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If you would like to speak at FreedomFest 2008, let us know right away.  We are always open to new experts who have something to contribute.  Email Tami Holland, our conference coordinator, at tami@freedomfest.com. 
 



 


  
                     Speakers at FreedomFest                         

Keynote Speakers
 listed in alphabetical order

David Boaz, Executive Vice President, Cato Institute   Dinesh D'Souza, the Robert and Karen Rishwain Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and author of the bestseller "What's So Great About Christianity?"   Steve Forbes, Chairman and CEO, Forbes,
Editor-in-Chief, Forbes magazine, U.S.
Topics at FreedomFest:
- "The Politics of Freedom"		 Topics at FreedomFest:
- Debate: "War, Terrorism & Geo-Political Crisis: Is Religion the Solution or the Problem?"

 

 Topics at FreedomFest:
- World Economic Summit
Christopher Hitchens, is a contributing editor to Vanity Fair and author of the bestseller "God is Not Great"   John Mackey, is co-founder of FLOW, Inc., a non-profit dedicated to liberating the entrepreneurial spirit for good, and is founder and CEO of Whole Foods Market, the world’s leading retailer of natural and organic foods.   Stephen Moore, editorial page writer for the Wall Street Journal. He founded the Free Enterprise Fund and co-founded the Club for Growth.
Topics at FreedomFest:
 - Debate: "War, Terrorism & Geo-Political Crisis: Is Religion the Solution or the Problem?"

 

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Charles Murray, Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and author of such controversial books as "The Bell Curve" and "Losing Ground"

 		   Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX)   Michael Shermer, Publisher, Skeptic Magazine
Topics at FreedomFest:
 - "Too Many Kids Are Going to College:  The Truth About Education, Intelligence, and America's Future."   		  Topics at FreedomFest:
Live Interview from Washington DC
Via Broadband		   Topics at FreedomFest:
- "Darwin Was Naturally Fit for Laissez Faire!  The Case for Free-Market Capitalism."

 
Jeremy Siegel, the Russell E. Palmer Professor of Finance at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.   Mark Skousen, Ph. D., financial economist, university professor, and producer of FreedomFest. (www.markskousen.com  www.mskousen.com)

 

   Robert Spencer, the director of Jihad Watch and author of the New York Times Bestsellers The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades) and The Truth About Muhammad.
Topics at FreedomFest:
 - "The Future for Investors: My Most Shocking Surprise in 50 Years on Wall Street."		   Topics at FreedomFest:   Topics at FreedomFest:
- Debate: "Islam: Radical or Peaceful?"
         

8 Great Debates in 2008
 listed in alphabetical order

Mark Anderson author of "Shakespeare" By Another Name (Gotham Books, 2005) He has spent the past 12 years researching and writing about the Shakespeare authorship question for publications such as The Boston Globe, PBS Frontline online and Harper's magazine.
 		   Ronald Bailey, Science Correspondent, Reason Magazine   Dinesh D'Souza, the Robert and Karen Rishwain Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and author of the bestseller "What's So Great About Christianity?"
Topics at FreedomFest:
~ Debate: "Did Shakespeare Write Shakespeare?"		   Topics at FreedomFest:
 ~ Debate: "Is There Scientific Evidence for Intelligent Design in Nature?"		   Topics at FreedomFest:
 - Debate: "War, Terrorism & Geo-Political Crisis: Is Religion the Solution or the Problem?"
Warren Coats, Chicago economist and former IMF monetary official to Bosnia and the Middle East   Gene Epstein is Barron's Economics Editor and writes the column, "Economic Beat." His book, ECONOSPINNING: How to Read Between the Lines When the Media Manipulate the Numbers, was published in August, 2006 by John Wiley   George Gilder, Editor in Chief of Gilder Technology Report. He is also a Senior Fellow at Discovery Institute where he directs Discovery's program on high technology and public policy.
 
Topics at FreedomFest:
Debate:  "Should the World Return to the Gold Standard?"		   Topics at FreedomFest:
Debate:  "Should the World Return to the Gold Standard?"		   Topics at FreedomFest:
 ~ Debate: "Is There Scientific Evidence for Intelligent Design in Nature?"
John Goodman, President & CE0 National Center for Policy Analysis   Dr. David Himmelstein, associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and Co-Founder of Physicians for a National Health Program   Christopher Hitchens, is a contributing editor to Vanity Fair and author of the bestseller "God is Not Great"
Topics at FreedomFest:
 ~ "Private Alternatives to Government Regulation and Control: Are We Winning?"
 ~ Debate: "The United States should adopt a single-payer national health care program."  No.
 		   Topics at FreedomFest:
 ~ Debate: "The United States should adopt a single-payer national health care program."  Yes.		   Topics at FreedomFest:
 - Debate: "War, Terrorism & Geo-Political Crisis: Is Religion the Solution or the Problem?"
Jeff Hummel, Associate Professor of Economics at San Jose State University and author of Emancipating Slaves, Enslaving Free Men: A History of the American Civil War (Chicago: Open Court, 1996).   John Mackey, is co-founder of FLOW, Inc., a non-profit dedicated to liberating the entrepreneurial spirit for good, and is founder and CEO of Whole Foods Market, the world’s leading retailer of natural and organic foods.   Stephen C. Meyer is director and Senior Fellow of the Center for Science and Culture at the Discovery Institute
Topics at FreedomFest:
 ~ Debate "Was the Civil War Necessary"
 		   TTopics at FreedomFest:
 ~ Debate: "The United States should adopt a single-payer national health care program."  No.		   Topics at FreedomFest:
 ~ Debate: "Is There Scientific Evidence for Intelligent Design in Nature?"
Daniel J. Mitchell , Senior Fellow with the Cato Institute and a top expert on tax reform and supply-side tax policy. Mitchell is a strong advocate of a flat tax and international tax competition.   Alan H. Nelson, Professor of English Emeritus, University of California, Berkeley   Michael Perelman is professor of economics at California State University at Chico,
Topics at FreedomFest:
- Debate: Fair Tax -vs- Flat Tax"		   Topics at FreedomFest:
~ Debate: "Did Shakespeare Write Shakespeare?"		   Topics at FreedomFest:
 ~ Debate: "The United States should adopt a single-payer national health care program."  Yes.
Daniel Peterson, professor of Islamic Studies and Arabic in the Department of Asian and Near Eastern Languages at Brigham Young University   Richard W. Rahn senior fellow at the Cato Institute and chairman of the Institute for Global Economic Growth.   Professor Bill Rubinstein, MA, PhD (Johns Hopkins), Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, has published extensively on modern British history, especially the history of elites; and on Jewish history
Topics at FreedomFest:
 ~ "Muhammad, Prophet of God"
~  Debate: "Islam: Violent or Peaceful?"		   Topics at FreedomFest:
- Debate: Fair Tax -vs- Flat Tax"		   Topics at FreedomFest:
 ~ "'Jack the Ripper,' London 1888: Who Was He? Will We Ever Know?
 ~ Debate: "Did Shakespeare Write Shakespeare?"
Michael Shermer, Publisher, Skeptic Magazine   Jeremy Siegel, the Russell E. Palmer Professor of Finance at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.   Robert Spencer, the director of Jihad Watch and author of the New York Times Bestsellers The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades) and The Truth About Muhammad.
Topics at FreedomFest:
 ~ Debate: "Is There Scientific Evidence for Intelligent Design in Nature?"		   Topics at FreedomFest:
 - Debate: "Can You Beat the Market with Less Risk?"
 		   Topics at FreedomFest:
- Debate: "Islam: Radical or Peaceful?"
David Tuerck, executive director of the Beacon Hill Institute, and professor and chairman of the Suffolk University Department of Economics.        
Topics at FreedomFest:
- Debate: Fair Tax -vs- Flat Tax"		        

World Economic Summit
 listed in alphabetical order
Warren Coats, Chicago economist and former IMF monetary official to Bosnia and the Middle East   Becky Norton Dunlop, Vice President, External Relations, Heritage Foundation   Gene Epstein is Barron's Economics Editor and writes the column, "Economic Beat." His book, ECONOSPINNING: How to Read Between the Lines When the Media Manipulate the Numbers, was published in August, 2006 by John Wiley
Topics at FreedomFest:
Debate:  "Should the World Return to the Gold Standard?"		 Topics at FreedomFest:
 ~ "Index of Economic Freedom"		 Topics at FreedomFest:
Debate:  "Should the World Return to the Gold Standard?"
Steve Forbes, Chairman and CEO, Forbes,
Editor-in-Chief, Forbes magazine, U.S. 		  James D. Gwartney holds the Gus A. Stavros Eminent Scholar Chair at Florida State University, where he directs the Stavros Center for the Advancement of Free Enterprise and Economic Education   Robert A. Lawson is Professor of Economics and George H. Moor Chair in the School of Management at Capital University in Columbus, Ohio
Topics at FreedomFest:
- World Economic Summit		   Topics at FreedomFest:   Topics at FreedomFest:
Stephen Moore, editorial page writer for the Wall Street Journal. He founded the Free Enterprise Fund and co-founded the Club for Growth.   Jeremy Siegel, the Russell E. Palmer Professor of Finance at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.    
Topics at FreedomFest:
 - Debate: Fair Tax -vs- Flat Tax"
 - “The Coming Tsunami: What an Obama
Presidency Will Mean”		 Topics at FreedomFest:
 - "The Future for Investors: My Most Shocking Surprise in 50 Years on Wall Street."

Investment CAFE
 listed in alphabetical order

Larry Abraham, is the co-founder of PanAmerica Capital Group, Inc. and long-time author and editor of the Insider Report, an international geopolitical investment newsletter with over 10,000 private subscribers, worldwide.  

Jim Atkinson, Chief Executive Officer, Guinness Atkinson Funds
 

   Louis Basenese, The Oxford Club's Associate Investment Director and a regular contributor to Investment U
Topics at FreedomFest:
~ "The Last Lecture: Lessons of History"		   Topics at FreedomFest:
 - "Energy, Oil & China: Wake Up Time In America"
 		   Topics at FreedomFest:
 ~ “How to Spot the Next Red-Hot China IPO”
Floyd Brown, is a businessman, speaker and author. He is president of Excellentia Inc. a company specializing in marketing to conservatives and Christians   Michael Checkan, President of Asset Strategies International, Inc. (ASI). A boutique operation working in the areas of precious metals, foreign currencies, and overseas wealth protection.   John Christy, editor of
 Forbes International Investment Report:
Topics at FreedomFest:
~ "Searching the Sub Prime Rubble for the 2008 Comeback Stocks of the Year"
 		   Topics at FreedomFest:   Topics at FreedomFest:
Bert Dohmen, president and founder of Dohmen Capital Research which provides sophisticated investment analysis and advice for traders and investors,   Robert Eadie, President and Director, Starcore International Ventures   Keith Fitz-Gerald is a Contributing Editor to Money Morning, as well as Investment Director of the Money Map Report and editor of the New China Trader.
Topics at FreedomFest:
~ "Will the credit crisis turn into a meltdown?"
 		   Topics at FreedomFest:
~ "Profit from Copper"		   Topics at FreedomFest:
 ~ "The Trillion Dollar Secret China Isn't Sharing"
Daniel Frishberg, co-founder and Chairman of the BizRadio Network,   Greg Galloway, Managing Director of Fund Advisors of America   Joe Gandolfo a renowned tax consultant with more than 49 years’ experience and over 20,000 clients with net-worth ranging from $250,000 to $6.5 billion in all 50 states
Topics at FreedomFest:
~ World Economic Summit - Investment Panel
~ The Stock Market's No Good For Now...Here's Why Big Money's Looking For Private Equity."		   Topics at FreedomFest:   Topics at FreedomFest:
~ “How to reduce income taxes to 16% while living and eliminate probate fees and estate taxes at death without buying life insurance or annuities.”
 
Jon Golding, Advisor on global wealth protection, asset diversification and tax reduction.   Alex Green, Investment Director of the Oxford Club.   Michael Haynes, Chief Executive Officer and Director, Collector's Universe.
Topics at FreedomFest:   Topics at FreedomFest:
~ "Spiritual Wealth: Money and the Meaning of Life"		   Topics at FreedomFest:
Frank Holmes, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of U.S. Global Investors, Inc.   Robert Hsu founder and president of money management firm Absolute Return Capital (ARCA),   Vernon K. Jacobs, CPA,
and international tax practitioner and tax author with a focus on international investing and insurance
Topics at FreedomFest:
 - “The Infrastructure Boom”		   Topics at FreedomFest:   Topics at FreedomFest:
~ "Income Taxes and the Destruction of Liberty"

 
Kevin Kerr the editor of Resource Trader Alert and Global Resources Trader on Dow Jones Marketwatch.   John Mauldin,   Ron Miller, Managing Director at Morgan Keegan & Co., Inc
Topics at FreedomFest:   Topics at FreedomFest:   Topics at FreedomFest:
David Morgan founder of the Silver Investor   Louis F. Petrossi is managing director of Chadwicke, Inc., and co-founder of the Wealth Research Institute   David T. Phillips, CEO of Phillips Financial Services, LLC and President and founder of Estate Planning Specialists, LLC.
Topics at FreedomFest:
- "Why You Must have Gold and Silver for Retirement"		   Topics at FreedomFest:
- "The 3 Best Ways to Multiply Your Wealth"		   Topics at FreedomFest:
- "The 10 Most Common Estate Planning Mistakes & How to Avoid Them"
 
Mark A. Plummer
President of Chestnut Petroleum Inc.		   Rick Rule, founder of Global Resource Investments, Ltd.   John Schaub renowned real estate investor
Topics at FreedomFest:   Topics at FreedomFest:   Topics at FreedomFest:
~ Making Money with Real Estate in the Subprime Meltdown"
Peter Schiff President & Chief Global Strategist, Euro Pacific Capital   Jeremy Siegel, the Russell E. Palmer Professor of Finance at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.   Van Simmons, President David Hall Rare Coins
Topics at FreedomFest:   Topics at FreedomFest:
 - "The Future for Investors: My Most Shocking Surprise in 50 Years on Wall Street."		   Topics at FreedomFest:
  - "The World's Most Private Investments: Rare Coins and Collectibles"
Eric Singer, Investment Advisor to the Congressional Effect Fund   Porter Stansberry, founded Stansberry & Associates Investment Research LLC,  His monthly newsletter, Porter Stansberry’s Investment Advisory, deals with safe value investments poised to give subscribers years of exceptional returns.   Frank Suess, President & CEO of BFI Consulting AG
Topics at FreedomFest:
  - "Beat the Market: Invest when Congress is out of Session"		   Topics at FreedomFest:
' "Welcome to Amerika"		   Topics at FreedomFest:
Martin Truax, Senior Vice President and Managing Director of Morgan Keegan, Inc.   Jeffrey Verdon, Advanced Estate Planning & Asset Protection Strategies   Kevin Yurkus, president of Fairway Capital,
Topics at FreedomFest:   Topics at FreedomFest:
- "Tax and Asset Protection Strategies for the Ultra-High Net Worth Investor (Estates with More than $10M)"
- "Estate Planning for Women Only: No Men Allowed"		   Topics at FreedomFest:
 - “The Ultimate Asset – Your Life!”
- “How Savvy Seniors Are Profiting From Buying and Selling Their Life Insurance to Wall Street”

 
Peter Zipper, President & CEO of Caye International Bank based in Belize.    
Topics at FreedomFest:
 -"Belize: The Best Kept Secret in Offshore Banking."		    

Geo-Politics & Current Events
 listed in alphabetical order

Congressman Bob Barr represented the 7th District of Georgia in the U. S. House of Representatives from 1995 to 2003
 		   Patrick Byrne, CEO Overstock.com   Douglas Casey, Chairman, Casey Research, LLC.
Best-Selling Author, International Investor and Entrepreneur

 

 
Topics at FreedomFest:
 ~ “Technology and Government Power - A Deadly Cocktail for Freedom”		   Topics at FreedomFest:
 ~ "Is the Government Strangling Wall Street?"		   Topics at FreedomFest:
 ~ "International Man: My Misadventures in the Third World."

 
Michael Cloud, co-founder of the Center For Small Government and sponsor of the ballot initiative to End the Income Tax ballot Initiative in Massachusetts in 2002.   Mike Cobb, CEO, Co-founder Gran Pacifica Resorts  

Brad Colovich, National Sales Advisor for National Write Your Congressman. He is a staunch patriot, businessman and sales consultant representing various freedom organizations as a defender of Liberty.
Topics at FreedomFest:   Topics at FreedomFest:
 -"Demographics and Scarcity Converge in Latin America for a Once-in-a-Lifetime Opportunity" 		  Topics at FreedomFest:
~ "Preserving our Heritage of Freedom through Citizen Involvement"
 
Donald Devine is director of the Federalist Leadership Center and a vice chairman of the American Conservative Union and the editor of Conservative Battleline, a publication of the American Conservative Union Foundation.   Becky Norton Dunlop, Vice President, External Relations, Heritage Foundation   Anthony Easton is an expert in the fields of computer technology, telecommunications and global management systems.
Topics at FreedomFest:
 ~ "What Is the Constitution?: (Hint It Is Not the Bill of Rights)"		   Topics at FreedomFest:
 ~ "Earth Day Alert: A Free Market Response to Environmental Extremists"
 		   Topics at FreedomFest:
- "Techo Terrorism"
William J. Federer is a nationally known speaker, best-selling author, and president of Amerisearch, Inc., a publishing company dedicated to researching America’s noble heritage.   Mark Frazier, President of Openworld.com, has worked on free market initiatives in 56 countries for private sector and multilateral organizations. He specializes in microvoucher initiatives, entrepreneurial schools for the poor, and development of free economic zones.
 		   Millard Fuller, founder and former president of Habitat for Humanity International.
Founder & President, The Fuller Center for Housing
Topics at FreedomFest:
- "What Every American Needs to Know About the Qur'an-A History of Islam & the United States"

 		   Topics at FreedomFest:
- “Free Market Breakthroughs for the Next Four Billion”
- “Creating the next Singapores, Dubais, and Hong Kongs”
 		   Topics at FreedomFest:
-

Captain Jim Green, Former Naval Officer, Retired Airline Pilot, United Nations Lobbyist, Businessman, University Professor

  

Renée C. Green, President, The Leadership Foundation, United Nations Legal Expert

 

Gene Healy, Senior Editor, Cato Institute
Topics at FreedomFest:
- "China: Friend or Foe?"		   Topics at FreedomFest:
- "NGO's: A Powerful Force for Good or Evil"		   Topics at FreedomFest:
- “The Legacy of FDR and the Imperial Presidency”
 
    Carla Howell, President and Co-founder of the Center For Small Government and sponsor of the ballot initiative to End the Income Tax ballot Initiative in Massachusetts in 2002.   Craig Huey, president of Creative Direct Marketing Group (CDMG),
    Topics at FreedomFest:   Topics at FreedomFest:
 ~ "12 New and Proven Marketing Trends to Profitably Grow Groups, Organizations, and Companies"
 
Nelson Hultberg, Americans for a Free Republic   Rob Kampia, co-founder and executive director of the Marijuana Policy Project.   Gen LaGreca author of Noble Vision, a ForeWord Magazine Book-of-the-Year novel about liberty
Topics at FreedomFest:
 ~ "The Golden Mean: The Case for Libertarian Politics and Conservative Values"

 		   Topics at FreedomFest:
-"What’s Happened to The Government's War on Marijuana?” 		  Topics at FreedomFest:
~ "The Missing Ingredient in Today's Fight for Freedom: the Doctrine of Individual Rights"
 
Greg Lukianoff, president of FIRE   Mark Mullins, Executive Director of The Fraser Institute.   Chuck Muth, President and CEO of Citizen Outreach, a limited
government public policy organization
Topics at FreedomFest:   Topics at FreedomFest:   Topics at FreedomFest:
~ "Freedom in Education: Give Choice a Chance"
Robert Poole director of transportation studies at Reason Foundation, a free market think tank he founded. He has advised the last four presidential administrations on transportation and policy issues.   John Pugsley, chairman of The Sovereign Society, and author of numerous books and reports on economics, investment and politics, and former editor of John Pugsley's Journal.   Kalyan Raman
Professor, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA &
Loughborough University, Leicestershire, UK
Topics at FreedomFest:
~ "Free Market Solutions to the Infrastructure/Transportation Crisis in America"		   Topics at FreedomFest:   Topics at FreedomFest:
~ "Can Free Markets provide a Caring Society?"
Mary J. Ruwart, is  former pharmaceutical research scientist and Assistant Professor of Surgery.   Matthew Sanchez, War correspondent, political commentator and international journalist.   Frances Smith, currently serves as a Republican Party State Central Committee Member for District 100 and a Orleans Parish Committee Member for District E
Topics at FreedomFest:
~ "The Deadly Secret Behind Soaring Pharmaceutical Prices"		   Topics at FreedomFest:
~ "The Future of the Middle East"		   Topics at FreedomFest:
~ "Creating Fair Markets Within a Free Market Society"
Nathan Tabor, Founder and CEO of TCVmedia.com and TheConservativeVoice. com   Richard Viguerie, President of ConservativeHQ.com   Chip Wood, founder and CEO of Soundview Publications. He also writes a free weekly commentary called Straight Talk.
Topics at FreedomFest:
~ "The Role of Christians in Politics"		   Topics at FreedomFest:
- “How to Defeat Big Government Republicans!” 		  Master of Ceremonies
Bettie Youngs, author "The House That Love Built: The Story of Millard & Linda Fuller" elected as an Oprah & Friends, "must read"        
Topics at FreedomFest:
~ "The House that Love Built; The Millard Fuller Story"		        

History
 listed in alphabetical order

Mary Beth Brown, the bestselling author of Hand of Providence: the Strong and Quiet Faith of Ronald Reagan which appeared on both the New York Times and USA Today bestseller lists in 2004.   Deborah Brezina, serves on the National Advisory Board of the Churchill Archives Centre, Cambridge University and the Board of Trustees of the President James Monroe Memorial Foundation.   Marshall Fritz founder of the Advocates for Self-government and the Alliance for Separation of School, and father of the World's Smallest Political Quiz.