She yaks, therefore she gets her own talk show By Howard Kurtz, Howard Kurtz writes for the Washington Post. He also works for CNN, the sister network of HLN, and hosts CNN's "Reliable Sources."
Hard truths about Uzbek cotton By Tom Harkin, Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) is chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee and a longtime leader in the fight to end abusive child labor around the globe.
Toward peace in the Middle East By Aaron David Miller, Aaron David Miller, a scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, served as a Middle East negotiator in Republican and Democratic administrations. His new book, "Can America Have Another Great President?," is due out in 2012.