Sudan's Unhappy Anniversary

John Prendergast, 01.08.2010

Co-Founder of the ENOUGH Project

Enough's Laura Heaton co-authored this post. This Saturday marks the fifth anniversary of a monumental peace agreement in Sudan, one that brought a c...

"A Leader In Style"

Jim Lichtman, 01.07.2010

This is President Barack Obama. Whether I'm facing the bitter cold of China's foreign policy or the bitter winds on Capitol Hill, I can do it in co...

Weird Science: Why Politicians and Pundits Cling to the "Cadillac Tax" Idea

Richard (RJ) Eskow, 01.07.2010

Consultant, Writer, Health Analyst

I believe that the President, Sen. Kerry, and other advocates of the "Cadillac tax" on health care plans are intelligent, ethical, dedicated people. So why do they support what amounts to wishful thinking based on dubious research?

Gilbert Arenas And Gun Responsibility

Paul Helmke, 01.07.2010

President, Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence

New developments in the Christmas Eve gunplay between Gilbert Arenas and Washington Wizards teammate Javaris Crittenton seem to come out every hour. ...

Roy Sekoff On AIG-Fed Emails: This Has Got To Be The End Of Tim Geithner (VIDEO)

Huff TV, 01.07.2010

HuffPost Editor Roy Sekoff appeared on The Ed Show Thursday to weigh in on news that Tim Geithner and the New York Fed actively worked to keep details...

Star Trek's Guidance for the FCC

Art Brodsky, 01.07.2010

communications director, Public Knowledge

In the next few weeks, we'll see whether our FCC will be bold enough to make sure that high-speed Internet connections (known as "broadband") will be available and affordable to everyone.

Why Latin America is Disappointed with Barack Obama

Sarah Stephens, 01.07.2010

Director of the Center for Democracy in the Americas

Obama's refusal to develop and implement a new Cuba policy -- one based on U.S. national interests with a goal of fully normalizing relations -- exemplifies continuity in the way the U.S. views the region.

Illness Speaks: Healing from Cancer, Addiction and Racism in the Age of Rush Limbaugh

Molly Secours, 01.08.2010

Writer, Filmmaker, Speaker

Cancer, racism and addiction are equally toxic and reside within all of us. By surrendering to the grief beneath our grievance we can then speak and take action with strength, compassion and clarity.

Gray Matters: Grading Obama

Saul Friedman, 01.07.2010

Columnist, Gray Matters

Those of us older Americans with memory have discovered that, so far, President Obama is not a Franklin Roosevelt of tough bank regulation and Social Security; or a Lyndon Johnson of civil rights and Medicare.

Afghanistan and Global Dominance

The Real News, 01.07.2010

Engdahl: US-China strategy driving Afghan war, but no real long-range thinking in place. ...

Mr. President, Fire Somebody. Anybody

Lloyd Garver, 01.07.2010

Writer and producer

In response to the Christmas "underpants bomber," an outraged President Obama called his security and intelligence people together. The headline on t...

Does Afghanistan Have a Military Solution?

Asheel Qayum, 01.07.2010

Afghani journalist

With President Obama's order to inject more troops into Afghanistan, tension has risen among the ordinary Afghans in the countryside. With more troops come more insurgents.

The Shameless Hypocrisy of Peter King

Michael J.W. Stickings, 01.07.2010

Founder and editor of The Reaction, a liberal political blog

No, not that Peter King, that Peter King (who seems to call himelf "Pete," perhaps to distinguish himself from the more famous other Peter King). Obvi...

White House Creates Ministry of Hindsight and Self-Flagellation

Spencer Green, 01.07.2010

Visit Mr. Green's website parallelfilmguide.com

The mission of the Ministry of Hindsight and Self-Flagellation will be to organize and exacerbate reaction to any future past issues that end badly and make the government look stupid.

Winston Churchill Still Instructs

Tony Blankley, 01.07.2010

Columnist, author

Contrary to complaints from Democrats, there is nothing partisan or improper about criticizing Obama's policy. Dissenting with honesty, ferocity and courage is one of Churchill's lessons to us.

Obama's First Year a Good One for the Environment

Rob Perks, 01.07.2010

Director of NRDC's Center for Advocacy Campaigns

As someone who spent considerable time tracking every good, bad, and ugly environmental action by the Bush administration, I can say without a doubt that things are looking a whole lot brighter under the new regime.

Why Obama Should Rethink the Closure of Yucca Mountain

Wil Hylton, 01.07.2010

GQ Correspondent

It has been especially sad to watch Obama simply buckle to political pressure from Majority Leader Reid over the Yucca Mountain issue without offering any other solution to the nuclear waste crisis.

How to Lose Nigeria and Alienate Africa

Robert Amsterdam, 01.07.2010

International lawyer on emerging markets, politics of business, and rule of law

Nigeria may have problems, but it is not the world's next hotbed of extremism. Muslims and Christians there have forged a mostly harmonious co-existence that is rare and desirable.

How to Green Your 2010

Avital Binshtock, 01.07.2010

Sierra magazine's lifestyle editor and editor of the Sierra Club's Green Life blog.

Whether you call them resolutions, goals, or lifestyle changes, here are four key measures you can take to make 2010 easier on the planet.

How the US Became a Third World Nation: A 2026 Retrospective

Brock Cohen, 01.07.2010

Freelance writer, blogger, high school English teacher

What's better than recapping the birth of our blessed and glorious republic? Happy birthday, my beloved Turkmerika!

More Compelling Evidence That Free Market Capitalism Doesn't Work Without Government Regulation

Stewart Acuff, 01.07.2010

Director of Organizing, AFL-CIO

Now we have a leading University of Chicago economist making the key economics rationale for quick passage of the Employee Free Choice Act.