Our monthly meetings are centered on an outstanding speaker, including candidates, politicians, issue specialists, government officials, and citizen activists. They address issues immediately important to us, from immigration and health care to national and local security, bike lanes, and horse carriages.
Heather Mac Donald is the Thomas W. Smith Fellow at the Manhattan Institute and a contributing editor of City Journal. She is a recipient of the 2005 Bradley Prize. Mac Donald’s work at City Journal has canvassed a range of topics, including higher education, immigration, policing and “racial” profiling, homelessness and homeless advocacy, criminal-justice reform, […]
LtCol Anthony (Tony) Shaffer (retired), is the President of the London Center for Policy Research, a New York Times bestselling author and CIA trained intelligence operations officer with 35 years of experience in global and national security. In his think-tank work he is an advisor to senior members of the White House, the Intelligence Community, […]
Nicole Gelinas is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, a contributing editor of City Journal, and a columnist at the New York Post. She writes on urban economics and finance. Gelinas is a CFA charterholder and the author of After the Fall: Saving Capitalism from Wall Street—and Washington (2011). Gelinas has published analysis and […]
Scott W. Atlas, M.D. is the Robert Wesson Senior Fellow in health care policy at the Hoover Institution. Dr. Atlas investigates the impact of government and the private sector on access, quality, pricing, and innovation in health care and is a frequent policy advisor to government and industry leaders in these areas. During the 2008, […]
Nicholas Wapshott is the Opinion Editor of Newsweek. He was formerly the editor of The Times Saturday edition as well as the founding editor of The Times Magazine. He the author of a number of books, including biographies of Margaret Thatcher and Carol Reed, and Keynes Hayek: The Clash that Defined Modern Economics, published in […]
Bill Roggio is an American commentator on military affairs. Roggio is the managing editor of The Long War Journal, and a Senior Fellow at The Foundation for Defense of Democracies. Prior to leading a team of online commentators, Roggio published the online weblog The Fourth Rail. Roggio was an active duty soldier in the United States Army in the […]
Steven E. Koonin is a University Professor at New York University, with appointments in the Stern School of Business, the Tandon School of Engineering, and the Department of Physics. He founded NYU’s Center for Urban Science and Progress, which focuses research and education on the acquisition, integration, and analysis of big data for big cities. […]
Prior to becoming a lawyer, Dr. Abramson developed deep experience teaching and researching artificial intelligence (AI), big data, Bayesian modeling, statistics, and forecasting. He then deployed those skills in a variety of economic settings, shifting his focus into economic modeling. His practical expertise includes valuing intellectual property and other asset classes; assessing damages and royalties; […]
Devi’s Credentials Bachelors in Biology (Neurobiology) and Economics from Northwestern University M.D. from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Internship at Harvard Medical School Residency at Harvard Medical School Fellowship at Harvard Medical School Masters from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism Faculty at New York University (NYU) Grossman School of Medicine Contribute to […]
