Exclusive: The First Excerpt from "Going Rogue"

Ben Wyskida, 09.29.2009

Ben Wyskida is a writer, blogger and Director of Publicity for The Nation Magazine ...

My father is feels very much proud. Joe the Plumber! Later I will go to the Hawaiian am the graduation from the high school the institute in Honolulu. Moose.

In Defense of FREE: Why I Don't Care That Arianna Doesn't Pay Me

Raymond Leon Roker, 09.16.2009

Publisher and co-founder of URB

When you really look at the traffic the average site generates, you see the Web is actually a big lonely place. And without real traffic, you're just preaching in an echo chamber.

JFK and the Unspeakable

Oliver Stone, 08.23.2009

Award-winning filmmaker

An extraordinary new book offers the best account I have read of the JFK tragedy and its significance.

Lessons Not Learned: Forget About Disaster Housing from FEMA

Harry Shearer, 08.08.2009

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

If you think of humans as the creatures most capable of learning from past mistakes, the ongoing saga of Hurricane Katrina and the flooding of New Orleans after the federal levees breached should give you some pause.

Man of the People

Alec Baldwin, 08.08.2009

Actor

I was sorry to watch, live on CNN, Edward R. Murrow and Emmy Award-winning broadcaster and all around "Man of the People" Jack Cafferty spit on me on his broadcast today.

Why I Was Arrested in Coal River, West Virginia

Daryl Hannah, 08.01.2009

Actress and activist

Why would I fly across the country on my own dime knowing I would most likely end up in jail in one of the poorest parts of America? Well, have you ever heard of MTR?

Don't Take the Bait

Alec Baldwin, 07.25.2009

Actor

Whatever personal problems that public officials deal with privately, leave them alone. This could happen to anyone, in any state, regardless of party.

Tone Deaf Governor

Mike Farrell, 07.04.2009

Chair of Death Penalty Focus, Mike Farrell wrote “Just Call Me Mike”

Leadership, Governor Schwarzenegger, means doing the right thing: serving people, not victimizing them.

Why Childless Straight Couples Make the Case for Gay Marriage

Alec Baldwin, 06.28.2009

Actor

One does not have to possess one molecule of identification with the gay cultural or political experience in this country to believe that gay Americans have the right to marry.

Saving the Brooklyn Bridge

Ana Ortiz, 06.20.2009

Actress

Believe it or not, the Brooklyn Bridge, as we know and love it, is in danger of being completely overshadowed by a monstrous commercial development.

An Apology Regarding My Letterman Appearance and a Clarification on U.S. Autoworkers

Alec Baldwin, 06.20.2009

Actor

While on the David Letterman program, I joked that I might need a "mail-order bride" to achieve the goal of having more children in my life. I believe that most people understood that this was a joke and took it as such.

The Rise and Fall of Detroit

Alec Baldwin, 06.17.2009

Actor

There can be only one legitimate response to the auto crisis. Let energy conservation and fuel efficiency rule the day. Let the carmakers go under.

A Hollow and Horrible Equivocation

John Cusack, 06.15.2009

Makes films

This is not an issue of partisan politics. It's a police matter... the investigation of a crime scene in which many more of us are complicit than is comfortable to recognize.

Why I Hired the Homeless to Work on The Soloist

Joe Wright, 06.13.2009

Director

To have the love that I hold dear for the community of the Skid Row residents called into question is hurtful.

Harnessing Nature's Power

Robert Redford, 06.11.2009

Actor, Director, and Environmental Activist

Why keep buying foreign crude when we could be making energy right here in Utah from sunlight, wind and geothermal power?

Arts Education in America

Quincy Jones, 06.09.2009

Composer, record producer, multi-media entrepreneur

Can we really run the risk of becoming a culturally bankrupt nation because we have not inserted a curriculum into our educational institutions that will teach and nurture creativity in our children?

A Rock and Roll Jihad for the Soul of Pakistan

Rob Asghar, 06.06.2009

Fellow, USC Center on Public Diplomacy

Sufi music represents spiritual kryptonite to the Taliban -- and it offers a fresh but ancient face of Islam to a West that is wary of invading hordes.

Time For New Ideas In Prevention of Teen Pregnancy

Jane Fonda, 06.06.2009

Activist, advocate and actress

I hope this administration will utilize scientific information and fund programs that work to reduce teen pregnancies, HIV and STDs and teach young people to make healthy, responsible choices.

The Power of Youth and the Winnable Battle Against Global Hunger

Drew Barrymore, 06.05.2009

If our youth don't have the priorities to help others, we are in trouble. If children who need and fundamentally deserve that right for food and education, don't get it, we are in trouble.

Waterboard Dick!!!

Bradley Whitford, 05.31.2009

Actor

Waterboarding works. American lives are at stake. And Dick Cheney has the all the information we need. What's a patriot to do?

The Pianist: Polish Political Protest

Shirin Sadeghi, 05.29.2009

Middle East Consultant and former Journalist for the BBC and Al Jazeera

There is something profoundly venerable about an artist who is not afraid to speak up. Krystian Zimerman spoke out against President Obama intention to press ahead with George W.'s plans to install a missile-defense shield in Poland.