Diane Dimond, 03.29.2011

Television journalist, reporter and host

Oh boy, am I ever going to take heat for this. But it must be said. There are some women caught up in the awful throes of domestic abuse because they...

Danny Groner, 04.22.2011

Managing Editor, TheWeek.com

It's been a rocky road for the pop star. His stardom has also given pop critics time to evaluate what's behind Bieber's appeal, popularity, and following. Here, a sample of what they're saying.

Pearl Korn, 03.23.2011

Advocate for Improved Medicare For All

While the "Chicken Little" Conservatives' shrieking alarms over Medicare's immediate solvency are overblown, the Federal government must address the added strain all of these new enrollees will place on this program.

Alex Storozynski, 03.23.2011

President, The Kosciuszko Foundation

Journalists, writers and artists are insecure and needy people. Elaine Kaufman filled their needs. She fed them, gave them a shoulder to cry on, and then a kick in the butt to motivate them.

Alan Singer, 03.23.2011

Social studies educator, Hofstra University

Prisoners do not have much of a lobby and earn little public sympathy, so when the multi-billionaire Mayor cuts supposed frills out of their daily food ration it draws a laugh and no public outcry.

Danny Groner, 03.23.2011

Managing Editor, TheWeek.com

When Jon Stewart replaced Craig Kilborn on "The Daily Show" in 1999, the show was still a "startup cable show on a cheap set in a tiny studio," says T...

Len Levitt, 03.23.2011

Veteran police reporter and author

What's with the editorial page of the Daily News when it comes to the police department? A real newspaper challenges authority and encourages its reporters to take the story wherever it leads.

James Merriman, 03.23.2011

CEO, NYC Charter School Center

As 27 new charter schools open in New York City this week, it's increasingly clear that these schools are no longer viewed as fads but rather as part of a long term solution to fixing our public schools.

Eric Boehlert, 03.23.2011

Senior Fellow, Media Matters for America

You see, it was really all about "optics." The whole controversy about Michelle Obama's recent private vacation in Spain with her daughter was really...

Justin Snider, 03.23.2011

Contributing editor, The Hechinger Report

The educational decisions now made in part on standardized test scores are neither few nor inconsequential. This is hardly about who gets a sticker for a job well done.

Taylor Marsh, 03.23.2011

Political analyst and veteran national politics writer

Implying that First Lady Michelle Obama should have her head cut off in a blaring headline? Well, that at least tells the reader they're in for a righ...

Richard (RJ) Eskow, 03.23.2011

Consultant, Writer, Senior Fellow with The Campaign for America's Future

Zuckerman's saying that corporate executives are refusing to make money because the President scares them. Any executive who misses an opportunity to make money should be fired on the spot.

Robert E. Murphy, 03.23.2011

Columnist, Life-Long Brooklynite

I was thinking about a dream yesterday morning when, turning to the sports pages of the Times, I spotted a brief notice directing me to the obituary page: Billy Loes, 80, had died in a hospice in Tucson, Arizona.

Susan Deily-Swearingen, 03.23.2011

Educator, Writer, Mother

In case there was any question of the amount to which oil and the oil industry are an entrenched part of Louisiana's culture, the 75th annual Shrimp and Petroleum Festival should serve to make things clear.

Kevin Powell, 03.23.2011

Writer, Activist, Author of "Open Letters to America"

Not only is Rep. Towns' statement a pathetic attempt at scoring political points, but it is also an outright lie.

Reese Schonfeld, 03.23.2011

Television journalist

I have never believed that The Times news reports were shaped by its editorial positions. But, the lame headline on Thursday's Taliban story, gives fair-minded readers every right to question the influence of The New York Times' editorial board on its news pages.

Don McNay, 03.23.2011

Award winning financial columnist, expert about lottery winners, structured settlement guru

Abraham Shakespeare should have been on top of the world. In 2006, he won $16.9 million in the Florida lottery. Last week, they found his body buried five feet deep under concrete.

Will Schwartz, 03.23.2011

Writer, musician and New Yorker

I would love to see David Paterson and Andrew Cuomo go head-to-head over their policy records. I want to see Kirstin Gillibrand prove that she can run a fair election on her record.

Eric Boehlert, 03.23.2011

Senior Fellow, Media Matters for America

Given the choice between Woodward's consistently serious, albeit flawed books -- which always carry with them an air of professionalism and class -- v...

Jim Lichtman, 03.23.2011

Writer and speaker on ethics

When Weatherproof President Freddie Stollmack recognized that the coat Obama was wearing in the photo was, in fact, made by his company, he had a brainstorm: buy the photo rights.

Len Levitt, 03.23.2011

Veteran police reporter and author

Police Commissioner Ray Kelly and his wife Veronica must be feeling pretty smug. They have forced out the Police Foundation's longtime and conscientious executive director Pamela Delaney.