Obama's Challenge in Cyberspace

Richard A. Clarke, 05.08.2009

Former Advisor to the President on Cyber Security

In the next few days President Obama will decide whether he will live up to his campaign promises about dealing seriously with the challenge of cyber security.

Health Care Reform: Some Basic Principles

George Lakoff, Glenn W. Smith, Eric Haas, 05.08.2009

Author and Professor of Cognitive Science and Linguistics at UC Berkeley

Frank Luntz recommends "humanizing" Republican rhetoric to avoid humanizing health care in America. The American Plan is America at its best.

Why We Need Bristol (and Levi)

Cristina Page, 05.08.2009

Author of How the Pro-Choice Movement Saved America

There is a valuable lesson to learn. And, oddly, the quiet girl thrust into the public spotlight as a result of a most private mishap might just help teach it. That is if Levi is invited along.

25 Years After HIV Discovery: A Global Call to Action

Dr. Robert C. Gallo and Dr. Luc Montagnier, 05.08.2009

Co-discoverers of the HIV virus

Globally, many are acting as though HIV and AIDS are no longer the threat they were 25 years ago when the HIV virus was first discovered. However, in fact they remain an unparalleled global health threat.

Reading The Pictures: Scoring Off John And Elizabeth

Michael Shaw, 05.08.2009

Publisher of the visual politics blog, BAGnewsNotes

The key to understanding the latest hooha over the John Edwards-Elizabeth Edwards soap opera is to recognize that this photo -- published far-and-wide over the past few days -- came from Harpo Productions.

Angry Cleveland Indians Fans Demand Team Take Steroids

Andy Borowitz, 05.08.2009

BorowitzReport.com

The national pastime suffered another black eye last night when a mob of irate Cleveland Indians fans poured onto the diamond at Progressive Field to demand that their team take steroids.

Two Problems with the Stress Tests

Alan Schram, 05.07.2009

Managing Partner of Wellcap Partners, a hedge fund based in Los Angeles

One, I don't trust them. Second, a one-size-fits-all, checklist type test is destined to be very lacking. Banks are different in their capital positions and loan exposures.

Words Designed to Kill Health Care Reform

Sen. Jeff Merkley, 05.07.2009

U.S. Senator from Oregon

Frank Luntz, the man who promoted preemptive war in Iraq and distracted from the severity of global warming, is at it again -- this time with a messaging strategy designed to sink health care reform.

Target Women: Obama Arms

Sarah Haskins, 05.08.2009

Host of “infoMania’s” "Target Women" on Current TV

The first one hundred days of Barack Obama's administration have come and gone and America is excited: we've got stimulus! We've got a puppy! But there's STILL one thing all American women want: Michelle Obama's super buff guns.

Must-Read Study: "The Media's Decision to Play the Stenographer Helped Opponents of Climate Action Stifle Progress"

Joseph Romm, 05.08.2009

Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress, Editor of ClimateProgress.org

One of the country's leading journalists has written a searing critique of the media's coverage of global warming, especially climate economics.

Golden State Blues

Phil Angelides, 05.07.2009

Former California State Treasurer

When Californians look to Sacramento, they see a governor and a state government that have consistently failed to honestly address the state's chronic fiscal disarray.

For the Culture War, a Hail Mary

Chris Korzen, 05.08.2009

The Notre Dame "scandal" is little more than a manufactured controversy, and a predictable product of the Republican coalition's current sorry state of affairs.

HuffPost Review -- Star Trek (2009)

Scott Mendelson, 05.08.2009

Film Critic and Pundit for Film Threat, Huffington Post, and Mendelson's Memos

Despite fine acting, several moments of potent drama, solid production values, and high ambitions, Star Trek comes off as a Star Trek for Dummies variation on the fabled story.

Government Could Destroy Records in Hundreds of Gitmo Cases

ProPublica, 05.08.2009

America's largest investigative newsroom

A stockpile of documents about hundreds of Guantanamo Bay detainees, some written by the prisoners themselves, could be destroyed under a Bush-era federal court order.

Obama To Fire His First Gay Arabic Linguist

Aaron Belkin, 05.07.2009

Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of the Palm Center at UCSB

A new study, about to be published by a group of experts in military law, shows that President Obama does, in fact, have stroke-of-the-pen authority to suspend gay discharges.

Divorce Is Trite, But Everyone's Is Special

Vicki Iovine, 05.08.2009

Evidently I filed for divorce on my husband's birthday. I only found out when I read it on a gossip site under the headline, "Playboy Model Has Special Birthday Gift for Music Mogul Husband: Divorce."

Europe and its Muslims: A Gap of Trust

Kamran Pasha, 05.07.2009

Hollywood filmmaker, author of "Mother of the Believers"

European Muslims love their countries and want to integrate. It is now up to their host countries to welcome them into a new partnership that will be critical to the future of Europe and the world.

Amazon's Kindle DX: The End of Paper?

Dan Dubno, 05.08.2009

Producer, Technologist, Presenter, Gadgetoff Curator

Everyone who has predicted the demise of paper has so far been completely wrong. But that was before the advent of a fully-functional full-figured e-book reader.