David Brooks is features editor of the Wall Street Journal’s editorial page.

Theodore Dalrymple is a physician who regularly sees patients in an English prison. He is a columnist for the London Spectator and a frequent contributor to the Daily Telegraph.

David Gelernter, author of the forthcoming 1939: The Lost World of the Fair (Free Press), teaches computer science at Yale University.

Kay S. Hymowitz, a City Journal contributing editor, has written about children and education for The New Republic, Dissent, The New York Times, and Newsday.

Carolyn Lochhead is Washington bureau chief for the San Francisco Chronicle.

David Garrard Lowe is a cultural historian who writes and lectures on American civilization. His books include Lost Chicago and Stanford White’s New York.

Heather Mac Donald is a contributing editor of City Journal. Her articles have also appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street journal, The New Republic, and The New Criterion.

Mitchell L. Moss is director of the Center for Urban Research at New York University’s Wagner Graduate School of Public Service.

Daniel Seligman is a contributing editor of Fortune, for which he writes the "Keeping Up" column.

Kenneth Silber writes about politics and economics. His articles have appeared in Commentary, the Washington Times, Insight, Reason, and other publications.

Roger Starr is a contributing editor of City Journal and a former member of the New York Times editorial board. He has also served as New York City’s housing and development administrator.

Sol Stern has written for New York Newsday and the Wall Street Journal and has served as a policy analyst for the New York City and New York State governments.

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