Leon T. Hadar, 01.06.2010
Journalist and foreign affairs analyst
You want some American "attention." Circulate reports that there is an Al Qaeda in [fill the space] and before you know, Uncle Sam, shows up with a nice economic stimulus package and American GI's.
Cedric Perrier, 01.06.2010
Columnist
Leadership challenges are not all that unusual in British politics; however, this turn of events does seem to re-write the history books. Cannibalizing the Labour Party could be a stroke of genius.
Sabria Jawhar, 01.06.2010
Journalist
Al-Qaeda would like nothing better than for me and my fellow Saudi students to stay at home. But I won't allow Al-Qaeda to make me a victim in my own country and the country where I am pursuing my studies.
Evelyn Leopold, 01.06.2010
Veteran reporter at the United Nations
Diplomats said Beijing was taking a tougher line, independent from Russia, fearing sanctions would encroach on trade and on oil exports.
Ben Rosen, 01.05.2010
Rory Stewart just turned 37. He is not now in government; he has never even stood for election. And he's going to become prime minister of Great Britain.
Jacob M. Appel, 01.02.2010
Bioethicist and medical historian
Our draconian consent laws are largely the product of a conservative political culture that has transformed the fight against child molestation into a full-blown war on teenage sexuality.
Ben Cohen, 12.31.2009
Editor of The Daily Banter.com
The execution of Akmal Shaikh was another use of indirect aggression, showing the West that China doesn't care what it thinks and will do what it wants.
LabourList, 12.30.2009
Independent progressive blog
By Anthony Painter
"It is immensely moving when a mature man -- no matter whether old or young in years -- is aware of a responsibility for the conse...
Mark Bazer, 01.01.2010
Mark Bazer writes a syndicated humor column and hosts The Interview Show in Chicago
Audrey Niffenegger, author of the new Her Fearful Symmetry, as well as The Time Traveler's Wife, stopped by "The Interview Show."
Amb. Marc Ginsberg, 12.29.2009
Former US Amb. to Morocco
Yemen's fate, like Somalia's or Pakistan's, will help determine the future struggle against terrorism. The U.S. cannot afford to ignore Yemen's plight.
William Bradley, 12.28.2009
California-based Political Analyst NewWestNotes.com
Doctor Who's present incarnation of the Doctor, the tenth to date, is reaching "the end of his song."
Brad Balfour, 12.28.2009
Veteran Interviewer and Pop Culture Chronicler
One of the great things about English actress Emily Blunt is that she carries no vestige of her characters beyond the set -- especially not when she's playing the British Queen Victoria.
Rabbi Abraham Cooper, 12.21.2009
Associate dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center and its Museum of Tolerance
Today, old hatreds are being repackaged and supersized in a way that would have made Josef Goebbels, Hitler's Minister of Hate, drool with envy.
Rob Richie, 12.19.2009
Executive director of FairVote
Here's an excerpt from the FairVote Reformer for December 2009 focused on proportional voting and other alternatives to winner-take-all elections.
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Jon Chattman, 12.18.2009
Founder of thecheappop.com, pop culture/music writer, and author of "Sweet Stache"
Arctic Monkeys have already conquered their homeland, and as evidenced last week, they're slowly gaining momentum in the states.
S.J. Parris, 12.15.2009
Author, Journalist
Why are we compelled to go on retelling the story of this troubled royal dynasty who lived and loved and fought and shagged and chopped off heads half a millennium ago?
LabourList, 12.14.2009
Independent progressive blog
By David Kerr
Opponents of the public option in the Senate's draft healthcare bill argue variously that it is anti-competitive, will cost too much to...
Jim Luce, 12.12.2009
Thought Leaders and Global Citizens
I have been a friend of Friends Without A Border (FWAB), the international fundraising source of the Angkor Hospital for Children (AHC), for several y...
Jim Luce, 12.09.2009
Thought Leaders and Global Citizens
As the world recently celebrated the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of the Cold War, Rotary International - a humanitaria...
William Bradley, 12.04.2009
California-based Political Analyst NewWestNotes.com
It's Barack Obama's war now -- a war in which the Nobel Peace Prize-winner has placed himself at the helm of the largest military force ever sent to Afghanistan. Here are some key things to know.
Lincoln Mitchell, 12.02.2009
Harriman Institute, Columbia University
There were moments during the speech last night when if you closed your eyes, imagined the grammar a little mangled and a few words mispronounced, you could have easily been listening to President Bush.