Phil Kerpen

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Phil Kerpen is a well-known figure in both high school and college policy debate, a policy analyst in Washington, D.C. and a regular columnist in several papers.

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[edit] Writing

Phil Kerpen is a columnist for the New York Sun and a contributing editor for National Review Online. He has additionally published several columns in papers and magazines of differing sizes and circulations all over the country.

[edit] Policy analysis

Kerpen is director of policy at Americans for Prosperity[1]. Until June 23, 2006 he was policy director for the Free Enterprise Fund, a United States free market advocacy group[2]. Prior to that, Kerpen was involved in the Club for Growth.

[edit] Biography and education

A college dropout, he is also the publisher of several policy debate-related websites, including: Cross-X.com, the leading web site for high school debaters, and eDebate, the discussion list for college policy debate. Cross-X.com sells weekly "Thursday Files" to high school debaters containing recent evidence discussing political issues.

Kerpen was raised in Brooklyn, New York. He briefly attended both Hunter College High School and Stuyvesant High School in Manhattan. He attended, before dropping out, the University of Pittsburgh.

[edit] Policy debate

Kerpen is actively involved in the worlds of high school and college policy debate. He travels to several tournaments every year, judging and coaching. He also administers the college debate listserv, Edebate.

[edit] External links

[edit] Selected publications

  • [3]Stop Taxing Inflation by Phil Kerpen, New York Sun, September 25, 2006.
  • [4]Don’t Neutralize Video Franchise Reform by Phil Kerpen, National Review Online, April 19, 2006.
  • [5]Crying wolf over credit card fees by Phil Kerpen, Boston Globe, November 25, 2005.
  • [6]Show Me the Money! Dividend Payouts after the Bush Tax Cut by Stephen Moore and Phil Kerpen, Cato Briefing Paper No. 88, October 11, 2004.
  • [7]A Capital Gains Tax Cut: The Key to Economic Recovery by Stephen Moore and Phil Kerpen, Institute for Policy Innovation Policy Report #164, October 11, 2001.
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