Doug Kendall, 09/12/12

Founder and President, Constitutional Accountability Center

As long as conservatives believe they can win elections by changing the ground rules, the battle over voting rights will continue. And as long as conservatives are weaponizing the Constitution for political purposes, progressives must aggressively tell our own story about the Constitution.

Richard T. Hughes, 09/12/12

Author, 'Christian America and the Kingdom of God'

Mitt Romney's doctrine of American exceptionalism is well known. What most Americans don't understand is the extent to which his Mormon faith informs that conviction.

Peter Van Buren, 09/12/12

Fmr. State Department Iraq PRT leader; Author, 'We Meant Well'

It is not about a movie. The anti-Islam movie was just today's trigger in Libya, was just the most recent spark to a smoldering flame.

Thrity Umrigar, 09/12/12

Author, 'The Space Between Us'

A few months ago, Sarah Palin, with her trademark sarcasm, asked Obama supporters, "How's that hopey changey stuff working out for ya?"

Paul Brandeis Raushenbush, 09/12/12

Senior Religion Editor, The Huffington Post

Violent reactions to any kind of art or thought, no matter how lame, are disgusting and unacceptable in decent society. Yet creating a film such as "Innocence of Muslims" is akin to shouting fire in the movie theatre.

Dan Collins, 09/12/12

New York Editor-at-Large, The Huffington Post

Did powerful public officials approve the use of our tax money to hush up sexual harassment charges against Assemblyman Vito Lopez? Don't hold your breath waiting for the state ethics commission to get to the bottom of this mess.

Roseanne Barr, 09/12/12

Presidential candidate of the Peace and Freedom Party

I'd like to ask a few pointed questions of those who still think they're fighting the good fight by continuing to support this disastrous so-called war on so many peoples' private habits and behavior.

Joel Rubin, 09/12/12

Director of Policy and Government Affairs, Ploughshares Fund

In the days ahead, as loud voices rise up to try to explain the motivations of his killers, or the skills of our leaders, or the reason for why patriotic Americans like Chris are giving their life to promote a better world, let's remember Chris' example and follow it.

Adam Levin, 09/12/12

Founder, Credit.com and former director NJ Division of Consumer Affairs

Democrats must get serious and back legislation that protects all the relief won in the National Mortgage Settlement, not just some of it. Republicans must stop their willful obstructionism, and follow through on their oft-repeated promises to prevent taxes that hurt the economy.

Larry Strauss, 09/12/12

Veteran high school English teacher, basketball coach, novelist

It is election time again and as many of us use the moment in the teaching of government, political science, rhetoric, and history I hope we all remember what it means to be a teacher.

Steve Lombardo, 09/12/12

Global CEO, StrategyOne

While the Republican convention may have strengthened Romney's position with the base, it did little to expand his coalition. The momentum from "You didn't build that" has been halted.

Joseph Blady, M.D., 09/12/12

Former program officer for the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy and senior analyst for the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence

To continue on our current foreign policy course means more dead soldiers, more dead Foreign Service personnel, and more wasted resources. The rest of the world is willing to shed blood. It shouldn't be ours.

William Drayton, 09/12/12

Chairman, Get America Working!

If we lower the price of labor and increased the price of its only substitute, things, we would employ more people and conserve natural resources. How? Eliminate payroll taxes and add equal new revenues by taxing things like materials, energy, land and pollution.

Leigh Owens, 09/12/12

Politics Editor, The Huffington Post

Super rapper Jay-Z and his recent comments regarding the Occupy movement are a great example of the unfortunate shift within the hip-hop culture from representing the poor and disenfranchised to essentially shunning them.

John W. Whitehead, 09/12/12

Attorney and Author

With one stroke of a magistrate's pen, these service men are being declared mentally ill, locked away against their will, and stripped of their constitutional rights.

David Gray, 09/12/12

Director, Workforce and Family Program at the New America Foundation

In the 1988 campaign, both George H.W. Bush and Michael Dukakis emphasized child care. As the Romney and Obama campaigns now sprint towards November 6, the opportunity remains for them to discuss the child care needs of American families.

Shawn Lawrence Otto, 09/12/12

Author, 'Fool Me Twice'; science advocate; filmmaker; co-founder, Sciencedebate.org

If the candidates for president will discuss the nation's top science issues, why won't the key members of Congress who lead the committees that deal with science policy?