Who are the investors behind americanrespect.com?  Someone paid for a
NYT ad in Sunday's paper - all I can find are typical things like
registrar and web hosting company.  Is this Soros?

"We paid for the ad personally--and with our own money. It was money
we could have spent on other things. But we have been highly
frustrated that no public person or entity is articulating the issue,
much less the path forward, in the way we believe can truly bring a
solution. No one is articulating a thorough and historically grounded
intellectual context for opposing these policies in Iraq. In a modest
attempt to redress this, we took the approach of placing this ad and
building the associated website."
<http://www.americanrespect.com/aboutus.htm> 

I would doubt that it is George Soros (since Mr. Soros does not hide
the organisations he supports), but I also find it peculiar that the
"American Respect" people choose to stay anonymous.

The information, which you already have, points to three private
individuals and a small business, all in Swarthmore, PA.

If I find anything worth of an answer, I'll post it. However, it is
possible that they are telling the truth - they financed their own
ads. I must say, that the wording and style of the essay does not
sound as if it has been written by professionals.

Just a comment: I did not post the information on these individuals
exactly because they are PRIVATE individuals. I would discourage
anyone to do so in the comments here.