Jamie Lee Curtis, 2/12/12

Actress and children's book author

It is not fame's fault. It is no one's fault. Do you blame cancer on fame? Do you blame diabetes on fame? It is a disease and like cancer, diabetes and depression, it is everywhere. Alcoholism and addiction is ever present and it wants you dead.

Mohamed A. El-Erian, 2/10/12

CEO and co-CIO, PIMCO

For the sake of both current and future generations, let us hope that Clint Eastwood's "Half Time in America" commercial will be remembered for more than just igniting yet another round of political bickering and finger pointing.

Valerie Jarrett, 2/6/12

Senior Advisor and Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs and Public Engagement

Right now, if you're a woman in the workforce, it can be surprisingly difficult to answer basic questions about equal pay: what's the typical salary for someone in your position? Should you be asking for more at the negotiating table? What are your fundamental legal rights?

Trita Parsi, 2/10/12

President, National Iranian American Council

It is lack of political courage that has permitted this looming confrontation. Only courage and will can bring us out of it. The question is whether Obama can muster that will in an election year when any compromise is bound to be cast by Republicans as a betrayal of Israel.

Arianna Huffington, 2/7/12

The recent reversal by the Komen foundation of its decision to no longer fund grants to Planned Parenthood is a case study in how radically social media have changed the way institutions relate to those they purport to serve.

Jim Messina, 2/6/12

Obama for America Campaign Manager

The campaign has decided to do what we can, consistent with the law, to support Priorities USA in its effort to counter the weight of the GOP Super PAC.

Marlo Thomas, 2/7/12

Award-winning actress, author, and activist

It's not every day that the federal government issues a postage stamp with your dad's picture on it. But our dad was not your every day kind of guy. On February 16, the U.S. Postal Service will officially release the new Danny Thomas stamp.

Dylan Ratigan and Eliot Spitzer, 2/10/12

We need to look at our banking and housing system and engage in a ruthless yet compassionate evaluation of whether it is working to solve our national needs. Serious thinkers in both parties recognize that it isn't.

Rita Wilson, 2/10/12

Editor at Large, Huff/Post50; Actor and Producer

What's the secret to long-lasting relationships? It seems your answers were close to what my answers would be: Laughter, kindness, respect, allowing the other to grow, hanging in there when it gets rough, not walking away. And great sex.

Gary Hart, 2/8/12

President, Hart International, Ltd.

Instead of endlessly and ineffectively interviewing the Santorums of the world, wouldn't it be interesting if just one of the Sunday morning talk programs rounded up George W. Bush and his cohorts to hold them accountable for the monumental act of folly that is still unfolding in Iraq?

Julianne Moore, 2/3/12

Actress

This year, in this election, I am committing to watching even more vigilantly. I truly can't imagine a more important election for us to make our voices heard.

Norman Lear, 2/11/12

Founder, People for the American Way

I had a dream last night. Mitt Romney had won the Republican nomination and the race for the presidency was on. The super PACs on behalf of Mitt coughed up their millions for starters -- and the attack ads began everywhere.

Robert Redford, 2/8/12

Actor, director, and environmental activist

The Keystone XL pipeline doesn't deliver on jobs or national security, it jeopardizes public health and safety and the president was right to reject it.

Barbara Becker, 2/8/12

Founder, EqualShot; Faculty, Columbia University

While walking with my 8-year-old son near our home in Manhattan, he spotted a purple swastika scrawled across a billboard advertisement. As I took in the complexities of the situation, my son uttered words that made my heart break.

David Cameron, 2/6/12

Prime Minister of Great Britain

Over the past 18 months we've put a massive amount of effort and investment into strengthening apprenticeships in this country - and it shows. Last year more than 450,000 people started an apprenticeship, roughly the same number as those who started in higher education.

Marian Wright Edelman, 2/10/12

President, Children's Defense Fund

Last year more Americans relied on food stamps to eat than at any time since the program began in 1939 -- 46 million. Yet once again some voices are starting to wonder whether we really need robust anti-hunger programs in America.

Jon Soltz, 2/10/12

Co-Founder of VoteVets.org, Iraq War Veteran

Our troops are professional and do their jobs -- men and women, alike. Does Rick Santorum think we're not?

Dr. Peggy Drexler, 2/6/12

Author, 'Our Fathers Ourselves. Daughters, Fathers, And The Changing American Family'

The Planned Parenthood flap will come and go in a couple of news cycles -- instructive, but ultimately harmless. But if the gains for women in the Affordable Care Act go down with the ship, it may take decades to get them back, if we can get them back at all.

Michael Moore, 2/11/12

Oscar and Emmy-winning director

On this day 25 years ago, in 1987, I became a filmmaker. I had no idea on that morning in Flint, Mich. what my life would be like after that, or what would happen to Flint, or to General Motors.

Christy Turlington Burns, 2/10/12

Founder, Every Mother Counts, Director/Producer, NO WOMAN, NO CRY, global maternal health advocate, mom, model

When was the last time your cell phone saved your life? In the world's poorest countries, this happens every day.

Bill Moyers and Michael Winship, 2/6/12

And now, a word about a good American being demonized, despite being long dead. Saul Alinsky is not around to defend himself, but that hasn't kept Newt Gingrich from using his name to whip up the froth and frenzy of his followers.

Lee Woodruff, 2/6/12

Co-Author, 'In an Instant'

For any of you who have struggled to realize a dream or long held the notion that there is a finite time line for what you want to accomplish, hang on a tick. I am here to say that anything, really, is possible.

Bill Gates, 2/10/12

Co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

I go to India at least once a year to see the progress of the work our foundation is doing there and I'm always struck by two things -- the dynamism of the place, and the tremendous need. Unfortunately, the former doesn't cancel the latter out.

Kerry Kennedy, 2/9/12

President, Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights

If we support the human and civil rights of our LGBTI citizens in the United States, we must also vigorously advocate against the passage of this bill and act to stop state-sanctioned homophobia from taking root in any country.