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December 27, 1998

MICHAEL SZNAJDERMAN, The Birmingham News
State Capital Bureau Chief for the Birmingham News and author of weekly political column: "From the Capital." Commentator on "For the Record," a public affairs show on Alabama Public Television and former Washington correspondent for the Tampa Tribune in Tampa Bay, Florida. Michael is a graduate of Fordham University in the Bronx, New York.

LARRY LANGFORD, Mayor of Fairfield, AL
Mayor of Fairfield, Alabama since 1988 and born in Birmingham, Larry Langford is a veteran of the Air Force, an active member of the Catholic Church and chief coordinator of twelve municipalities in creating the "Visionland" amusement park. Mayor Langford is a former reporter for WBRC News Channel 6 and former member of the Birmingham City Council. He has been awarded the Director’s Community Leadership Award from the Dept of Justice of the FBI, and recently named "Citizen of the Year" by the Young Men Business Club. He is a graduate of the University of Alabama in Birmingham, and holds an Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree from Miles College.

MIKE ROYER, NBC News Anchor
Mike is the co-anchor of newscasts at 5:30-7AM and 5PM weekdays. He also produces "The Spirit of Alabama" series on Tuesdays and Thursdays which airs at 6PM. Mike began his television career at WTWO in Terre Haute, Indiana in 1975. He came to Birmingham in 1979 and has been at NBC13 since 1990. Mike was named Alabama's Best Television Weathercaster by the Associated Press News Service five times. He received a regional Emmy nomination as Outstanding News Anchor and was a member of the NBC13 News team awarded an Emmy for Best Newscast.

December 20, 1998

BOB MACARI, Democrat
Owner of his own Public Affairs/ Public relations firm. Former Chief of Staff to Congressman Marty Russo (D-IL).

LEE NEWCOM, Conservative
Small business owner, Newcom is currently the Republican County Commissioner from McClain County in Central Illinois. State Chairman and Midwest Regional Director of the National Council of Republican County Officials. Lee is a native of Burbank, California.

GHADA TALHAMI, Lake Forest College
Professor of Political Science at Lake Forest College in Illinois. Born in Jerusalem and an expert source of foreign political matters as they pertain to America.

December 13, 1998

JIM WALL, Democratic Strategist
Editor of The Christian Century. He is a former sportswriter from Monroe, Georgia. Democratic activist and close friend of Jimmy Carter and Al Gore.

TOM ROESER, Conservative
Original panel member of Beyond the Beltway, President of his own of consulting firm. Columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times, talk show host for flagship station WLS/890-AM and former lobbyist for Quaker Oats Company. Tom is also a former Kennedy fellow at Harvard University.

BRIAN BOYER, Television Documentarian
Award-winning television documentarian. Former reporter for the Chicago Sun-Times. Worked on ABCs 20/20 and a few years back, he produced a documentary on Newt Gingrich and the Republican revolution.

December 6, 1998

BILL MILLER, Republican Strategist
Bill Miller is one of the founders of HillCo Partners, a public affairs company in Austin. He is the political analyst for KTBC-TV, Channel 7 in Austin and was recently cited "Best Lobbyist" in the 1998 Houston Press. In the late 1970's, Miller was an aide to Congressman Robert L. Livingston, the new Speaker of the House of Representatives, and he learned the ropes of politics from his mother Mary Ellen Miller, the inventor of modern-day telephone banks -- the methodology now used almost universally to identify voters and stimulate voter turnout.

PAUL BURKA, Executive Editor Texas Monthly
A lifelong Texan, born in Galveston, a graduate of Rice University with a B.A. in History and a J.D. from the University of Texas School of Law. A member of the State Bar of Texas and former counsel to the Senate Natural Resources Committee. Recipient of a National Magazine Award for reporting excellence in 1985, and the American Bar Association's Silver Gavel Award. He is a member of the Texas Institute of Letters and teaches at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas, Austin.

MARK CAESAR, Morning Host, KLBJ Radio
Morning host for KLBJ and Program Director for over 20 years. Former News Director and a graduate of the University of Oklahoma.

MOLLY BETH MALCOLM, Chair of the Texas Democratic Party
Malcolm made Texas history by becoming the first woman to be elected Chair of the Texas Democratic Party. Former schoolteacher and counselor; Molly Beth Malcolm served as Co-Chair of the Texas Counseling Association Legislative Committee and worked to fight drug and alcohol abuse on the Statewide Advisory Council. Malcolm is also the President of Texas Democratic Women. She earned her BAS in elementary education at Southern Methodist University, and her Masters Degree in counseling and guidance at Texas A&M University at Texarkana. Malcolm is married and her daughter is a freshman at the University of Texas at Austin.

November 29, 1998

MIKE CONKLIN, Chicago Tribune
Columnist, reporter, and one half of the "Chicago Tribune's" popular column INC. which occupies the coveted "page two." Conklin also does a television version for CLTV in Chicago.

KATHY POSNER, Public Relations Executive - KRP01@aol.com
Public Relations Executive with her own public relations firm, COMM2, She is a consultant to Republican and Democratic candidates. Keynote speaker at Illinois Smokers Rights Convention & Women in Business Convention. Named one of the 100 Women Making a Difference in Illinois for 1998. A 3 time Emmy Award nominee and co-host of "U Go Girl" on WCIU-TV. A native of Westchester, New York and a member of Mensa.

DAN POLSBY, Northwestern Law Professor - ddpolsby@nwu.edu
Frequent contributor to "The Atlantic," and "The National Review." A native of Norwich, CT., Dan is the "Official Counsel of Beyond the Beltway."

ON THE PHONE: REP. JOHN KASICH (R-OH)
Author of the new book, "Courage is Contagious"
Kasich will discuss his new book Courage is Contagious: Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things to Change the Face of America. Kasich has profiled over twenty individuals who, through their own courage and resolve, work daily to improve the lives of their fellow citizens. They are, in Congressman Kasich's words, 'heroes for our time.'

November 22, 1998

SALIM MUWAKKIL, Former Black Panther - salim4x@aol.com
Senior Editor of "In These Times," one of the country's leading progressive periodicals. A native of the village of Harlem. Columnist for the Chicago Tribune and a former member of the Black Panther Party.

DEBBIE HOWLETT, USA Today Bureau Chief - Chicago
Bureau Chief of USA Today in Chicago. Graduate of the University of Oregon.

November 15, 1998

ART CYR, Carthidge College
A.W. Klausen Professor of Economy and Business at Carthidge College in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Formerly an Executive with the World Trade Center in Chicago, he is the author of four books. His latest is entitled; "After the Cold War: American Foreign Policy in Europe & Asia." Art is a UCLA graduate with a PhD. from Harvard.

RICHARD PHELAN, Democrat - rphelan@foleylaw.com
Former Independent Prosecutor in the Jim Wright ethics case that led to the resignation of the former House Speaker of Texas. Former President of the Cook County (Illinois) Board. An attorney in private practice.

ON THE PHONE: BOB DJURDJEVIC, Truth in Media - annex@djurdjevic.com
Bob Djurdjevic is the founder of Truth in Media, a non-profit organization dedicated to ensuring accuracy in current events reporting. He is also an accomplished independent businessman and president of Annex Research, a global information technology consulting and research firm. Besides appearing in the Truth in Media Internet and print Bulletins, and in addition to being carried by many other cybernews providers, Djurdjevic’s columns and editorials have also appeared in numerous U.S. newspapers, including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Times, the Washington Post, the USA Today, the Los Angeles Times, and the Arizona Republic.

November 8, 1998

JOE MORRIS, Republican - MRDchicago@aol.com
President of the United Republican Fund of Illinois. President of the Midwest Region of B'nai B'rith. Lawyer at Morris, Rathnau & De La Rosa in Chicago. Former senior official of the Reagan Administration.

DAWN LARSEN, Reform Party
National Representative for the Reform Party of Illinois and a member of the National Party Building Committee. Long-time Independent activist native of Kansas City, MO

November 1, 1998

BOB MACARI, Democrat
Owner of his own Public Affairs/ Public relations firm. Former Chief of Staff to Congressman Marty Russo (D-IL).

DEBBIE HOWLETT, USA Today Bureau Chief - Chicago
Bureau Chief of USA Today in Chicago. Graduate of the University of Oregon.

CHRIS DUDLEY, Republican Strategist
A native of South Bend, Indiana and Executive Director of the Illinois Republican Party. She is also a veteran republican campaign operative.

ON THE PHONE: JOE GERTH, Political Reporter - Louisville Courier-Journal
Reporter covering the Kentucky House and Senate races. Will give us the update on the Bunning v. Baesler race.

October 25, 1998

PETER GIANGRECO, Democratic Political Strategist
A native of Buffalo, New York, Peter is a Democratic political consultant and President of "The Strategy Group." He is married and a father of two.

LARRY HORIST, Republican Political Strategist
Currently a republican political consultant and strategist, as well as the former Illinois State Coordinator for the 'Forbes for President' campaign in 1996.

October 18, 1998 (live from Seattle, WA)

GEORGE BAKAN, Senior Editor and Publisher of Seattle Gay News
As Senior Editor and Publisher of Seattle's largest Gay news periodical, Bakan has been active in the rights and politics of the gay and lesbian community for over 20 years. He was instrumental in bringing a public voice to addressing the AIDS epidemic during the early years of the crisis, and continues to push for education and political action in supporting the cause. A Vietnam Veteran, Mr. Bakan spent much of his adult life in Bellevue, WA, before moving back to Seattle where he now makes his home.

MICHAEL MEDVED, Conservative Talk Show Host - jeprout@juno.com
Michael Medved's eight books cover subjects as varied as the White House staff (The Shadow Presidents, 1979), growing up in the '60's (What Really Happened to the Class of '65", 1976), the psychological pressures of the medical profession (Hospital, 1983), and the excesses of the entertainment industry (Hollywood vs.America, 1992 and The Golden Turkey Awards, 1980). Since 1980 he has also been one of America's best known movie critics, first on CNN and, since 1985, as co-host of "Sneak Previews" on PBS. He is also chief movie critic for the New York Post, a frequent contributor to the Wall Street Journal and the Sunday Times of London. He's appeared frequently on most major talk shows, and has served as a regular guest host of the Rush Limbaugh radio show. Born in Philadelphia, raised in San Diego, Mr. Medved is an honors graduate of Yale, and attended Yale Law School where his classmates included Bill and Hillary Clinton. Mr. Medved is married to psychologist and best-selling author Diane Medved and live in Seattle with their three children.

CATHY ALLEN, Campaign Connection
President and owner of Campaign connection, a political consulting firm based in Seatlle that focuses on elevcting women to political office, she is also the author of the book "Leveling the Playing Field of Politics." Campaigns and Elections Magazine has named her as one of the most powerful women in American Politics. A native of Massachusetts, Ms. Allen graduated with honors from the University of Bridgeport, where she majored in journalism, and in 1985 received a Masters in Public Administration from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard, where she served as class president.

October 11, 1998

JIM WALL, Democratic Strategist
Editor of The Christian Century. He is a former sportswriter from Monroe, Georgia. Democratic activist and close friend of Jimmy Carter and Al Gore.

October 4, 1998

MARTY GERAGHTY, Real Estate Executive - mart@interaccess.com
Commercial Real Estate Executive active in the Republican Party. Former State legislative aide and former alderman in Evanston, Illinois.

September 27, 1998

DEBBIE HOWLETT, USA Today Bureau Chief - Chicago
Bureau Chief of USA Today in Chicago. Graduate of the University of Oregon.

LEE NEWCOM, Conservative Activist
Republican County Commissioner from McClain County in Central Illinois. State Chairman and Midwest Regional Director of the National Council of Republican County Officials. Lee is a native of Burbank, California.

JIM WALL, Democratic Strategist
Editor of The Christian Century. He is a former sportswriter from Monroe, Georgia. Democratic activist and close friend of Jimmy Carter and Al Gore.

September 20, 1998

ANDY FOSTER, Republican Strategist
Political Advisor to Illinois Governor Jim Edgar.

September 13, 1998

PETER GIANGRECO, Democratic Strategist
A native of Buffalo, New York, Peter is a Democratic political consultant and President of "The Strategy Group." He is married and a father of two.

ACHY OBEJAS, Chicago Tribune Columnist - achy@aol.com
Achy Obejas is the cultural critic for the Chicago Tribune. She has been a contributor to the Tribune since 1992 and on staff since 1996. Frequent contributor to numerous national magazines and newspapers, she is also an acclaimed novelist. In 1996, Ms. Obejas received the Studs Terkel Community Journalism Award, multiple Peter Lisagor Exemplary Journalism Awards and has been a fellow at Yaddo, Ragdale and the Virginia Center for the Arts. She has a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from Warren Wilson College, Swannanoa, North Carolina.

DAN POLSBY, Northwestern Law Professor - ddpolsby@nwu.edu
Frequent contributor to "The Atlantic," and "The National Review."
A native of Norwich, CT., Dan is the "Official Counsel of Beyond the Beltway."

September 6, 1998

RON GIBBS, Vietnam Veteran - rgibbs@edelman.com
The Senior Vice President and Director of Public Affairs for Edelman Worldwide in Chicago, one of the countrys leading public relations firms. Ron is a former US Army Captain who served in Germany and Vietnam from 1968-1972. He was a leader in the movement to establish the Vietnam Memorial in Washington and he now serves on the Board of Directors of the Memorial. Ron received his Bachelors degree from Drake University and his Masters in Public Administration from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard.

August 30, 1998

MARTY GERAGHTY, Real Estate Executive
Commercial Real Estate Executive active in the Republican Party. Former State legislative aide and former alderman in Evanston, Illinois.

DAN PERRETEN, Divinity Student
A Democrat who is currently a researcher for the Park Ridge Center, a bioethics think tank. Formerly the Managing Editor of The Windy City Times, a leading Chicago gay and lesbian newsweekly, he now attends the University of Chicago Divinity School.

ON THE PHONE: PROF. KEN MOYNIHAN, Political Analyst WTAG/Worcester, MA - kmoyniha@eve.assumption.edu
Political Analyst for WTAG-AM/Worcester, MA. Professor of History at Assumption College in Worcester, Massachusetts. Graduate of Holy Cross College and a PhD from Clark College. Political columnist for Worcester Magazine and the Worcester Telegram & Gazette. Will discuss President Clinton's conference held in Worcester this past week discussing school crime.

August 23, 1998

GHADA TALHAMI, Lake Forest College
Professor of Political Science at Lake Forest College in Illinois. Born in Jerusalem and an expert source of foreign political matters as they pertain to America.

JIM WALL, The Christian Century
Editor of The Christian Century...former sportswriter for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution from Monroe, Georgia…Democratic activist and close friend of Jimmy Carter and Al Gore

August 16, 1998

HOUR #1
ART CYR, Carthage College
A.W. Klausen Professor of Economy and Business at Carthage College in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Formerly an Executive with the World Trade Center in Chicago, he is the author of four books. His latest is entitled; "After the Cold War: American Foreign Policy in Europe & Asia." Art is a UCLA graduate with a PhD. from Harvard.

CHIP WILKINS, Democrat
Computer software marketing executive. Active in POW/MIA issues as well as increasing awareness of Persian Gulf War Syndrome. A native New Yorker.

HOUR #2
THE HONORABLE MUHAMMAD SHAHBAZ SHARIF, CHIEF MINISTER OF PUNJAB, PAKISTAN
Brother of the Prime Minister of Pakistan. One of the key advisors who urged leadership of Pakistan to detonate an atomic device. A strong advocate of sound fiscal management policies in government, he has instituted reforms that have been far reaching.

ART CYR, Carthage College
A.W. Klausen Professor of Economy and Business at Carthage College in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Formerly an Executive with the World Trade Center in Chicago, he is the author of four books. His latest is entitled; "After the Cold War: American Foreign Policy in Europe & Asia." Art is a UCLA graduate with a PhD. from Harvard.

JOHN ALLEN WILLIAMS, Loyola Political Science Professor
Political science professor from Loyola University in Chicago and Executive Director of the Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces & Society….an expert in military strategy and preparedness

AUGUST 9, 1998

JOE MORRIS, Republican - bbrith@aol.com
President of the United Republican Fund of Illinois. President of the local chapter of B'nai B'rith. An attorney in private practice who once worked in the Reagan White House.

August 2, 1998

CHRIS DUDLEY, Republican Strategist
A native of South Bend, Indiana and Executive Director of the Illinois Republican Party. She is also a veteran republican campaign operative.

PETER GIANGRECO, Democratic Strategist
A native of Buffalo, New York, Peter is a Democratic political consultant and President of "The Strategy Group." He is married and a father of two.

STEVE PERRY, Reform Party
Political Activist and small businessman. Finance Chairman of the National Reform Party and Treasurer of the Illinois Reform Party. President of his own food service company called "3 Penny Company."

July 26, 1998

TIM McCARTHY, Former Secret Service Agent
The secret service agent who was wounded in the assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan in 1981. Currently Police Chief of Orland Park, Illinois.

JOHN R. LOTT, JR., Law Professor/Author
Law Professor at The University of Chicago and author of "More Guns Less Crime: Understanding Crime and Gun Control Laws." Earned his PhD in Economics from UCLA.

DR. THOMAS ESPOSITO, Loyola University Medical Center
Associate Professor of Surgery at Loyola University Medical Center. Director of the Injury Analysis and Prevention Program at the Center's Burn and Shock Trauma Institute. He is a General surgeon who specializes in trauma cases and in addition, holds a Masters Degree in Public Health from the University of Washington in Seattle.

July 19, 1998

DAN MILLER, Heartland Institute
Senior V.P. of the Heartland Institute. Former Director of the Illinois Commerce Commission.

KENNETH VAN METER, Celerity Systems, Inc. - kvanmeter@celerity.com
President and CEO of Celerity Systems, an interactive video hardware and software provider. Formerly Senior V.P. for Tele-TV Systems and V.P. of Bell Atlantic Video Services. Celerity Systems is based in Knoxville, Tennessee and works with Fudan University in China on Distance Learning projects.

ERIC ZORN, Chicago Tribune Columnist - ezorn@tribune.com
Chicago Tribune Metro columnist. Frequent Guest on Beyond the Beltway.

July 12, 1998

BOB MACARI, Democrat
Owner of his own Public Affairs/ Public relations firm. Former Chief of Staff to Congressman Marty Russo (D-IL).

LeROY MARTIN, Chief of Police for Central Management Services
Former Superintendent of the Chicago Police Department and former police officer. Chief Martin is currently running as a Republican candidate for Sheriff of Cook County.

ON THE PHONE: KAREN JO KOONAN - kjkoonan@igc.org
President of the National Lawyers Guild and trial consultant with the National Jury Project. Opposes the $195 million anti-drug campaign now underway. She and many of her colleagues question the effectiveness of the latest efforts to curb drug-use.

July 5, 1998

BRIAN BOYER, Television Documentarian

ANDY FOSTER, Republican Strategist
Political Advisor to Illinois Governor Jim Edgar.

JIM WALL, Democratic Strategist
Editor of The Christian Century. He is a former sportswriter from Monroe, Georgia. Democratic activist and close friend of Jimmy Carter and Al Gore.

June 28, 1998

LESLIE BALDACCI, Chicago Sun-Times

June 21, 1998

MARTY GERAGHTY, Real Estate Executive - mart@interaccess.com
Commercial Real Estate Executive active in the Republican Party. Former State legislative aide and former alderman in Evanston, Illinois.

KATHY POSNER, Public Relations Executive - KRP01@aol.com
Public Relations Executive with her own public relations firm, COMM2, She is a Republican and a native of New York City.

DAN PERRETEN, Columnist -Windy City Times - perreten@interaccess.com
A Democrat who writes the "Moral Minority" column for The Windy City Times, a gay and lesbian newsweekly in Chicago. Formerly the Managing Editor of the paper, he now attends the University of Chicago Divinity School.

June 14, 1998

ELLEN WARREN, Chicago Tribune Reporter - ewarren@tribune.com
A reporter for the Chicago Tribune since 1993, Ellen spent 17 years in her native Washington, including five years as a White House correspondent covering Presidents Reagan, Bush and Clinton. She is a Penn State graduate, and also holds a degree from the Sorbonne in Paris. Ellen has covered scores of political campaigns and has won numerous awards for her writing, and in 1997 she became the youngest inductee into the Chicago Journalism Hall of Fame.

MAX GRANT, former Navy SEAL - grant@knowledgeuniversity.com
The Vice President for Corporate Development & General Counsel for Knowledge University. Max is a native New Yorker who was raised in New Jersey. After high school, he joined the Marines and served for two years before being appointed to the US Naval Academy. Max received a Masters degree in National Security from Georgetown, and is a University of Chicago Law School graduate. In 1989, Max began six months of Navy SEAL training in Coronado, California and graduated on schedule. He then spent eighteen months on classified special warfare missions.

June 7, 1998

JIM WALL, The Christian Century
Editor of The Christian Century...former sportswriter from Monroe, Georgia…Democratic activist and close friend of Jimmy Carter and Al Gore

PAUL DAVIS, Broadcast Journalist
Veteran broadcast journalist…Senior Vice President of the Foundation for American Communications in Los Angeles…former news director of WGN-TV/ Chicago….Past President of the Radio-Television News Directors Association as well as the Society of Professional Journalists…an Effingham, Illinois native and a longtime television anchor in Champaign, Illinois on WCIA

May 31, 1998

JOE CAPPO, Crain Communications
Senior Vice President for International Licensing for Crain Communications...former Publishger of Advertising Age and Crain’s Chicago Business, where he writes a weekly column… Crain’s Chicago Business this year is celebrating its 20th anniversary…Recently elected President of the International Advertising Association at its World Congress in Cairo, Egypt…Author of FutureScope: Success Strategies for the 1990’s and Beyond

CHRIS ROBLING, Republican Party Activist
Former Republican Commissioner of Elections in Chicago…former President of the Association of US House Press Secretaries...longtime Republican operative.

STEVE PERRY, Reform Party Activist
Finance Chairman of the Reform Party of the USA…Treasurer of the Illinois Reform Party…an early 1992 Perot for President volunteer…President of Three Penny, Inc, a food service marketing company that specializes in placement of Belgium waffle equipment in restaurants…started with $7,000.00 and 20 machines, now has seven distributors and several hundred accounts.

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