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.

Marlene Hall, 07/14/12

Former commissioned air force officer, freelance writer

Friday night was Cirque du Soleil's Michael Jackson's The Immortal Tour in Washington, D.C. at the Verizon Center. This show has something for everyone.

R. Kyle Alagood, 07/13/12

Research Associate, Brennan Center for Justice

Instead of trying to clamp down on massive amounts of information by keeping it secret, we need to focus resources on keeping only legitimate secrets. As a country founded on openness and innovation, we should learn from Wiki Leaks.

Bob Keefe, 07/12/12

Senior press secretary, NRDC

The power is back on in Washington, D.C., the fires are almost out in Colorado. So naturally, those who continue to deny the connection between climate change and extreme weather disasters are once again raising their heads.

Tom Fox, 07/13/12

Vice President, Partnership for Public Service's Center for Government Leadership

With many Washingtonians headed to the movies to cool off from this summer's oppressive heat, I thought I would share some movie recommendations that provide a wide variety of valuable leadership lessons and approaches.

Lisa LaFontaine, 07/12/12

President and CEO, Washington Humane Society

As animal care professionals we need to treat all animals as individuals through our words and actions. We must hold one another accountable to avoid those slippery slope practices that lead others to believe breed discrimination is acceptable.

Laura Kumin, 07/13/12

Blogger, Mother Would Know

I don't know whether my version would be recognizable to a Sichuan food connoisseur, but that isn't an issue when my family is helping themselves to huge portions of these noodles. They are a great hot weather main course with toppings.

Qanta Ahmed, MD, 07/12/12

Author, 'Land of Invisible Women'

There were many reasons why I testified in the investigative hearings held by the House Committee on Homeland Security examining radicalization within the Muslim American community. I testified because I believe exposing a wrong is the bare minimum of my faith.

Nancy Parrish, 07/11/12

President, Protect Our Defenders

The mission of our military is to protect the American way of life and our freedoms, yet this very mission is compromised by leadership that allows, perpetrates and condones sexual assault on the very members of our armed services.

Richard (RJ) Eskow, 07/10/12

Writer; host, 'The Breakdown'; Senior Fellow, Campaign for America's Future

The problem isn't a shortage of scandalous stories. We've seen a lot of those. What we haven't seen, at least here in the United States, is a single indictment of a senior Wall Street banker from the United States Department of Justice.

Peter Scheer, 07/11/12

Executive Director, First Amendment Coalition

What can the Court do to shore up its legitimacy in a world in which the Glenn Becks and Keith Olbermanns are in ascendancy? Answer: It can, finally, open its doors to the public, permitting real-time video transmission, via TV and the internet, of the Court's proceedings.

Arianna Huffington, 07/09/12

We cannot overestimate the devastating human consequences of our unemployment crisis. But we also must not miss out on spotlighting what is working. That's the belief behind the new jobs section we're launching today, Opportunity: What Is Working.

Alex French and Howie Kahn, 07/10/12

On July 1, 1987, WFAN, a 24-hour sports talk radio station, broadcasting out of a sub-basement in Queens, hit the air. It didn't come out of nowhere, exactly. The format had been evolving.

Kevin P. Chavous, 07/11/12

Attorney, author and national school reform leader

Even if every school district in America had twice as much money as it does now, it is doubtful that it could properly educate every child with the current financing structure in place.