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THOMAS B. GRIFFITH
Thomas Griffith is a former federal judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Before his appointment to the bench he was Senate Legal Counsel, the chief legal officer of the United States Senate. YUVAL LEVIN
Yuval Levin is the founding editor of National Affairs, director of Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies at the American Enterprise Institute, and a contributing editor of National Review. He is the author of five books on public policy and political theory, including “The Fractured Republic: Renewing America’s Social Contract in the Age of Individualism.” In 2020, he published his latest book, “A Time to Build: From Family and Community to Congress and the Campus, How Recommitting to Our Institutions Can Revive the American Dream.”
NANCY FRENCH
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EDITOR JESSE HYDE CREATIVE DIRECTOR DAVID MEREDITH DEPUTY EDITOR CHAD NIELSEN EDITOR-AT-LARGE HAL BOYD CONTRIBUTING JAMES R. GARDNER EDITORS LAUREN STEELE CORRESPONDENT MICHAEL J. MOONEY STAFF WRITERS ETHAN BAUER ERICA EVANS LOIS M. COLLINS KELSEY DALLAS JENNIFER GRAHAM MYA JARADAT SOFIA JEREMIAS JEFF PARROTT
Nancy French is a five-time New York Times bestselling author. She’s also written opinion pieces for The Washington Post, USA Today, and National Review. In 2012, with her husband David French, she ran “Evangelicals for Mitt Romney” for the Romney campaign.
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PIERCE THIOT
Pierce Thiot is an art director and creative director based in LA and finds time to work between surfing sessions and daily Disneyland attendance. He has worked with agencies internationally and won an Emmy.
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NAOMI SCHAEFER RILEY
Naomi Schaefer Riley is a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute focusing on issues regarding child welfare. She is a former columnist for the New York Post and a former Wall Street Journal editor and writer, as well as the author of six books. Her latest, “Til Faith Do Us Part: How Interfaith Marriage is Transforming America,” was named an editor’s pick by The New York Times Book Review. 12 DESERET MAGAZINE
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Michael J. Mooney is a New York Times bestselling author. He writes for ESPN, Rolling Stone, The Atlantic, GQ, and Popular Mechanics. His stories have appeared in multiple editions of The Best American Sports Writing and The Best American Crime Reporting.
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WESTON COLTON
Weston Colton is a freelance commercial and editorial photographer based in Utah. While his photography frequently covers everything from lifestyle to product, he especially enjoys photographing people in their own unique, personal environments, combining portraiture and architecture.
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