BLITZED! TRUMP GOES BIRTHER AS ROMNEY ROLLS IN

Timothy Noah, 05/29/12

Author, 'The Great Divergence: America's Growing Inequality Crisis And What We Can Do About It'

Edward Conard has gotten a lot of press lately for writing a book that praises income inequality. Indeed, it is hard to ignore the hasty and ill-informed arguments he makes.

Alex McCord, 05/29/12

Author, Mom, TV Personality

What's the worst thing you've ever let your older child do to the younger one?

Dan Rather, 05/29/12

Host, 'Dan Rather Reports'

I recently returned to Pearl Harbor for a documentary film about that day of infamy and its many ripples through the subsequent 70 years of history. It was deeply personal work because I worry that the lessons of that day are in danger of being forgotten.

Keli Goff, 05/29/12

Author, Commentator and Contributing Editor, TheLoop21.com

In an interview with People magazine, when asked if she could be anyone in the world, the first lady replied "Beyonce." While I thought it was a slightly odd response, I assumed that maybe I was simply being too square.

Dan Collins, 05/29/12

New York Editor-at-Large, The Huffington Post

With New York City supporters like Donald Trump and Rudy Giuliani, the presumptive GOP presidential nominee has no need of enemies.

Andrew Bacevich, 05/29/12

Author, 'The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism'

When it comes to military policy, the Obama administration's success in shutting down wars conducted in plain sight tells only half the story, and the lesser half at that.

Seth Shostak, 05/29/12

Senior Astronomer, SETI Institute

There is no pretense that Hollywood aliens might accurately reflect actual inhabitants of the galaxy. But is it all just free-form imagination? Can contemporary science say much about whether these cinematic sentients might be ciphers for the real thing?

Michelangelo Signorile, 05/29/12

Editor-at-large, HuffPost Gay Voices; SiriusXM radio host

Chalk it up to progress that some celebrities are now embarrassed to be thought of as having been in the closet, which increasingly seems like a relic from the last century (even as it still endures mightily).

David Wild, 05/29/12

TV Writer; Contributing Editor, Rolling Stone; Co-Author, 'Diary of a Player"'

In honor of the June 12th publication of Not Taco Bell Material -- written by Adam Carolla and, as the cover notes, "As Shouted At Mike Lynch," I tweeted my 15,000 followers at @wildaboutmusic for their suggestions for some songs for this man called Ace.

Cara Santa Maria, 05/28/12

Science correspondent, Huffington Post; editor, Talk Nerdy to Me

Stephen rarely does public talks anymore. When he does, he draws an impressive crowd. And most of the people sitting in those seats are unaware of the effort that goes into composing the script he will follow over the course of the evening.

Jeffrey Laurenti, 05/29/12

Senior Fellow, The Century Foundation

Two weeks ago the crackdown on peaceful protests at the university in Aleppo triggered a hemorrhage of support for the government. The international reaction to the Houla massacre seems set to accelerate that erosion.

Jimmy Soni and Rob Goodman, 05/29/12

Why is Guantanamo still open? Why has there been no public accounting for the use of torture? Why does President Obama successfully claim the right to assassinate American citizens living abroad? And why do civil libertarians lose arguments of this sort time and again?

Jared Bernstein, 05/29/12

Senior Fellow, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

Assuming we someday get back to making useful national policy, personal nutrition is an area where we could make a big positive difference both to people's lives and to society's balance sheet.

Esther J. Hamori, 05/29/12

Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible, Union Theological Seminary

Opponents of marriage equality often appeal to the Bible to support their views. So what is this "biblical standard for marriage" we keep hearing about? Marriage in the Bible is not restricted to one man and one woman, or in fact to any one model.

John Feffer, 05/29/12

Co-director, Foreign Policy In Focus

The election cycle in 2008 cost more than $5 billion, including congressional races and the primaries. We spent, in other words, about $17 per capita for our last big elections.

Andrew Sharpless and Ted Danson, 05/29/12

What we have here is an opportunity to make a tangible difference in the battle against global hunger while restoring the health and bounty of the world's oceans. What a rare opportunity to benefit both man and ocean all at the same time.

Ari Solomon, 05/29/12

Writer, activist, and entrepreneur

When one thinks of a vegetarian or a vegan, I don't think they envision the Adonis that is Brooklyn-based actor/performer Zachary Koval. After reading his insights, it's clear he's not just a pretty face, either.

Karith Foster, 05/29/12

Comedian, Actor, Speaker, Creator www.diaryofapregnantcomedian.com

Pregnancy is like stand-up comedy. When you watch people do it on TV it looks easy, every now and again it looks painful, but there's always some part of you that's thinking: Psh! I could do that.

Bernard-Henri Lévy, 05/29/12

French philosopher and writer

Will France do for Houla and Homs what she has done for Benghazi and Misrata?

Maureen Ryan, 05/29/12

TV critic, The Huffington Post

I'm going to be fine with it when the current season of "Mad Men" ends. There's a grim, pervasively bleak quality to Season 5 that actually exceeds Season 4's descent into Don's private hell.

Dan Solin, 05/29/12

Author of the Smartest series of books

Facebook's much discussed IPO has generated a lot of discussion about the "real value" of the stock. Much of the information being disseminated is both inaccurate and harmful to investors.

Wray Herbert, 05/29/12

Author, 'On Second Thought: Outsmarting Your Mind's Hard-Wired Habits'

The dread risk effect remains the best explanation for London's cyclists, and it raises the possibility that terrorism leads to other discretionary but harmful choices that are as yet unknown.

Ben Colclough, 05/26/12

Adventure travel entrepreneur and occasional travel writer

It's been written about countless times, but Kilimanjaro still holds some secrets.

Eli Lehrer, 05/29/12

Vice President, The Heartland Institute

If the Ron Paul actually wants to see President Obama defeated in November, he should bow out of the Republican nomination process quickly, accept whatever offer the Romney camp offers him for a speaking slot during the convention, and endorse the inevitable nominee.