Doug Kendall, 8/30/11

Founder and President, Constitutional Accountability Center

In spite of the clear evidence to the contrary, many tea partiers continue to argue that the Constitution preserves state sovereignty, appealing in some cases to a mistaken view of history.

Robert L. Borosage, 8/30/11

President, Institute for America's Future

Half measures aren't likely to pass anyway. And worse, they constitute presidential malpractice, using the "bully pulpit" to confuse rather than educate the American people about the straits we are in. Far better simply to tell it like it is.

Jared Bernstein, 8/30/11

Senior Fellow, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

The chatter of the day is whether the president's jobs plan should be big and ambitious or small and politically pragmatic.

Diane Dimond, 8/30/11

Television journalist, Author, syndicated columnist

Now that the earthquakes and hurricanes have past we'll be inundated with news about the upcoming 10th anniversary of the worst terrorist attack in American history. Exploitation of an American tragedy, some might say.

Rev. Jesse Jackson, 8/30/11

Civil rights activist

The economic disaster is a manmade -- not a natural -- disaster. Some economists, mostly ignored, warned about it, but could not stop it. And now, it will take federal action to repair the damage.

Lincoln Mitchell, 8/30/11

Harriman Institute, Columbia University

Rick Perry and Michele Bachmann would certainly be weaker candidates than Mitt Romney, but given the context in which the election will occur, it is not at all clear that Democrats should hope for the slightly less electable nominee.

Lorraine Devon Wilke, 8/30/11

Writer, photographer, rock & roll vet

Parents, it's about finding the right balance and that means taking into account not just your family, including that little darling emptying salt & pepper shakers on the table, but the people all around you as well.

David Paul, 8/30/11

President, Fiscal Strategies Group

If Rick Perry has a weak spot, it is not intelligence -- the great Democrat blind spot -- but his apparent meanness. Not meanness of policy, but of attitude. America does not vote mean. Or if it does, that is when it will be time to fear for our nation.

Joah Spearman, 8/30/11

Co-founder and executive producer, Style X

When GQ published its list of the "40 Worst Dressed Cities in America," I wasn't sure what I should be upset by the most. Is it really possible that people in Brooklyn dress worse than people in Boulder? I'm still not sure.

Steven Newton, 8/30/11

Programs and Policy Director for the National Center for Science Education

If teachers avoid addressing misconceptions, or omit important topics in the classroom out of fear, this becomes education to the lowest common denominator, putting lawsuit anxiety -- rather than education quality -- in control.

Sam Sommers, 8/30/11

Professor, Tufts University; author

Few moments in a courtroom are as compelling to a jury as seeing a confident witness point out a defendant and say, "that's the man I saw at the crime scene."

Colin Jost, 8/30/11

Writing supervisor, "Saturday Night Live"

It's August! The constraints of space and time need not apply! This is the month when all summer dreams come true! The month when productivity and relaxation somehow peak simultaneously! The month when I finally learn Romanian!

Joe Sestak, 8/30/11

Admiral, Dad, Former Congressman

Secretary Panetta's role is to be accountable only to the young men and women who serve us, not to the defense complex.

Jeffrey Sachs, 8/30/11

Director of the Earth Institute, Columbia U. Author of "The Price of Civilization"

With the world increasingly unstable and dangerous, the time has come to regain our balance and moderation. The mad pursuit of corporate profits is threatening us all.

Charles Gasparino, 8/30/11

Fox Business Network contributor; Author, 'Bought and Paid For'

If the saga of Bank of America, the country's largest and most troubled bank, were to be made into a movie, its title would have to be "The Dumbest Men in the Room," starring its half-witted chief executive officer and board of directors.

Rep. Bruce Braley, 8/30/11

U.S. Representative for Iowa's 1st District

Most of us -- if we're lucky -- meet a handful of people in our lifetime who change the way we look at life, and the way we think about ourselves. Andrew Connolly is one of those people who changed my life.

BritChick Paris, 8/29/11

British girl living the fabulous life in Paris society

My beau has three beautiful children. When I got together with him all my friends warned me off with horror stories - step children who had refused to acknowledge their dad's girlfriend or who had done everything to split them up. His kids were nothing like it.

Larry Magid, 8/30/11

Technology journalist

Regardless of whether you use parental monitoring tools, the most important child protection "software," is not the application running on the device or in the cloud, but the software running on that very adaptive computer between the child's ears.

Ja'briel Walthour, 8/30/11

Transgender Advocate, Children's Book Author

A look at the national crisis, which has swept across our country and targeted our transgender and gender non-conforming brothers and sisters.

Keli Goff, 8/29/11

Author, commentator and contributing editor, TheLoop21.com

Most of us know that there are countless downsides to being poor, but as far as the day-to-day reality of what that actually means for people living in poverty, many of us are vague on the details and prefer to remain that way.

Jesse Lava, 8/30/11

Director, criminal justice campaign at Brave New Foundation

If we'd known that Obama the Conciliator would make it to the White House and Obama the Transformer would be left in Chicago's Grant Park on election night, many of us would have gambled on someone else.

Christopher Emdin, 8/30/11

Urban education expert

Here are 5 simple tools to help you be engaged with your children's academics, without having to go through the guilt and frustration of not following the experts' advice on what you should be doing, but that everyday circumstances inhibit you from.

Drew Magary, 8/30/11

Writer, Deadspin

One of the fun things to consider about a permanent cure for aging is how it would affect team sports. What would happen to sports if the players you know and love never got old and therefore, never declined in ability?

Jesse Kornbluth, 8/30/11

Editor of HeadButler.com

Google "Jane Fonda hate site" and you get 10 million results. She's a 73-year-old actress who had her last box office hit thirty years ago. So why is she hated?