Peter Diamandis, 07/13/12

Chairman/CEO, X PRIZE Foundation

Who is going to solve this problem? Government? Perhaps, but frankly, I'd also like the smartest most passionate thinkers and entrepreneurs across our great nation all competing to beat this problem into submission.

David Brancaccio, 07/13/12

Special Correspondent, APM’s 'Marketplace'

A better economy may start with the relationships that are forged within communities. It is these kinds of links that can lead to wider policy changes that are also necessary to create a new kind of economy that lifts up the well being of more people.

HuffPost Radio, 07/15/12

If a candidate's slogan is "Believe in America," shouldn't he invest in America? And will GOP governors really turn down 100 percent funding to cover free riders at hospitals?

Steven Strauss, 07/15/12

Advanced Leadership Fellow, Harvard University

CEO Romney's actions, in selecting Massachusetts as his base, suggest he understands the importance of government in making America a better place. But, Politician Romney's statements suggest otherwise. Which Romney are we supposed to evaluate for president?

Steve Harmon, 07/15/12

CEO of Taleee.com, the Consensus Engine

Mitt Romney must have dusted off his AC/DC record collection, pulled out the Peavey stack and began cranking up the volume. Coliseum-filling volume.

Robert L. Cavnar, 07/15/12

Founder, this-small-planet.com and DailyHurricane.com

It's time for Romney to come clean about the entire Bain story, especially since he uses his experience at Bain as his primary qualification to be President of the United States.

Marian Wright Edelman, 07/13/12

President, Children's Defense Fund

This year, let's all be alert. Be active. Use your power as one citizen and vote. Don't let anyone take it away from you. Let's mount an urgent and systematic state-by-state fight against the latest kinds of disenfranchisement.

Dalia Mogahed, 07/14/12

Senior Analyst and Executive Director, Abu Dhabi Gallup Center and Gallup Center for Muslim Studies

Secretary Clinton made her first trip to Egypt since Mohammed Morsy was sworn in as the country's first freely elected civilian president amid a power struggle between elected officials and the military. The Egyptian people, not Washington, will ultimately decide who wins.

Brian Levin, J.D., 07/13/12

Director, Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism, California State University

President Obama, with degrees from Columbia and Harvard, has an extraordinary record of academic achievement. He should establish a clear standard for himself, as well as for future candidates and contemporary students, that one's scholastic efforts mean something,

John M. Burns, 07/14/12

Attorney, legal commentator, columnist

It is vital that Texas SB 14 is examined and judged by the potential and obvious outcomes its implementation would produce, which will undoubtedly be to disproportionally disenfranchise and abridge the right of certain classes of American citizens to vote.

Kelly James Clark, 07/14/12

Senior Research Fellow, Kaufman Interfaith Institute, Grand Valley State University

The electoral victory of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt has caused consternation and fear across the Middle East and the world. But should it?

Minister Leslie Watson Malachi, 07/13/12

Director of African-American religious affairs, People for the American Way

When Mitt Romney uses his position as a national candidate to attack and disrespect African Americans by saying we want "more free stuff," he's not just insulting us. He's insulting all Americans by telling lies.

Robert Friedman, 07/14/12

Fellow, Truman National Security Project

The very same drone technology deployed around the world is currently circling in the skies over our heads. It's worth considering how the proliferation of drones domestically impacts the very freedoms we hold dear.

Glen Browder, 07/14/12

Former Congressman, Alabama; Professor Emeritus, Jacksonville State University

A new version of race relations seems to have taken hold in Southern political life. Cynics can snicker; but the changed order is better than anything practiced in the past in this part of the country.

Howard Fineman, 07/13/12

Editorial Director, AOL Huffington Post Media Group

The Penn State football team was a secular holy order Paterno was seen as the pope of college football. But it was a facade, and those who knew the story from the inside knew that. The program wasn't clean. Paterno wasn't clean. Penn State wasn't clean.

Chris Weigant, 07/13/12

Political writer and blogger at ChrisWeigant.com

Even Truman's infamous "Do-Nothing Congress" actually managed to get a lot more done than what we've got now, folks.

Bob Edgar, 07/14/12

President and CEO, Common Cause

Before every election, Americans are exposed to thousands of political messages. Information about who is paying for all that speech is vital to our ability to assess it and make decisions about which candidates we want to support.