The Question No One Asks

Dr. Andrew Weil, 08.25.2009

Founder and director of the Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine

Given that we all want health and spend trillions to "care" for it, it's sobering how little thought we give to its true meaning.

Why Africa Matters

Rev. Jesse Jackson, 08.25.2009

We ignore Africa at our peril. The African continent will only become more important in the future, and the whole world has a stake in what happens there.

Japan Must Shake Off U.S.-Style Globalization

Yukio Hatoyama, 08.25.2009

Heads the Democratic Party of Japan

How should Japan maintain its political and economic independence and protect its national interest when caught between the U.S., which is fighting to retain its position as the world's dominant power, and China, which is seeking ways to become dominant?

Why the Senate Should Confirm Bernanke But Make the Fed More Accountable, Too

Robert Reich, 08.25.2009

Former Secretary of Labor, Professor at Berkeley

If you'd have asked me three months ago whether Bernanke would be confirmed, I'd have said no. Congress (and much of the public) is still furious about the bank bailouts, as well they should be.

Interrogation Elite

Matthew Alexander, 08.24.2009

Led the interrogations that found Zarqawi; author of "How to Break a Terrorist"

Obama's administration announced the creation of an elite inter-agency interrogation team to handle captured high-level intelligence targets.

My Brain and the Ontario Health Care System

Paul E. Barber, 08.25.2009

Former journalist and television producer.

The complaints directed at Canada's health care system about waiting times for treatment are without foundation. My experience -- I was treated for a brain tumor in 2004 -- says quite the opposite.

True North: In Search of Moral Direction

Clarence B. Jones, 08.25.2009

Scholar in Residence, Martin Luther King, Jr. Institute at Stanford University

Obama's handling of the CIA's report on torture may be the last chance he has to find his way back to Grant Park.

The Tyranny of the Tantrum

Terrance Heath, 08.25.2009

Online Producer and blogger at Campaign for America's Future.

What we're seeing from the health care town halls and what we've seen from the "birthers" is essentially what I call the Tyranny of the Tantrum, which many parents encounter during the "terrible twos."

Bernanke Has Earned A Second Term

Hale "Bonddad" Stewart, 08.25.2009

Former bond broker, tax lawyer, financial blogger

On September 18 of last year, the U.S. was literally hours away from a financial meltdown. Bernanke was instrumental in preventing it. He should be appointed for another term.

Terrorists Who Don't Face Justice: A Disappointing Trend

Brian Levin, J.D., 08.25.2009

Director, Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism, California State University

As the 'Lockerbie bomber' suns himself amid cheers in Tripoli, an examination of the outcomes of other cases of terrorism against Americans over the last century yields its own pattern of disappointments.

Who Really Killed Michael Jackson?

Bryan Monroe, 08.25.2009

Former Ebony magazine editor, Interviewed Michael Jackson in 2007

In the days after Jackson's death, I was contacted by many who were close to him throughout his life. "They killed him," they would say to me. But who were "they?" And what did they stand to gain from his death?

Defeating the Coalition to Kill Health Care Reform

Mike Lux, 08.25.2009

Author, The Progressive Revolution: How the Best in America Came to Be

In the Clinton White House, we fought for the most progressive budget bill since 1965. And we did it without a single Republican vote. We are now on the verge of a much greater achievement.

Democracy in the Mirror of Afghanistan

Gary Hart, 08.25.2009

Author, Wirth Chair professor at the University of Colorado

The U.S. has an enormous military, political, and economic presence in Afghanistan, trying to bring Afghans the kind of government against which Americans have been screaming in so-called towns meetings.

Peak Oil Agonistes: The New York Times Finally Comes Around to Where HuffPost Never Feared to Tread

Raymond J. Learsy, 08.25.2009

Scholar and author, "Over a Barrel: Breaking Oil’s Grip on Our Future"

At last, one of the great misnomers of public disinformation bordering closer to brainwashing has been brought to heel.

Celine Dion's Pregnancy News Should Come With A Disclaimer - Not Many Women Can Have Babies Post-40

Jill Brooke, 08.25.2009

Blended Families Expert and Author of "Don't Let Death Ruin Your Life"

Almost one in five women seeking infertility treatments are over 40 and two-thirds will not be able to get pregnant on their own.

How Not to Interview a Famous Person

Una LaMarche, 08.25.2009

Editor of 'The Sassy Curmudgeon'

There is the fantasy that during an interview, a celebrity will totally spark with you and you will become BFFs and/or lovers, and the interview will just fly because you are having so much fun. No.

Black Women Find Love, Too

Beth Perry, 08.25.2009

Multimedia journalist

Black love is alive and well in my day-to-day life, though I realize that the macro picture isn't as pretty.

True Health Care Reform: 10 Missing Pieces

Dr. Frank Lipman, 08.25.2009

Integrative Physician

If we don't change why we are unhealthy, not only are we unlikely to secure better medical outcomes, but it will probably bankrupt us too.