Trita Parsi, 03/04/12

President, National Iranian American Council

While expressing his sympathy and friendship with Israel, Obama did not yield his red line at AIPAC. With the backing of the U.S. military, he has stood firm behind weaponization rather than weapons capability as the red line.

Carolyn Maloney, 03/04/12

U.S. Representative from New York

I would like to suggest to our Republican friends that they drop the pretense that the subject is religious freedom. It is not. Birth control is directly and undeniably related to women's health.

Dr. Andrew Weil, 03/04/12

Founder and director, The Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine

Does insomnia cause depression? Does depression cause insomnia? Chronic insomnia is strongly associated with mood disorders, but which way does the causality run?

Robert Walker, 03/04/12

President, Population Institute

If all we get out of the latest Limbaugh firestorm is that it is not appropriate to call women sluts, prostitutes, or any of the other pejoratives commonly heaped on women, then we are missing the larger point: women suffer when their reproductive health and rights are abridged.

Ann O'Leary, 03/04/12

Director, Children and Families Program at The Center for the Next Generation; Lecturer, Berkeley, School of Law.

Ever wonder what happens to a worker who becomes disabled for weeks from injuries in a car accident? Or the worker who has a baby but no maternity leave? Every day across America, workers are left to fend for themselves with no protections against lost income.

Ali Fatemi and Karim Pakravan, 03/04/12

A closer examination of Mr. Netanyahu's record and his philosophical approach to the problems of Middle East leads us to conclude that the talk of war is more than rhetoric and, indeed, indicative of his intent.

Nigel Barber, 03/04/12

Biopsychologist; Blogger, Psychology Today's 'The Human Beast'

That is what Rick Santorum claimed in a This Week interview with George Stephanopoulos that aired on February 26. Intrigued by the Santorum claim, I did a little fact checking.

Joanne Bamberger, 03/04/12

PunditMom; Author, 'Mothers of Intention: How Women & Social Media are Revolutionizing Politics in America'

If the Democratic party really wants the support of a country full of suburban moms, I'd suggest spending a little time with the women online who are serious influencers.

Jesse Berney, 03/04/12

Principal, Jefferson Street Strategies

Rush Limbaugh wrote a half-hearted apology to Sandra Fluke. Here's what a real apology would look like.

HuffPost Radio, 03/04/12

Huffington-Matalin debate U.S. military policy in Iran, Syria and Afghanistan after a decade of costly failures. Do war whoops resemble pre-Vietnam, pre-Iraq? And did St. Rick jump the shark by being so stridently anti-contraception and college?

Mitch Goldich, 03/04/12

Freelance sportswriter, avid traveler

While there are compelling arguments that playoff expansion will benefit the sport for years to come, a rushed decision to make last minute changes has hurt the product for 2012.

Leda Natkin Nelis, 03/04/12

Freelance writer

Children on the autistic spectrum need to carefully learn and practice behaviors that come relatively naturally to the rest of us. Despite the extra effort it may take my son to integrate these behaviors, he ultimately masters them with great aplomb.

Gary Dorrien, 03/04/12

Professor of Social Ethics, Union Theological Seminary

Since the debt ceiling debacle of July 2011, Obama has gotten clearer that he cannot have a successful presidency if he does not push harder for equality and the common good.

Charles Garcia, 03/04/12

CEO, Garcia Trujillo

"A Day Without A Mexican": California -- the ninth largest economy in the world -- grinds to a halt because Latinos have vanished.

Paul Yeager, 03/04/12

Meteorologist and Author of 'Weather Whys: Facts, Myths, and Oddities'

Frequent and intense tornado outbreaks resulted in 552 tornado-related deaths in 2011, the second deadliest year on record, from 1,709 tornadoes, raising fears that this will be another devastating year for tornadoes.

Pauline Millard, 03/04/12

NYC-based writer

In the past year, a different breed of chick lit has appeared with smarter writing and characters. It's notable not just for the content, but also for what it says about women, and what they are willing to read in their leisure time.

Mark Hyman, MD, 03/04/12

Practicing physician

Do you know what happens to your metabolism when you eat too many of these "empty calories?"

Arthur Goldwag, 03/04/12

Author, 'The New Hate'

Rush will recover, but his stumble has shown the Democrats not just his Achilles heel, but the vulnerability of radical conservatism itself.

Michael Zimmerman, Ph.D., 03/04/12

Founder, The Clergy Letter Project

When we permit theology to define our science, we end up with gibberish, but not even consistent gibberish.

Mike Ryan, 03/04/12

Senior Writer, Moviefone

Jon Hamm showed up as the emergency host, which only made me really wish that Jon Hamm was actually hosting. Also, explain to me again why Jon Hamm didn't host this week?

Elissa Stein, 03/04/12

Author, Designer, Kidney donor

Last week tens of thousands of New York City public school students received high school offer letters. For almost half of them, dreams came true. But too many others were disappointed, not to mention devastated by the results.

John Lundberg, 03/04/12

Writer, Poetry teacher

Poetry will have a place at this summer's Olympic Games in London thanks to the Winning Words program, conceived of by National Poetry Day founder William Sieghart.

Salil Shetty, 03/04/12

Amnesty International’s Secretary General

You can measure freedom in a society by the attitude its government has towards freedom of expression. And Syria's prominent artists, especially those who have publicly criticized the regime through comedy and satire, have paid a heavy price.

Bruce Wilson, 03/04/12

Writes on religion and politics

The reality is that the former Speaker of the House, who led the stealth Republican takeover of the House and Senate in the 1994 election, has been a strong partisan of the religious right for decades.