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Supreme Court Decision Sets Stage For Big Changes

Dave Johnson, 06/28/12

Fellow, Campaign for America's Future

The student loan deal is badly needed. It should have just been extended! But as part of the "sweetener" for those 1 percenters there is a corporate pension giveaway in the deal that has nothing to do with student loans.

Tim Devane, 06/27/12

Co-founder, Birthright Earth

Startups have no age limit, height requirement, or a record of years in an industry to have a massive impact. The wise are not exclusively the elderly, youth is not wasted. Anyone can do anything at anytime.

Susan Harrow, 06/28/12

Media Coach, Author of 'Sell Yourself Without Selling Your Soul'

Imagine this. You're in an important job interview and your cell phone rings. Do you answer it? You're asked a question about your former job that you despised, do you diss it? You feel pretty confident about yourself, do you puff and preen?

Larry Magid, 06/28/12

Technology journalist

Like Amazon and Apple, Google is selling more than hardware -- it's selling content that people buy in its Google Play store including books, music and video.

Ian Bremmer, 06/28/12

Author, 'Every Nation for Itself'

Where are we seeing a growing role for states as actors in international politics and the global economy? A better question might be: where aren't we?

Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins, 06/28/12

CEO, Green for All

For all the disappointment coming out of Rio, our world leaders can still come home and take concrete steps to promote sustainable development and to wipe out poverty. They can start by supporting businesses that protect our air and water, eradicate poverty, and innovate solutions.

Daniel Burrus, 06/28/12

Technology Futurist, Keynote Speaker, Author

Remember that technology is neither good nor evil. It's just a tool. Technology could give you cancer or it could cure your cancer. So don't blame the technology. The real issue is how humans decide to use the technology.

David Halperin, 06/28/12

Senior Fellow, United Republic / Republic Report

GIBill.com, until recently, looked a lot like a government website. But people who went there seeking advice on higher education options were always steered to a for-profit college that paid for the privilege.

Kelly Rigg, 06/28/12

Executive Director, GCCA

Let's face it. The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio 20) was a flop -- at least the part that involved negotiations amongst governments.

Jim Wallis, 06/28/12

Christian leader for social change

Today, in a long and complicated ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Act. This is an important victory for millions of uninsured people in our country and ultimately a triumph of the common good.

Jason Alderman, 06/28/12

Senior Director, Visa Inc.

I'll wager that when most brides and grooms utter the phrase, "For better or for worse," the "worse" they're imagining probably involves situations like getting laid off or a prolonged family illness -- not being the victim of tax fraud perpetrated by a current or former spouse.

Howard Steven Friedman, 06/28/12

Statistician/Economist for International Organization, Columbia University

If America were a corporation, it would today be the equivalent of IBM in the early 1990s. Once a world leader, America is now lagging behind.

Sanjay Sanghoee, 06/28/12

Banker; Consultant; Author of 'Merger', a financial thriller from Forge Books

Romney can play politics as usual because Americans treat it as business as usual. Everyone complains about it but no one does anything to stop it. As an advanced nation, we should take a stand against this system.

Dan Glickman, 06/27/12

Vice President and Exec. Director of the Congressional Program, Aspen Institute; Senior Fellow, Bipartisan Policy Center.

Whatever the reasons, it's refreshing to see that on something, our elected representatives can get along (at least in the Senate) and the system can still work.

Bill Schneider, 06/27/12

Distinguished Senior Fellow and Resident Scholar at Third Way

Barack Obama is facing the most dangerous period of his presidency. The danger is that he will not appear to be in control of events. If that perception takes hold, voters will conclude that the president is not up to the job. And they will abandon him.

Richard Florida, 06/27/12

Author

It's common to say we are now living in a post-industrial information or knowledge economy. But the shift is actually deeper and more thorough-going than that.

Richard Zombeck, 06/28/12

Founder, Home Preservation Network

Wells Fargo can't seem to get enough bad press these days. While working with the "any press is good press" theory may work for loud mouths like Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck, it's not a strategy normally employed by most consumer based businesses.