FreedomFest 2019

Reja Debevc is a recent International Baccalaureate graduate from Bežigrad high school, the best academically performing secondary school in Slovenia and is an alumna of Bežigrad Speech and Debate program, the most successful competitive high school debate program in Europe. In... Read More →

Mark Skousen, Ph. D., editor of Forecasts & Strategies, is a nationally known investment expert, economist, university professor and author of more than 25 books. In July 2018 Dr Skousen was awarded the inaugural Triple Crown in Economics for his work in economic theory, history... Read More →

Dr. Michael Shermer is the founding publisher of Skeptic magazine, a monthly columnist for Scientific American, a regular contributor to Time.com, and a presidential fellow at Chapman University. His latest book is Heavens on Earth: The Scientific Search for the Afterlife, Immortality... Read More →

Naomi Brockwell is a film and television producer, and host of the show "Bitcoin, Blockchain, and the Technologies of our Future". She is a producer for Stossel, a producer for the TV series HardFork, and formerly produced for Fox Business Network and Fox News Channel. Naomi is the... Read More →

Dr. John R. Lott, Jr. is an economist and a world-recognized expert on guns and crime.  Lott has held research or teaching positions at various academic institutions including the University of Chicago, Yale University, the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Stanford... Read More →

Michael R. Weisser was born in Washington, D.C., educated in New York City public schools, received an A.B. from CCNY (1967) and a Ph.D. from Northwestern University (1971). His field of study was economic history with a monograph published by University of Chicago Press. Subsequent... Read More →

George S. Morris born and raised in Reno Nevada.  He graduated from the University of Nevada in 1956 and was then commissioned as a 2nd Lt. in the United States Marine Corp.  In 1965, he resigned his regular commission as a Captain USMC to join Pan AM.  From 1965 to 1986, he was... Read More →

Carlisle Moody is Professor of Economics at the College of William and Mary in Virginia. He has published over 40 articles, primarily on policy analysis, focusing recently on firearm policy.