Marlo Thomas, 10/16/12

Award-winning actress, author, and activist

Do you want to know how to lose ten pounds in a hurry? How about the best way to combat seasonal affective disorder? Would you like to know a great new way to strengthen your abs or a recipe for mashed potatoes that cuts the calories dramatically? Of course, you would!

Tom Gaulrapp, 10/16/12

33-year Sensata employee

On Monday, November 5th Bain Capital is outsourcing my job to China. On Tuesday, November 6th I'm casting my vote against Mitt Romney.

Dean Baker, 10/15/12

Co-director, CEPR; author, 'The End of Loser Liberalism: Making Markets Progressive'

Reporters covering this election deserve nothing but contempt from the public. It is their job to highlight the issues that will matter to people's lives, not to help push the agenda of corporate America.

Al Franken, 10/16/12

U.S. Senator from Minnesota

Gay and lesbian Americans have always been part of our communities. But over the course of the last generation, more and more of them have felt comfortable being truly honest about who they are. And, too slowly but very surely, it's changing our country for the better.

Janet Tavakoli, 10/16/12

President, Tavakoli Structured Finance

Facebook appeared unprepared to launch, and its IPO was wildly overvalued. The question investors should ask themselves now is whether they should bail out, as many insiders and early investors did, when Facebook first went public, because there's a larger wave of potential selling before year-end.

SidneyAnne Stone, 10/16/12

Freelance Writer, Breast Cancer Survivor and Activist

Many of us are young, single and have our whole lives ahead of us -- dating, sex and love should not be off the table.

Jeff Faux, 10/16/12

Founder and now Distinguished Fellow at the Economic Policy Institute

Walk into any Apple store today and you can see what's coming tomorrow. I don't mean the array of electronic gadgets laid out on the countertops; I mean the army of bright, ambitious, heavily indebted college graduates working for roughly $12 an hour.

Andrew Sharpless and Ted Danson, 10/16/12

With nine billion people projected to live on earth by 2050, we need everything on the table, including a healthy ocean full of fish.

Elie Ayrouth, 10/15/12

Founding publisher of Foodbeast.com

If you use a straw to drink soda out of a can, chances are you're doing it all wrong.

Eugenia Chandris, 10/11/12

The town houses sit with their doors open, the inhabitants sitting quietly at their table the women usually in black, unfazed by the craziness on their doorstep. I still get a nod or a hug from the people I have known over the 43 years I've been visiting the island and I value that.

Vivian Diller, Ph.D., 10/16/12

Psychologist and author, 'Face It'

Some of you may not remember when menstruation was called "the curse." But it wasn't that long ago when it was considered a taboo topic, worthy of shame and embarrassment. Isn't it time to shift cultural attitudes about the second major transition in a woman's life?

Johann Hari, 10/16/12

British journalist

When you gaze at the square-jawed glisten of Mitt Romney, you do not immediately picture the kidnapping of a democratically elected president, nor the installation of a tyrant who slaughtered at least half a million people. Yet that is what this man has presented as a model for the future of US foreign policy.

Scott Lilly, 10/16/12

Senior fellow, Center for American Progress

What does Gov. Romney's proposal to eliminate the federal appropriation for public broadcasting actually mean for Big Bird's livelihood?

Gabrielle Bernstein, 10/16/12

Speaker, Author of Add More ~ing to Your Life, Spirit Junkie and May Cause Miracles

I've learned how to quickly work through my mini dramas so I can focus on what really matters. In this video, I offer spiritual tools for letting go of littleness and centering back into your power.

Richard Bangs, 10/16/12

Author, 'The Lost River'

"We were victorious," our guide, who wears three stars on his shoulder, says, adding, "We have very powerful weapons. Though you in America are very far away, you are not safe... but don't be nervous."

Dominique de Villepin, 10/16/12

Fmr. Prime Minster of France

It's time for the United States to face the legacy of a half century of policies in the Middle East, the legacies of the Cold War as well as of the last decade's neoconservatism. Yes, mistakes have been made. Changes are needed, now. And they can be.

Jonathan Hewitt, 10/16/12

Author, 'Life Ki-do Parenting: Tools to Raise Happy, Confident Kids from the Inside Out'

"We knew who beat him up. We knew who locked him in a cupboard. We knew who had held his head under water in a sink. So why hadn't we told anyone?"

Mike Ragogna, 10/16/12

Radio Personality on Solar Powered KRUU-FM, Music Biz Vet

Presenting the U.S. premiere of the Neil Young with Crazy Horse video "Twisted Road," a song from the new album Psychedelic Pill.

Kevin A. Hansen, 10/16/12

Author of the bestselling Secret Regrets book series; founder of SecretRegrets.com

There are a lot of women harboring secret regrets in their marriage.

Pierre Ferrari, 10/16/12

President and CEO, Heifer International

Today Heifer International joins the FAO and others in observance of World Food Day. This year, the theme "Agricultural Cooperatives -- key to feeding the world" highlights the efforts of smallholder farmers who have united to end hunger.

Mike Lux, 10/16/12

Partner, Democracy Partners

It is obvious that his head has to be in the game tonight more than it was in the first debate. But the president has a fundamental choice he has to make going into tonight's debate and the entire three weeks left in this campaign.

Carey Perloff, 10/16/12

Artistic Director, American Conservatory Theater

If the arts in San Francisco go under, there is far less incentive for startups and tech companies to relocate here. Let's not make the assumption that the success of the tech industry is unique and separate from the rest of the city.

Peter Mandel, 10/16/12

Washington Post and Boston Globe contributor

The jaguar, which must be a dominant male, is padding steadily towards us around a bend on the path.

Michael Hogan and Christopher Rosen, 10/15/12

Hey, Mike. That sound you just heard was everyone at Warner Bros. breathing a sigh of relief: Argo is a hit, meaning it has cleared another hurdle on its charge toward Best Picture.