- Robert Byrd
Robert Carlyle Byrd (born November 20 1917) is the senior United States Senator from West Virginia and a member of the Democratic Party. Byrd has held the office since January 3 1959, making him the longest-serving member of the Senate in history. He is also currently the longest-serving and oldest member of the United States Congress. Byrd is currently President "pro tempore" of the United States Senate of the 110th United States Congress, …
- Bruce Schneier
Bruce Schneier is president of Counterpane Systems, the author of Applied Cryptography, and the inventor the Blowfish algorithm. He serves on the board of the International Association for Cryptologic Research and the Electronic Privacy Information Center. He is a contributing editor to Dr. Dobb's Journal, and a frequent writer and lecturer on cryptography.
- Cornelius M. Kerwin
Cornelius M. "Neil" Kerwin (born 1949) is an American educator in public administration and is the acting president of American University. A 1971 undergraduate alumnus of American University, Kerwin continued his education with a Master of Arts degree in political science from the University of Rhode Island in 1973. In 1975, Kerwin returned to his alma mater and joined the faculty of the School of Public Affairs, then the School of Government and Public Administration.
- Rick Lazio
Enrico Anthony "Rick" Lazio (born March 13, 1958) is a former U.S. Representative from the state of New York. A Republican, he is most known for having run unsuccessfully against Hillary Rodham Clinton for the U.S. Senate in New York's 2000 Senate election. Lazio was born in Amityville, New York in Suffolk County. He graduated from West Islip High School in 1976.
- James Tiptree Jr
James Tiptree, Jr. (August 24, 1915 - May 19, 1987) was the pen name of American science fiction author Alice Bradley Sheldon, used from 1967 to her death. She also occasionally wrote under the pseudonym Raccoona Sheldon (1974-77). Tiptree/Sheldon was most notable for breaking down the barriers between writing perceived as inherently "male" or "female" - it was not publicly known until 1977 that James Tiptree, Jr. was a woman.
- Goldie Hawn
Goldie Jeanne Hawn (born November 21 1945) is an Academy Award-winning American actress, director and producer. She is best known for starring in a series of successful film comedies during the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. Her daughter is Kate Hudson, who is also a well-known, Oscar-nominated actress. Her son, Oliver Hudson, is a television and film actor as well.
- Barry Levinson
Barry Levinson (born April 6, 1942 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an Academy Award-winning American screenwriter, film director, actor, and producer of film and television. After growing up in Baltimore and graduating from Forest Park Senior High School, Levinson attended American University in Washington, D.C. before moving to Los Angeles to work as an actor and writer. His first writing work was for variety shows such as "The Marty Feldman Comedy Machine", …
- Jim Dator
James Allen (Jim) Dator is Professor, and Director of the Hawaii Research Center for Futures Studies, Department of Political Science, University of Hawaii at Manoa. He received his BA from Stetson University where he graduated magna cum laude. Seven years after that he received his PhD from American University. His major areas of specialization include --Political futures studies (especially the forecasting and design of new political institutions, and the futures of law, …
- Neil Cavuto
Neil Cavuto, Fox's "money guy" (his words) is at times, as regular readers of this site know, very adept at creating the illusion that his show is about "business news" while simultaneously beating the propaganda drums for the Bush administration. Today he was at the top of his game.
- Bob Edwards
Robert Alan Edwards (born May 16, 1947 in Louisville, Kentucky) is an award-winning American public radio broadcaster. He was the first broadcaster with a large national following to join the field of satellite radio. Edwards is the host of "The Bob Edwards Show" on XM Satellite Radio and "Bob Edwards Weekend" distributed by Public Radio International to nearly a hundred public radio stations.
- Alice Paul
Alice Stokes Paul (January 11, 1885 - July 9, 1977) was an American suffragist leader. Along with Lucy Burns (a close friend) and others, she led a successful campaign for women's suffrage that resulted in granting the right to vote to women in the U.S. federal election in 1920.
- Phil Mendelson
Phil Mendelson is a politician from Washington, DC, the capital of the United States. He is currently a Democratic member of the Council of the District of Columbia, where he serves as an elected at-large Councilmember.
- Tony Perkins
Tony Perkins was the weather forecaster for ABC's "Good Morning America". Perkins began his career as a desk assistant for the ABC News Washington bureau. From 1985 to 1992, he served as a producer and on-air contributor to "The Donnie Simpson Show" on WKYS-FM in Washington, D.C. From 1986 to 1988, he hosted and produced "DC20 Breakaway" in Washington. From 1993 to 1999, he served as a weather personality at WTTG-TV in Washington, …
- Robert Kagan
Robert Kagan is a Senior Associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where he specializes in issues of U.S. leadership and foreign policy. He is co-founder with William Kristol of the Project for a New American Century. Before joining the Carnegie Endowment, he worked in the State Department as a member of the Policy Planning Staff and as principal speech writer for Secretary of State George P. Shultz during the Reagan Administration.
- Star Jones
Star Jones Reynolds (born March 24, 1962) is an American lawyer and television personality, best known for her stint as a co-host of the ABC weekday morning talk show "The View". When Court TV becomes truTV on January 1, 2008, Jones will host a talk show based on the law and pop culture as part of the network's daytime programming.
- Ed Schrock
Edward Lee "Ed" Schrock (born April 6, 1941) is a Republican politician who was a member of the United States House of Representatives from January 2001 to January 2005, representing the Second Congressional District of Virginia. Born in Middletown, Ohio, Schrock earned a degree from Alderson-Broaddus College in 1964 and a Masters Degree in Public Relations from American University in 1975. He also served in the U.S. Navy from 1964 to 1988, …
- Avery John
Avery John (born June 18, 1975 in Point Fortin, Trinidad and Tobago) is a Trinidadian football player, who currently plays as a defender for the New England Revolution of Major League Soccer.
- Gerald Bruce Lee
Gerald Bruce Lee (born 1952 in Washington, D.C.) is currently serving as judge on the United States District Court in the Eastern District of Virginia, commonly referred to as the "Rocket Docket.".
- Ron Nessen
Ronald Harold Nessen (born May 25 1934) was a press secretary for President Gerald Ford from 1974 to 1977. He replaced Jerald terHorst, who resigned in the wake of President Ford's pardon of former president Nixon. Prior to joining the Ford administration, Nessen served as a Washington correspondent for NBC News. On the day of Ford's succession to the presidency, August 9, 1974, …
- Judith Sheindlin
Judith Sheindlin, also known as Judge Judy (born October 21, 1942) is an American family court clerk, author, and television personality. After retiring as a family court clerk in 1996, she became famous by hosting her own syndicated court show, "Judge Judy".
- Skip Humphrey
Hubert Horatio "Skip" Humphrey III (born 26 June 1942) is an American politician and member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL). He is the son of the late Vice President Hubert Humphrey and the late U.S. Senator Muriel Humphrey. He attended American University where he was a member of the Alpha Sigma Phi, Beta Chi chapter, and is a graduate University of Minnesota Law School.
- Clark Howard
Clark graduated from American University in 1976 with a bachelor's degree in urban development and from Central Michigan University in 1977 with a master's degree in business management. In 1981, he founded and opened his own business, a travel agency. Only 6 years later in 1987, he sold his successful chain of travel agencies and decided to retire a millionaire at the young age of 32.
- Gale Harold
Gale Morgan Harold III (born on July 10, 1969 in Decatur, Georgia, United States) is an American actor. He has an older sister and a younger brother. Eschewing publicity, Gale's upbringing is a mystery, aside from his own admission that growing up was a "bizarre Pentecostal" experience. Jack London, David Bowie and J. R. R. Tolkien's Gandalf have often been credited as influences in his younger years. After graduating from The Lovett School in Atlanta, Georgia, …
- Willard Scott
Willard Herman Scott, Jr. (born March 7, 1934) is an American media personality and author best known for his work on NBC's "Today" show. Born in Alexandria, Virginia, Scott attended American University in Washington, D.C. and was a member of the Alpha Sigma Phi Fraternity. While there, he met Ed Walker. The two hosted a program on the university radio station WAMU-AM for two years, before moving in 1953 to WRC-AM, …
- David Gregory
David Gregory (born August 24, 1970) is currently the NBC News Chief White House Correspondent, a job he has held since February, 2001. He is occasionally a guest host on MSNBC's "Hardball with Chris Matthews" and "Meet the Press", in addition to appearing as a commentator on a variety of NBC and MSNBC news programs. He has been nicknamed "Stretch" by the President because of his height.
- Bud Shuster
Elmer Greinert "Bud" Shuster (born January 23, 1932) is an American politician who represented Pennsylvania in the United States House of Representatives as a Republican from 1972 to 2001. He is best known for his advocacy of transportation projects that critics deride as "pork barrel" spending. Shuster was born in the Pittsburgh suburb of Glassport, Pennsylvania. He received his B.A. from the University of Pittsburgh in 1954, an M.B.A. from Duquesne University in 1960, …
- Ghazi Mashal Ajil Al-Yawer
Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer a member of the Shammar tribe (born March 11 1958 in Mosul, Iraq) was a Vice President of Iraq under the Iraqi Transitional Government of 2005-2006, and was President of Iraq under the Iraqi Interim Government from 2004 to 2005. He was originally a member of the Iraqi Governing Council created following the US-led 2003 invasion of Iraq.
- Salman Bin Hamad Bin Isa al Khalifa
Shaikh Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Crown Prince of Bahrain is the Crown Prince and the Undersecretary of Defence of the Kingdom of Bahrain. Prior to assuming the duties of Crown Prince, Shaikh Salman was Vice Chairman of Bahrain Centre for Studies and Research from 1992 to 1995, Undersecretary of Defence at the Ministry of Defence from 1995 to 1999, and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the BCSR from 1995 to 1999.
- Alexander J. Albrecht
Alexander J. Albrecht (born August 14, 1976 in Vienna, Virginia) is an American television personality, actor and podcaster who resides in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. He is best known for co-hosting the former TechTV television program The Screen Savers , an hour-long computer and technology variety show. On November 11, 2004, Albrecht's employment, along with many other co-workers at TechTV, was terminated.
- Bill Shuster
William Shuster (born January 10 1961) is a Republican politician from the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. He is a member of the United States House of Representatives from the (9th District of Pennsylvania, map). He is the son of former Congressman Bud Shuster. Shuster was born in McKeesport, Pennsylvania and he graduated from Dickinson College, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and in History.
- Henepola Gunaratana
Bhante Henepola Gunaratana is a Sri Lankan Buddhist monk. He is often affectionately known as Bhante G. "Bhante" is a title which literally means something like "reverend sir" in Pāli. In addition to being a polite form of address in Pāli conversation, it is commonly used as a term of respect for Theravada monks.
- Avram Glazer
Avram "Avi" Glazer is part of the Glazer family, who control First Allied Corporation, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the NFL, and who own Manchester United, an English football club based in Manchester. The family is based in Florida. Avram received his BSBA from Washington University in St. Louis in 1982 and graduated from the Washington College of Law at American University. He also studied at Beijing University and Fudan University in Shanghai.
- Kathy Reichs
Kathleen Joan "Kathy" Reichs is native of Chicago and works as a forensic anthropologist, an academic, and bestselling writer of mystery novels. She is a Professor of anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She divides her time between work for the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, State of North Carolina, and for the Laboratoire des Sciences Judiciaires et de Médecine Légale for the province of Québec.
- Brian Willson
S. Brian Willson, (born July 4 1941), is a United States Air Force (USAF) veteran who became a prominent anti-war activist. Willson served, from 1966 to 1970, in the USAF, including several months as a combat security officer in Vietnam. He left the Air Force as a Captain. He subsequently became a member of Vietnam Veterans Against the War and Veterans For Peace (Humboldt Bay Chapter 56, California). Upon completion of Law School at American University in Washington, D.C., …
- Petra Kelly
Petra Karin Kelly, a politician, was instrumental in founding the German Green Party, the first Green party to rise to prominence worldwide. Kelly was born in Günzburg, Bavaria, West Germany in 1947 with the name Petra Karin Lehmann. She changed her name to Kelly after her mother married her step-father, an American Army officer.
- Florence King
Florence Virginia King (b. January 5 1936, Washington, D.C.) is an American novelist, essayist and columnist. While her early writings focused on the American South and those who live there, much of King's later work has been published in "National Review". Her column in "National Review", "The Misanthrope's Corner", was known for "serving up a smorgasbord of curmudgeonly critiques about rubes and all else bothersome to the Queen of Mean", …
- Reggie Walton
The Honorable Reggie B. Walton, (born Donora, Pennsylvania, February 8, 1949), is a United States District Judge for the District of Columbia.
- John Fahey
John Fahey was an American fingerstyle guitarist and composer who pioneered the steel-string guitar as a solo instrument. His style has been greatly influential and has been described as American Primitive, a term borrowed from painting and referring mainly to the self-taught nature of his art. Fahey himself borrowed from the folk and blues traditions of America but incorporated classical, Brazilian, Indian and abstract music into his eclectic oeuvre.
- Loretta Sanchez
Loretta Sanchez (born January 7 1960), an American politician, has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1997. She currently represents the 47th Congressional District of California (map) in central Orange County.
- Bo Gritz
James "Bo" Gritz (born January 18, 1939 in Enid, Oklahoma) was a highly decorated United States Army Special Forces officer during the Vietnam War whose post-war activities-notably attempted POW rescues-have proven controversial. He remained a Special Forces officer until he resigned his commission in 1979.