Clif Dickens

Graphic designer

Adam Roberts

Writer, The Amateur Gourmet

It's the pact with readers that make bloggers such a powerful force. We may not be experts by your definition, but if an expert is someone that audiences trust to guide them in the right direction, we meet that criteria handily.

Julio Pabon

Candidate for City Council South Bronx, NY; Founder, LatinoSports.com

I have met more and more Latino fans that tell me that they don't particularly have a "favorite" baseball team. They might care to watch more of their home team games simply because of their location and a particular player, or players.

Gregory Patrick

Writer and knitter

I'm sitting at Starbucks, which I rarely do. It's hard to knit there. I lot of people still find it weird for a man to be knitting in public. But, for us fellas that knit, it's nothing short of ordinary.

Rodney Punt

Music and performing arts

Einstein on the Beach arrived at Los Angeles's Dorothy Chandler Pavilion last week like a beatific visitation from another realm.

Thrillist

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Enjoy... until the acid reflux sets in.

Mattias Wallander

CEO, USAgain

What's the explanation for so many Americans becoming prisoners of the moment and ignoring strong scientific trends and the scientific community? Can a cool summer day or cloudy weekend really sway public opinion this much?

Sen. Barbara Boxer

U.S. Senator from California; Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee

How much more pain and uncertainty do Americans have to endure before Congress decides that it should pay the bills it has racked up? Businesses and families must always pay their bills and so must Congress.

Brad Morehead

CEO, LiveWatch Security

When users post updates on social media, especially those that are less selective in accepting friend requests, they may unintentionally be sharing important and private information with some unsavory characters in addition to their real-life friends.

Michael Keegan

President, People For the American Way

Right-wing activists like to point to California as an example of what could happen to America if progressives have their way. They're right to be worried -- for their own political futures, that is.

Sarah Bowman

Founder and Editor, The Family Savvy

¡Vivan los Muertos!, a traditional Aztec and Mexican festival, comes to the Autry National Center to celebrate the life of family and friends who have passed away.

James Scarborough

Man of Letters/Minor Critic

Sin shows how a late arrival to self-awareness, coupled with self-forgiveness, is better than a lifetime of ignorance. While the concept ane plotting are good, the script doesn't hold together.

Joel Reynolds

Western Director and Senior attorney, NRDC, Los Angeles

If one measure of society's progress is environmental understanding and activism, the students of Team Marine are light-years ahead of where I was at their age. And that's very good news for all of us.

William G. Tierney

Professor; director of the Pullias Center for Higher Education at the University of Southern California

If Napolitano is to succeed as UC's president, she can't solely play an insider's game of seeking more money from the state legislature, fighting with faculty about pension reform or touting the latest gift from a billionaire. She will need to develop an outside game as well.

Sara Warner

Publisher, California Courts Monitor

For young people in South Los Angeles, the only "miracle" in California's budget will be if they get a fair day in court.

Claire Fallon

Deputy Blog Editor, The Huffington Post

Our national preoccupation with the concept is somewhat odd -- no other country seems to share this need to score ambitious new novels by whether it's a "Great _____ Novel contender."

Christie Taylor

Freelance writer and author

When the lady with the blue folder walked in my room, I instinctively knew that folder she held in her hand was full of definitions, statistics and medical jargon. Wasn't being told your child had Down syndrome enough to process for one day?