William E. White

Royce R. & Kathryn M. Baker Vice President Productions, Publications, and Learning Ventures for the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Obedience to the law is not enough. Americans demand legal and ethical behavior from themselves and their fellow citizens.

Michael Hodin

Executive Director, Global Coalition on Aging

Diverse attention is now being given to Alzheimer's, a disease that is poised to become the nightmare of the 21st century without transformative breakthroughs in care, treatment, and prevention.

Judah Joseph

Music Industry major at the University of Southern California

It's a damn shame that Charli XCX isn't a household name by now. Having written Icona Pop's "I Love It," Aitchison has positioned herself as an emerging British pop star.

Binky Philips

Music aficionado

The actual zygote moment of The Planetsʼ inception took place, beyond appropriately enough, at The Whoʼs first full length concert in New York City on July 8, 1967.

Alan Black

Author and soccer columnist, San Francisco Chronicle

This is how it went -- one wet day, in the 19th century, the English crossed the border for a game of footie and were shocked to see Scots making a pass. They left bewildered and shocked, sending them home to think again, and to pretend that they invented soccer.

Kensington Tours

Custom private guided tour company

Both globetrotters and entertainment critics alike will agree that Europe sets the stage for some of the world's greatest adventures, from Greece in Mamma Mia to France in Les Misérables. What film will inspire your next holiday?

Sir Peter Westmacott

British Ambassador to the United States

When Foreign Secretary William Hague raised the Union Flag over the new offices on April 25, the UK became the first EU country to return to the Somali capital since the ruinous civil war that began in the early 1990s.

Sarwar Kashmeri

Adjunct Professor-Norwich U; Senior Fellow-Atlantic Council; Fellow-Foreign Policy Assoc.

There is no compelling national interest that requires American intervention in Syria's civil war. In fact, such an intervention would be a strategic error.

Carrie Seim

Travel writer & comedian

In celebration of the ultimate boy band, here are 16 must-see Beatles' attractions in Liverpool and London. Click away, Day Trippers!

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

Co-hosts of the radio's nationally syndicated 'Green News Report'

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport FACEBOOK: Green News Report The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via ...

Viator

Tours and activities around the world

Long flights with even longer layovers may seem less than ideal when you are eager to kick-start your vacation, but your stopover doesn't have to be b...

Imogen Lloyd Webber

Author and Broadcaster

Would I be the person I am today without Thatcher? Would I have worked as hard as I did at school, not flinch when debating a roomful of men -- or a Fox News host live on air -- without "The Iron Lady" as an example? I doubt it.

Sunil Sharan

Policy advisor & Clean energy pioneer

In an op-ed in the New York Times the day after the Boston bombings, Haider Javed Warraich expressed his fears about life as a Pakistani in America. H...

Carlo Cottarelli

Director of the IMF's Fiscal Affairs Department

The 2008-09 global economic crisis pushed public debt ratios of advanced economies to levels never seen before during peacetime. These high debt levels expose countries to a loss of market confidence and, ultimately, damage long-term growth prospects.

David Miles

Carnegie Scholar at St Andrews University; Managing Editor of Global Politics Magazine

Unlike Chancellor Merkel of Germany, who has a reputation for only sticking her neck out when confident of victory, Margaret Thatcher sometimes had little choice in the timing of the battles she had to fight.

Leo W. Gerard

International President, United Steelworkers

Democrats must exorcise the evil specter of Margaret Thatcher and promote a budget that respects Americans' time-honored commitment to each other and to community.