'AM I NOT
GOOD ENOUGH?'

Michael Evans, 06/22/12

President/Founder, Full Court Peace

Twenty years from now, 'The Decision' will be a but a blip on the radar screen of LeBron's image in my mind. This is the beginning of his greatness. A greatness that will begin to retroactively erase his grave 2010 error.

Arianna Huffington, 06/22/12

Each year, the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity gathers thousands of innovative thinkers and practitioners in advertising and media from around the world to talk about what's new and what's next in our brave new digital world. And, more and more, people and innovative companies are recognizing that we actually have a life beyond our gadgets.

Steven Weber, 06/22/12

Actor, wise-ass

Now see, where Fox News is concerned, there's a problem. It seems that what that particular product advertises right up front is at odds with the reality of what it does.

Jason Williams, 06/22/12

Journalist

New Platforms. New Directions. New Orleans. Is the tagline for the NationalAssociation of Black Journalists (NABJ) 2012 Annual Convention & Career Fair and through the first full day of proceedings #NABJ12 has lived up to its billing.

Muhammad Yunus and Michel Camdessus, 06/22/12

Africa is forecast to be the continent worst hit by climate change. Increasing harvests and food production in these challenging circumstances requires a major commitment, by governments within and outside the continent, to fund a climate-resilient Green Revolution in Africa.

Lisa Belkin, 06/22/12

Senior Columnist on Life/Work/Family, Huffington Post

Several high-profile articles in the past few days have created one of those crystallizing moments -- a spotlight on the on the fact that work just doesn't work for so many of us. The more of these moments we have, the greater the chance that things actually change, so let's seize this one and keep talking.

MacGregor Thomson, 06/22/12

UGC Editor, The Huffington Post

Not Long ago enigma2 suggested that HuffPost make a space where it's easy for community members to share their favorite music. Well, here it is!

Scott Blakeman, 06/22/12

Political comedian

The FCC should require the cable news networks to drop the word "news" from their names. When all you have is a parade of pundits mouthing talking points hour after hour, that's not news. That's entertainment.

Jonathan Mildenhall, 06/22/12

VP, Global Advertising Strategy and Creative Excellence, Coca-Cola Company

We are going to see a dramatic upswing in what I call "the golden triangle of good." Businesses, NGOs and governments will increasingly work together to develop solutions to the challenges that face planet earth and humankind.

Tucker Max, 06/22/12

#1 New York Times Best Selling author of "I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell"

Everyone is missing the point in the Adam Carolla controversy -- both the people hating him and those defending him. This isn't about whether or not women are funny; this is about how modern media creates fake controversy to manufacture rage and get eyeballs.

Jason Silverstein, 06/22/12

PhD student, Department of Anthropology at Harvard

Taking DNA samples from people arrested, but not convicted of a crime, has the potential to make our already unfair justice system even less fair. Before we expand the preconviction DNA dragnet, we should think hard about what that means in a racially biased system.

Maggie Furlong, 06/22/12

TV critic and pop culture fanatic

HBO's "The Newsroom" has all the hallmarks of an Aaron Sorkin show, but there's one significant twist that should attract Sorkin fans and the uninitiated alike: He's making viewers the smart ones.

Akilah Bolden-Monifa, 06/22/12

Blogger/writer

People of color are still in the minority in the United States and a even smaller percentage in the workforce. Ergo, any time there is a journalism conference not specifically labeled as, for people of color, it will be attended predominately by white folks.

Neil Wagner, 06/22/12

Creator, 'What on Earth?' Comic Strip

These are the best of times and the worst of times for the climate change cartoonist field. On the plus side, there is no problem coming up with new ideas. On the down side, there are new, horrifying climate findings being reported every day.

Kelly Rigg, 06/21/12

Executive Director, GCCA

It would take a brave soul to stand in front of one of the largest and most important gatherings the United Nations has ever held and ask this question: Are you here to 'save face' or to save us?

Peter Dreier and Donald Cohen, 06/21/12

Wal-Mart's single-minded goal in the United States is the same as it is in Mexico: open more stores and generate more revenue -- especially in urban areas, the company's next frontier. But it hasn't been easy.

Michael T. Klare, 06/21/12

Author and Professor of Peace and World-Security Studies, Hampshire College

As recent events have demonstrated, Obama's energy policies globally bear an eerie likeness to Cheney's, especially in the way he has engaged in the geopolitics of oil as part of an American global struggle for future dominance among the major powers.