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Tyler Cowen, Holbert G. Harris chair and professor of economics, George Mason University; author, In Praise of Commercial Culture (1998) and What Price Fame? (2000); "Why Commercial Culture is Good for the Arts"  

Dave Hickey, contributing editor, Art Issues; author, Air Guitar: Essays on Art and Democracy (1997) and The Invisible Dragon: Four Essays on Beauty (1994); "At Home in the Neon: Why Las Vegas Welcomes Serious Art"  

Robert Pinsky, U.S. poet laureate consultant in poetry to the Library of Congress (1997-2000); professor of English and creative writing, Boston University; author, Jersey Rain (2000) and The Sounds of Poetry (1998); "F…

Maya Ajmera, founder, Global Fund for Children; author, Children from Australia to Zimbabwe: A Photographic Journey Around the World (1997) and co-author, To Be a Kid (1999); "Social Entrepreneurship and Venture Philant…

Tamara Nameroff, director, Office of Legislative and Government Affairs, American Chemical Society; "Revolutionary Chemistry for Sustainable Development"  

Norman Podhoretz, editor at large, Commentary magazine; author, My Love Affair with America: The Cautionary Tale of a Cheerful Conservative (2000) and The Bloody Crossroads: Where Literature and Politics Meet (1986); "A…

William Gerberding, president emeritus, University of Washington; author, United States Foreign Policy: Perspectives and Analysis (1966) and co-author, The Radical Left: The Abuse of Discontent (1970); "Reflections on t…

Conte Candoli, trumpet; Mark Masters, conductor, American Jazz Institute orchestra; Christian Jacob, piano; Gary Foster, saxophone; Bill Perkins, saxophone; Jack Montrose, saxophone; Bob Enevoldsen, trombone; Carl Saund…

Piers Bannister, director of research on the death penalty, Amnesty International; author, Fatal Flaws: Innocence and the Death Penalty (1988) and A Life in the Balance: The Case of Mumia Abu-Jamal (2000); "Human Rights…

P.J. O'Rourke, foreign affairs desk chief, Rolling Stone; author, Parliament of Whores: A Lone Humorist Attempts to Explain the Entire U.S. Government (1991) and Give War a Chance (1992); "The Politics of Worry: Governm…