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"Is
Christianity True?" |
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The Big Debate:
Two #1 New York Times Bestselling Authors
Christopher Hitchens
("God Is Not Great")
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Dinesh D'Souza
("What's So Great About Christianity?") take off the gloves
in an explosive debate. |
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"Should
we Adopt Universal Single-Payer Health Insurance?" |
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John
Mackey,
CEO of Whole Foods Market, and John Goodman, National
Center for Policy Analysis, will take on advocates of
socialized medicine.
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Michael
Perelman
is professor of economics at California State University at Chico, and
Dr. David Himmelstein,
associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and
Co-Founder of Physicians for a National Health Program |
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"The
Real Islam: Radical or Peaceful?” |
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Robert
Spencer,
author of the dangerous bestseller "The Truth about Muhammad," and "The
Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam,"
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Professor Daniel Peterson (BYU professor
of Islamic Studies and Arabic) author of "Muhammad, a
Prophet of God."
WARNING:
Robert Spencer's views are so
controversial that his life has been threatened and he cannot reveal where he
lives. But he's coming to FreedomFest! |
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"Is
There Scientific Evidence for Intelligent Design in Nature?" |
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Stephen C. Meyer
is director and Senior Fellow
of the Center for Science and Culture at the Discovery Institute and George
Gilder, Senior Fellow at Discovery Institute where he directs
Discovery's program on high technology and public policy.
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Michael
Shermer,
Publisher, Skeptic Magazine and
Ronald Bailey,
Science Correspondent, Reason Magazine
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“Should the
World Return to the
Gold Standard?”
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Gene Epstein
(Barron’s) says “Yes!” while Warren Coats, Chicago
economist and former IMF monetary official to Bosnia and the
Middle East says “No!” |
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"Fair
Tax -vs- Flat Tax" |
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David
Tuerck,
executive director of the Beacon Hill Institute, and professor
and chairman of the Suffolk University Department of Economics.
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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.
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"Who Really Wrote
Shakespeare's Plays?" |
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Prof. Bill Rubinstein (University College of Wales)
and co-author of "The Truth Will Out: Unmasking the Real
Shakespeare" and Mark Anderson, author of
"Shakespeare by Another Name" will take on Stratfordian
expert and Berkeley professor Alan H. Nelson on this
controversial authorship question.
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“Was the
Civil War Necessary?”
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Historian Jeff Hummel (San Jose University) takes on
supporters of Abraham Lincoln and argues that slavery could
have been abolished without a bloody civil war.
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