Dan Persons, 11.06.2009
Film Journalist
Not to put too fine a point on it, but the poster for Turning Green lies. It showcases Tim Hutton, Colm Meaney, and Allesandro Nivola, but while they'...
Robert Koehler, 11.06.2009
Syndicated writer, editor at Tribune Media Services
I remember big, white-teeth grins, laughter, especially from the kid in the white hoodie. He was laughing as he swung and connected with my cheekbone and I went down.
Jason Pinter, 11.05.2009
Bestselling Thriller Writer
I've asked six of the most renowned crime fiction critics in the country to weigh in with their thoughts on the state of the crime novel. I hope you find their responses as interesting as I did.
Jacob M. Appel, 11.02.2009
Bioethicist and medical historian
I have little doubt that the day will soon arrive when the CEOs of health "insurers" are dragged before Congress to face the same sort of interrogation to which the Waxman Hearings subjected Big Tobacco in the 1990s.
Edith Zimmerman, 10.29.2009
Writer and editor living in Brooklyn
Is it funnier when a child has marker on its face or when a criminal has marker on his face? I don't know--they're both so incredibly great.
Linda Buzzell, 10.28.2009
Psychotherapist, co-editor "Ecotherapy: Healing with Nature in Mind"
Can city life harm your memory and stunt your ability to control yourself? New research is revealing how urban living can actually harm the human brain
David A. Love, 10.24.2009
Writer and human rights advocate based in Philadelphia
Cameron Todd Willingham is now a free man, but unfortunately it took death to release him from the confines of his prison bars.
Seth Freed Wessler, 10.24.2009
Researcher at the Applied Research Center
Families are being torn apart by deportation at the treacherous intersection of immigration enforcement and the criminal justice system.
Philip N. Cohen, 10.23.2009
Sociologist at UNC-Chapel Hill.
A recent analysis on sex abuse concluded there isn't even the smallest blip at Halloween -- no increase in the rates on the days around Halloween compared with days two weeks before or after.
Halle Tecco, 10.19.2009
Social Entrepreneur
Here's a question to the country with the highest incarceration rate in the world: how do we turn tax-consuming inmates into tax paying, law-abiding citizens?
Stu Kreisman, 10.19.2009
Emmy award winning writer-producer and author.
Jess Zimmerman is a junior at Butler University. Last year he wrote criticisms of Butler's administration in an anonymous blog. We now have the first case of a university suing a student over online free speech.
Brian Levin, J.D., 10.12.2009
Director, Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism, California State University
All people of good will, no matter where they fall on the political spectrum, have a moral obligation to first and foremost decry the continuing hatred, violence and harassment that the gay community faces.
B. Jeffrey Madoff, 10.05.2009
Founder of Madoff Productions
Households with guns are 11 times more likely to use those guns to commit suicide than for self defense. But to be fair, we don't just kill ourselves, we kill others, a lot.
Dawn Teo, 10.04.2009
Arizona Politics
The suspect has not been identified and is described as a white male, about 5'6", heavily tattooed. The suspect fled the scene in a white four-door car with tinted windows.
Lise Waring, 10.02.2009
Interactive manager for the Telluride Tourism Board
At least five banks have been robbed since April, the most recent on Sept. 22. The banks all lie a few hours south of Telluride. The news would, no doubt, have made Butch Cassidy proud.
Jaclyn Friedman, 10.01.2009
Editor of Yes Means Yes: Visions of Female Sexual Power and a World Without Rape
In the confused minds of many, Polanski is a real-life Batman, a flawed anti-hero living outside the law because that's the only way he can truly overcome his tortured history.
Disgrasian, 10.01.2009
Diana Nguyen and Jen Wang are the creators of DISGRASIAN.com
As much as the details of Felicia Lee's life and death would seem sensational enough for widespread media coverage, unlike Annie Le's murder, Lee's has largely failed to capture the public's imagination.
Ramon Resa, MD, 09.30.2009
I recently gave a presentation in Chicago and took the opportunity to see a long time high school friend, Ernesto Moreno. We keep in touch by phone an...
Joe Territo, 09.29.2009
Content Director, NJ.com
John Paragano, the estranged husband of New York Radio DJ Diane Prior, today pleaded guilty of pushing her while in an argument two years ago at their...
Richard M. Benjamin, 09.26.2009
Author, Searching for Whitopia
Sparkman's workaday life and violent death -- whatever the cause and whoever the culprit -- highlight the precarious struggles of the white working class and the brewing storm surrounding the 2010 Census.