Meet the Contributors

Arthur Cleroux

Arthur is a former editor and consultant. Born in India to missionary parents, he spent his early career working in development for NGOs in Asia, Central America, and Africa.

Arthur has an educational background in history and psychology, with certifications from the University of Oxford and Leiden in the economics, politics, and ethics of mass migration and comparative theories in terrorism and counterterrorism.

He is currently launching CivWest, a company focused on building capital to fund restorative projects and create resilient systems across the Western world. 

Jim Ellis

Mr. Ellis formerly provided political consulting services to the House Republican majority through 2006, has run two national political action committees, and managed successful political campaigns.

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Jim speaks around the country on electoral politics, has previously appeared on the morning news program of the CBS affiliate in Washington, DC, is a regular on the Sunday Morning Newsmakers with Larry Marino radio show on KRLA in Los Angeles and has been interviewed on Bloomberg News, as well as many national and local radio programs.

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Creator of the Ellis Insight publication and Senior Political Analyst for the Business-Industry Political Action Committee (BIPAC), Ellis analyzes electoral politics and reports upon trends, characteristics, and tendencies in American elections for political action committees, associations, and legislative advocacy firms. 

Jules Gomes (BA, BD, M.Th., Ph.D.) 

Dr. Gomes holds a doctorate in biblical studies from the University of Cambridge. Currently a Vatican-accredited journalist based in Rome, Jules is the author of five books and several academic articles. Gomes has lectured at Catholic and Protestant seminaries and universities and was a canon theologian and artistic director at Liverpool Cathedral. 

Barbara Toth (Ph.D.)

Dr. Toth holds a doctorate in rhetoric and composition from Bowling Green State University.  Barbara has taught at universities in the US, China, and Saudi Arabia. Her work in setting up a writing center at Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahmen University, an all-women's university in Riyadh, has been featured in American journals. Toth has published academic and non-academic articles and poems internationally.

Gary Michael Voris (STB)

Mr. Voris holds a graduate degree, Cum Laude, from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome. Voris earned multiple awards for 40+ years of news media experience for writing, producing, and investigative work from the Associated Press, Detroit Press Club, and Michigan Broadcasters Association, as well as four news Emmys in multiple categories. He graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1983 with an undergraduate major in Communications and a minor in History.

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In 2006, exhausting more than $1 million dollars of his own life savings, he began Saint Michael's Media, blazing the trail and setting the standard in the Catholic media world for video presentations with the mission of bringing Christ to the internet. Voris has also authored multiple books and is perhaps most well-known for writing almost 4,000 scripts for his daily program, The Vortex. 

Stephen Wynne (BA, MBA)

Writer, editor, and producer, Mr. Wynne has spent the past seven years covering, from a Catholic/Christian perspective, the latest developments in the Church, the nation, and the world. Prior to his work in journalism, he spent eight years co-authoring “Repairing the Breach,” a book examining the war of worldviews between Christianity and Darwinism. A Show-Me State native, he holds a BA in Creative Writing from Pepperdine University and an Executive MBA from the Bloch School of Business at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.