Steve Heilig, 01.31.2012

Healthcare ethicist, editor, epidemiologist, environmentalist, and ethnomusicologist

Exclusive news: Newt Gingrich and Charlie Sheen are the same person. Think of it -- have you ever seen them together? OK, maybe that's not convincing enough.

Nancy Berk, Ph.D., 12.29.2011

Clinical Psychologist, Comic, Author

This year, Hollywood and the media handed parents everywhere more material for their "I told you so" conversations. Here's a recap...

Eric Yaverbaum, 12.30.2011

Bestselling author

2011 was the year social media exploded and influenced our lives in many ways. Through technology, we have become more individualized and separated, however, through social media, we have the ability to communicate relationally.

Rich Robinson, 02.21.2012

Media relations specialist

Some blunders are unavoidable; often they are self-inflicted. One thing's for certain: 2011 provided some stunning examples of public relations disasters.

Lee Brenner, 02.20.2012

Co-Founder, HyperVocal.com

We give you the definitive retrospective of the most significant year in recent memory, 12 powerful months marked by fighting for freedom, protesting inequality, watching in awe the fury of nature and wincing at sex and abuse scandals.

Dr. Peggy Drexler, 02.13.2012

Author, 'Our Fathers Ourselves. Daughters, Fathers, And The Changing American Family'

How did the heart of a nation's leadership selection turn into a predictable reality show, where damaged players arrive in a limo, melt down and get voted off? And... how much more of this can Republican voters take?

Mark Juddery, 02.04.2012

Writer and journalist

Having listed the most overrated things about 2010 and the entire previous decade, it's now time to look back on the vintage year of 2011 - a year whe...

Mark Morford, 01.30.2012

Columnist, SFGate; Author, 'The Daring Spectacle: Adventures in Deviant Journalism'

Toddlers. Oh, they think they're so cute. They think they're so important, what with claiming to be... what was it again? Right. "The future." I mean, please.

John Blumenthal, 01.14.2012

Novelist, 'Three and a Half Virgins"; screenwriter, 'Blue Streak'; curmudgeon

The details of the scheme were contrived by me and two other grassroots activists including my wife (who bakes cookies for our local Democratic club fundraisers), and a guy named Tim who I met at Lenscrafters.

Matt Wilstein, 12.21.2011

Founder, Gotcha Media

Now that Gaddafi's gone, here's a look back at some of the ways the dictator punctuated comedy over the years.

Austin Carty, 12.04.2011

Author, Speaker, Blogger, "Survivor" Castmember, Public High School English Teacher

I like Ashton Kutcher as much as the next guy. In fact, I probably like Ashton Kutcher more than the next guy. Therefore, it pains me to say this: I don't think he can pull this Two and a Half Men thing off.

Carolyn Bucior, 11.22.2011

Author, 'Sub Culture: Three Years in Education's Dustiest Corner'

Teaching is one of our nation's most important jobs and someone like you, with only a day's training, can do it. That's a Venn diagram joke.

Matt Wilstein, 11.21.2011

Founder, Gotcha Media

This week kicked off with the Emmy Awards and things only got weirder from there.

Zachary Stockill, 11.20.2011

Freelance journalist

Around six months ago, anyone within range of any form of communications technology was aware of the accelerated descent into the Heart of Darkness un...

Greg Archer, 11.19.2011

Author, screenwriter, journalist and professional mood-swinger

Charlie Sheen walked out of his Comedy Central Roast sizzling if not intact, relatively unscathed and seemingly pumped up for the future.

Will Durst, 01.23.2012

Political comic, former radio talk show host, syndicated columnist, author, motivational speaker

The 8 challengers for his mantle didn't just break the Gipper's 11th Commandment this week, "Thou shall not speak ill of other Republicans," they stomped on it with football cleats and shoved it down a sewer grate with a broken rake handle.