•       New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller, writing in 1968 about the importance of pragmatism in politics;

•       Congressman Melvin Laird, writing that same year about the Republican agenda should the GOP win a majority in the House that fall;

•       Michigan Governor George Romney, also writing in 1968, about the war in Vietnam and his plan to establish a “positive program for peace.”

•       Secretary of Labor George Schultz, writing in 1970 about the Nixon Administration’s plan to achieve equal opportunity in the workplace;

•       Scholar Morton Halperin, writing in 1974 about national security and civil liberties and the challenge Congress faces in balancing the two;

•       United States Senator John Tower, writing in 1982 about national defense and the need to keep America secure;

•       David Eisenhower, talking in 1988 about his grandfather, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and his father-in-law, Richard Nixon;

•       U.S. Representative Newt Gingrich, talking in 1989 about the future of the Republican Party and his new role as House Minority Whip;

•       Presidential speechwriter Peggy Noonan, talking in 1992 about the politics of the moment and the race for President that year;

•       U.S. Representative Rob Portman, writing in 1999 about retirement security and the need to reform the nation’s outdated pension laws;

•       Former U.S. Representative J.C. Watts, talking in 2007 about race and the Republican Party; and,

•       U.S. Senator John McCain, talking last year about his campaign for the Presidency and America’s place in the world.

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