ABOUT THE SPEAKERS:

Ramesh Ponnuru
Ramesh Ponnuru is a senior editor at National Review. He has been a fellow at the Institute of Economic Affairs in London and a media fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution. In addition to writing for National Review, he has published articles in numerous newspapers including the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times, Newsday, and the New York Post. He has also written for First Things, Policy Review, The Weekly Standard, The New Republic, Reason, and other publications, and has appeared on numerous TV and radio programs.

Eric Cohen
Eric Cohen is director of the Bioethics and American Democracy program at the Ethics and Public Policy Center. He is also the editor of The New Atlantis, EPPC's quarterly journal about the ethical, political, and social implications of technological advancement. His essays and articles have appeared in the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, The Weekly Standard, First Things, Commentary, and elsewhere. He was previously a fellow at the New America Foundation and managing editor of The Public Interest. He also serves as a senior consultant to the President’s Council on Bioethics.