books, most recently American Youth Violence and Crime is Not the Problem: Lethal Violence in America.

John R. Lott, Jr. is a Senior Research Scholar at Yale University Law School. He is the author of the controversial book More Guns, Less Crime: Understanding Gun Control Laws. Opinion pieces by Lott have appeared in such places as The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, USA Today, and the Chicago Tribune.

Human Cloning/Stem Cell Research

John Robertson holds the Vinson & Elkins Chair at the University of Texas School of Law at Austin. He has written and lectured widely on law and bioethical issues. He is the author of two books in bioethics, and has been a consultant to many national bioethical advisory bodies dealing with organ transplantation, assisted reproduction, fetal tissue and stem cell transplantation.

David Magnus, Ph. D., is a professor of bioethics at the Center for bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania. He received his Ph. D. in philosophy from Stanford University and has published articles on the history and philosophy of biology and bioethics, particularly on issues concerning genetic technology. He is also the ethics consultant for the TV show ER. He offers three lectures: stem cells, cloning, and GMO's.

The Death Penalty

John McAdams is Associate Professor of Political Science Marquette University in Milwaukee, where he teaches American politics and public policy. He has published numerous articles in support of the death penalty. McAdams believes that the death penalty is both just and utilitarian, and that no lesser punishment is sufficient in the most heinous cases. He also argues that executions deter murders.

Jack Levin, Ph. D., is a Professor of Sociology and criminology at Northeastern University, where he directs the Brudnick Center on Conflict and Violence. Levin has authored or co-authored 20 books and hundreds of articles on everything from mass murder to hate crimes to the death penalty. He has been a speaker to community groups, professional audiences and universities around the world and has served as an expert witness or consultant in a number of trials.

Media Bias Debate

Does the mainstream media give a fair depiction of the news or are there ulterior motives at work? Are networks like Fox News merely mouthpieces for the Republican Establishment? Are newspapers like the New York Times guilty of having an inherent leftwing agenda?

Jeff Cohen is the founder of FAIR (Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting), the national media watch group based in New York. Jeff has appeared regularly on national television and radio. He has been a commentator on all three cable news channels, as a daily contributor on MSNBC in 2002-2003, a weekly panelist on the Fox News Channel's "News Watch" from 1997-2002, and a co-host of CNN's "Crossfire" in 1996. He has been a talk radio host and a guest on such programs and outlets as "Larry King Live," "Today," "Donahue," "Crossfire," "Hardball," "Reliable Sources," C-SPAN and NPR.

Cliff Kincaid serves as editor of the Accuracy in Media (AIM) Report, the oldest media watchdog organization in the U.S. A veteran journalist and media critic, Cliff concentrated in journalism and communications at the University of Toledo. He substituted for Pat Buchanan on CNN’s Crossfire and worked for Oliver North. He has appeared on Fox News Channel, MSNBC, the NBC Nightly News, CNN, and the Christian Broadcasting Network. Through his America’s Survival, Inc. organization, he is an advocate for the victims of terrorism and organizes conferences and publishes reports critical of the United Nations.