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Evan Shapiro, 05/18/12

President, Participant Television

The question is not "Is Lena Dunham Racist?"; it's "Is Lena Dunham any more racist than the rest of us?"

Cesar Millan, 05/18/12

Dog Whisperer and CEO of CesarsWay.com

Many communities are proposing making microchipping all dogs mandatory. Besides finding your dog, there are two good reasons to make microchips mandatory.

Regina Weinreich, 05/19/12

Co-producer and director, 'Paul Bowles: The Complete Outsider'

On a 42nd Street block that used to house peep shows, The Duke Theater is a resonant location for a play called Cock. Something is mortally wounded in this cockfight. That you are not sure what, is this richly spare play's triumph.

Chuck Gomez, 05/18/12

Playwright, former Emmy Award-winning television news journalist

Like almost all those who walk in the AIDS Walk New York, my reasons for participating are deeply personal. I feel as if I've witnessed the war against AIDS on the front lines. Let me tell you why.

Michael Varrati, 05/18/12

Actor, writer, and pop culture enthusiast

Movies are big affairs, and because of this, so too are the screens on which they are meant to be seen.

Joe Cirincione and Benjamin Loehrke, 05/18/12

The blockbuster problem in The Avengers is the writers' desire to turn a nuclear weapon into a golden bullet that can save the day -- even if this bomb is more likely to ruin it.

Al Eisele, 05/18/12

Editor-at-Large, The Hill

Robert Caro says he doesn't pay much attention to what reviewers write about his books, but he paid plenty of attention to what one reviewer wrote about The Passage of Power, the fourth and latest volume of his monumental biography of Lyndon Johnson.

Christine Negroni, 05/18/12

Award winning writer; essayist; author, Deadly Departures

Three years after his heroics on the Hudson River, Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger still has the Big Apple eating out of his hand. He still says all the right things and amazingly he thinks his greatest accomplishments lie ahead.

Dan Collins, 05/17/12

New York Editor-at-Large, The Huffington Post

The FBI and the NYPD: Where's the love? The New York police commissioner is irked because federal officials failed to brief him on the latest version of al-Qaeda's underwear bomb plot.

Margaret Fuhrer, 05/18/12

Associate editor, Dance Spirit and Pointe magazines

Fluid and changeable, they flatter dancers: Each beautiful position bleeds into the next one, so that mistakes and flaws don't have time to crystallize. Not that it's hard to make Cedar Lake's dancers -- ballet's cool kids -- look good.

Kelly Cogswell, 05/18/12

Lesbian activist, independent journalist and award-winning columnist, Gay City News

It's that time of year again, when lesbians all over the world huddle in back rooms, plotting global domination, civilization's end, and their annual Dyke March.

Jade Doskow, 05/18/12

Photographer and educator in New York.

World's Fairs typically were used by the hosting city as a reason to develop an urban site that was previously unused. Some of these sites were marshes, forests, or simply sprawling fields. A lot of my photographs examine a return to nature as weeds and plants would overgrow the exposition pavilions; in many cases, there was no real concrete proof that this huge event ever took place, except for the magnificent park that was developed as a direct result.

Bess Rowen, 05/18/12

Ph.D Student, Department of Theatre, CUNY, the Graduate Center

I am not saying that cross-dressing can't be funny, but I am saying that it is not a joke in and of itself. It is also simply old hat to laugh at a male character who seems emasculated. Haven't we moved past this?

Robert Doar, 05/18/12

Commissioner, New York City Human Resources Administration (HRA)

Taxpayers should not be forced to subsidize the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages. It is time for the federal government to take a second look at this issue.

Kevin M. Ryan, 05/18/12

President and CEO, Covenant House

I wanted to know more about what motivates Jon to play an important role in helping homeless youth -- his concern for them goes back more than three decades when, inspired by our New York City shelter, he wrote "Runaway," his first hit.

Bill Telepan, 05/18/12

Chef/Owner Telepan Restaurant, Executive Chef Wellness in the Schools (WITS)

Well, any ramp-haters out there will be happy: Ramp season is winding down and you don't have to hear about them or eat them until next March or April, depending on the weather.

Marcia G. Yerman, 05/18/12

Writer on Women's Issues; Co-founder of cultureID

Why the rally? Because this year the city has plans to demolish the East 91st Street Garbage Station, which has been closed for years, in order to build a 10-story Garbage Marine Transfer Station on the same site.