Aspen Ideas Festival

Molly Ball is a staff writer covering national politics at The Atlantic. She joined The Atlantic in September 2011 from Politico, where she covered the fight for the 2012 GOP nomination, the 2010 midterm elections, and the national political landscape. Prior to joining Politico in... Read More →

Ronald Brownstein is political director of the Atlantic Media Company and National Journal Group’s editorial director, in charge of long-term editorial strategy. He also writes a weekly column and regularly contributes other pieces for both National Journal and The Atlantic, and... Read More →

Charlie Cook is publisher of The Cook Political Report and political analyst for the National Journal Group, where he writes weekly for National Journal magazine and its CongressDailyAM. He also writes a regular column for the Washington Quarterly, published by the Center for Strategic... Read More →

David Leonhardt is the Washington bureau chief of The New York Times. Previously, he wrote the paper’s Economic Scene column, focusing on the housing bubble, the economic downturn, the budget deficit, health care reform, and education. In 2011, he won the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished... Read More →