Art, Design and How We Learn

Agnes Gund, 11.16.2009

President Emerita and Chairman of the International Council of The Museum of Modern Art

We know, when we are inside MoMA or the Met, that we are experiencing art; no doubt about it. What is less clear is that we are also experiencing art when we wander the avenues and alleys.

Afghanistan--A Voice for the Choice Obama Has Rejected

Harry Shearer, 10.29.2009

Actor, author, director, satirist, musician, radio host, playwright, multi-media artist

If there's any consistency to America's foreign policy mistakes since WWII, it's the saga of brilliant men deciding upon wars in countries they barely understand; whose history they ignore--at our peril.

A Regional Summit on the War in Afghanistan?

Hoyt Hilsman, 10.15.2009

Journalist, screenwriter, critic, recent candidate for Congress

A lengthy and focused counterinsurgency effort might eventually produce results, but its chances of success are greatly diminished by the political climate in Afghanistan.

Anger in America

Joe Peyronnin, 11.17.2009

NYU Journalism Professor

Politicians are too focused on scoring short term political points and securing corporate donations for their campaign. No wonder everyone is so angry.

More Americans Empathize with Muslims

Parvez Ahmed, 11.10.2009

U.S. Fulbright Scholar and Associate Professor at University of North Florida

The latest Pew poll shows the percentage of Americans who view Islam to be a violent religion is at its lowest level in recent years.

Colin Powell Endorses Bloomberg. Honest!

Jarrett Murphy, 11.10.2009

Investigations editor at City Limits

The mayor has praised Colin Powell as a man of ability, integrity and independence. It's been said before, and it will be said again, regardless of what Powell's record actually suggests.

President Obama and Importance of Staying in School

James M. Gentile, 11.09.2009

President of Research Corporation for Science Advancement

One of the major stories in the media over the past week has been conservative outrage over the prospect of President Barack Obama addressing the nati...

Which Communities Are Still in High Sizzle Support Mode for Barack Obama?

Steve Clemons, 10.18.2009

Publisher of "The Washington Note"

There are a lot of folks out there who are as grateful today for Obama running the nation as they were in January -- but we aren't hearing much from them of late.

GOP Must Repudiate Limbaugh or Be Defined by Him

Menachem Rosensaft, 09.18.2009

Founding Chairman of the International Network of Children of Jewish Holocaust Survivors

By tolerating and encouraging Limbaugh, the Republican leadership is fomenting racial and ethnic hatred that could have disastrous consequences for our country.

The Gates Affair: Why We Care

Daniel Bruno Sanz, 09.10.2009

Reader of Times, author of rhymes

Inheritance is White, poor credit scores, Black. A missing woman is White and a fugitive on the loose is Black.

Slogging Towards Repeal

Aubrey Sarvis, 09.06.2009

Executive Director of the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network

The nation's armed forces are stretched thin, very thin. Repeal of DADT is a national security issue, first and last.

Comical Posturing on Israel

David A. Harris, 09.02.2009

President, National Jewish Democratic Council

Keep talking, Mr. Cantor. You're just helping to keep Jews pulling the lever for Democrats.

Obama 2012

Daniel Bruno Sanz, 08.16.2009

Reader of Times, author of rhymes

I went to New York to meet Obama the candidate, and in a Soho apartment he told a small group of us that his middle name was Hussein. I thought he was telling a joke.

Punching the Tar Baby

Larry Gellman, 08.16.2009

From the moment Judge Sotomayor was nominated to the court, the Right wing made it clear that they were going to play the only card left in the Republican deck -- the race card.

Remembering History, Powell, and McNamara

Stanley Kutler, 08.12.2009

E. Gordon Fox Professor of U.S. Institutions

Colin Powell and Robert McNamara exemplify the ever-loyal, unquestioning subordinate. McNamara self-righteously invoked Dean Acheson's quiet departure from the New Deal as his model, but Acheson's silence did not assure him a place at the World Bank. If McNamara had denounced the war, would it have made a difference? What if the very popular Colin Powell had expended some of his political capital and denounced the dubious rationalization for war against Iraq? Perhaps their dramatic gestures would have been wasted. But Archibald Cox's forceful stand against Nixon in October 1973 is instructive, showing that public resistance to a superior can make a difference.

What Can Be Done Now on DADT

Aubrey Sarvis, 08.07.2009

Executive Director of the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network

Discrimination in our armed forces carries a potent symbolism: It tells an entire class of people that the country is not interested in their service.

Attention, Don Rumsfeld: Here's What You've Yearned For

Harry Shearer, 07.22.2009

Actor, author, director, satirist, musician, radio host, playwright, multi-media artist

Don? This thing on? I'm sure HuffPo hasn't made it into your briefing folders, but here you go: Colin Powell lied. Condi lied. I've said it before. I'll say it again.

President Obama Confronts Holocaust Evil, Now Confront Slavery Evil

Earl Ofari Hutchinson, 07.07.2009

Political Analyst and Social Issues Commentator

The U.S. government, not just a handful of evil Southern planters, encoded slavery in the Constitution, and protected and nourished it for a century. The government should apologize.

Open Letter to Republican Gov. Romney, Rep. Cantor, and Gov. Bush from a Black Republican

Sophia A. Nelson, 07.04.2009

Editor in chief, Political Intersection Blog

The GOP must have a place for Republicans like Colin Powell and Olympia Snow who are less conservative -- but who believe in core Republican principles.

Colin Powell: No Good Samaritan, only Bush's Deal-Sealer

Coleen Rowley, 07.02.2009

Former FBI Special Agent

It might not be exactly kosher to repost somebody else's opinion piece, like Ray McGovern's May 28th one, "Colin Powell: No Good Samaritan" (first pos...

Where Is the Republican Marketplace of Ideas?

Jack Myers, 07.02.2009

Transformational Leadership for the Media Industry

By: Andy Myers Republicans keep talking about ideas. As in: "Let's stop focusing on personalities like Rush Limbaugh and Dick Cheney and Colin Po...