Kristina M. Getty, 10/16/12

Nonprofit and international affairs professional

There's still time to get involved in this year's election and there's never been a better, or more important time to do so. Remember, if you don't vote, you don't get to complain, but you are also doing an injustice for all U.S. women who for so long couldn't.

Michele Swenson, 10/16/12

Author, activist

An indicator of their fealty to corporate money, mainstream media and both political parties dance around a primary means to address both inflationary health costs and deficits: Improved Medicare-for-All as Major Deficit Reduction.

Nico Lang, 10/16/12

Co-Editor, In Our Words; Associate Director, The Civil Rights Agenda

No one would credit Top 40 for being innovative, but there's a difference between "everything on the radio sounds the same" and "beyotch stole my track." Ryan Tedder's rampant recycling sends a bad message about being successful in the music industry.

Gary Hart, 10/14/12

President, Hart International, Ltd.

How will you know when the "cyber Pearl Harbor" has occurred? When the lights and heat in your home go off. When you can't make a phone call. When no ATM works. When your flight cannot land.

Diane Dimond, 10/14/12

Television journalist, author, syndicated columnist

I completely understand the need for airport security. But does the TSA have to treat all of us like we're new arrivals at a prison camp?

Ariane Zurcher, 10/15/12

Writer and Blogger, Emma's Hope Book

Henry would like to attend the public school across the street from his home, but the school has denied him entry. The school told Henry they don't serve "students like Henry." Henry is autistic, non-speaking and communicates through a voice-activated iPad.

Rob Richie, 10/15/12

Executive director, FairVote

Looking at turnout in primary elections, both this year and over time, points to one of the particularly disturbing realities of participation in the United States.

Edward Wasserman, 10/12/12

Knight Foundation professor of journalism ethics, Washington and Lee University

Some of the same media that should referee political discourse and oversee the process by which a sovereign electorate selects its leaders are in thrall to the backroom players whose mission it is to manipulate and game that discourse.

The Denver Diatribe, 10/12/12

A weekly podcast about news, culture & politics

This week on the podcast, Jared, Ron and Josh put on the pundit hats and talk Colorado news.

Zachary Podmore, 10/12/12

Colorado native, kayaker and environmental blogger

Recreation is one of the few uses of water that doesn't require pumping water out of our rivers. Instead, it encourages making our rivers as accessible, clean, and as naturally beautiful as possible.

Shan Wells, 10/11/12

Nationally syndicated political cartoonist

Vanessa Berben, 10/12/12

Managing Editor, The Donnybrook Writing Academy

Season 3 of The Walking Dead is only days away from premiering on AMC Sunday the 14th. I recently sat down with Executive Producer/Showrunner Glen Mazzara to discuss what fans can expect from one of the best shows on television.

Desmond Tutu and Ela Bhatt, 10/11/12

Today is the first-ever International Day of the Girl. This is a day to celebrate the fact that it is girls who will change the world; that the empowerment of girls holds the key to development and security for families, communities and societies worldwide.

Steve Blank, 10/09/12

Author, 'The Startup Owner's Manual'

How to build regional entrepreneurial communities has just gotten its first "here's how to do it" book.

Jason Salzman, 10/15/12

Jason Salzman is a former media critic at the Rocky Mountan News, now blogging on media issues at www.bigmedia.org.

Compared to the 2010 election in Colorado, this one has been mostly a snoozer, journalistically. Still, reporters have turned out some excellent work this time around, and I've listed my favorite reporting below.

Leslie Hatfield, 10/09/12

Senior editor, GRACE

It's hard to believe that anyone's vision of sustainable food wouldn't include the people who grow it, but farmworkers, like slaughterhouse workers and others, are mostly hidden from view, an externality in industry's crush to keep prices artificially low.

Dr. Jim Taylor, 10/09/12

Adjunct professor, University of San Francisco

Is there any chance that we can convince the companies that sell sexuality to young girls to just stop it because it is wrong? No way! So, as is so often the case with children, the buck stops with us.