Peter Schweizer - Peter Schweizer is a research fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. A former consultant to NBC News, he also served as a member of the Ultraterrorism Study Group at the U.S. Government's Sandia National Laboratory.
His books have been translated into eleven languages. His most recent work is Do as I Say (Not as I Do): Profiles in Liberal Hypocrisy (Doubleday, October 2005). The book spent eight weeks on the New York Times bestsellers list. The Economist magazine called it the ninth biggest selling political book on the entire planet in November 2005.
Peter Schweizer discusses The Power of Ideas: Why Conservatives are Happier, Work Harder and Complain Less than Modern Liberals.
Hoover Fellow Peter Schweizer uses survey data to analyze how modern liberal thinking affects the way liberals conduct their lives and form their opinions.
The event was part of the Hoover Institution's 2008 Spring Retreat.
Perhaps the wisest thing I heard in your sermon was your wife's response, "too busy hugging trees".
Could it be that there is an important correlation to consider? It comes as no surprise to me, a liberal with no political affiliation, that my father, who trusts conservative media for reliable information regarding topics such as global population, energy reserves, and climate disruption fits neatly into the picture your data and portrayal paint of the majority of conservatives.
Never before has Pascal's Wager been adaptable for such important use as right now, today. When it comes to the challenges mentioned above there is only one choice for those of us who think long and hard about the sacrifices facing our grandchildren if we err on the wrong side of these critical issues.
I'm asking you to join me in helping our grandchildren while we still can. Even if that means travelling less often to see them. If you're willing to do more, please help us put an end to corn biofuel subsidies asap.