Whether you are a believer or not, the role of religion in our society is an essential conversation to have... which is why I'm delighted to announce that we are launching HuffPost Religion.
There is a perception that China's large dollar holdings confer upon that country some economic or political power vis-Ã -vis the United States. This view is incorrect and completely misunderstands the situation.
Mayors and governors staring down massive budget gaps are putting bridges, buildings, parking lots, and more up for sale. Who's buying? Wall Street, which, in turn, wants to sell off your public assets to investors.
HuffPost Religion hopes to offer a sane middle way for people who wish to approach religion with both heart and mind, and who believe we can have disagreements without demonization.
Palin has left a wide swath of human collateral damage in her wake. Now add the inimitable Meg Stapleton to the list.
Spending on job creation is not inconsistent with deficit reduction -- in fact, high deficits will be with us as long as high unemployment is. Many of our leaders still do not understand this.
When Democrats needed a pep talk and reassurance, they didn't get any. Now, in the midst of a growing skepticism, the president has only one weapon in his arsenal that can restore that confidence: Action.
It was understood that concerns about Emanuel's abrasive personality and general political outlook could be ignored if he helped Obama succeed in the White House. Emanuel, however, has not helped Obama succeed in the White House.
Why all the fuss about eating in? In a culture in which roughly half the food we purchase is already fully prepared, let's take a moment to slow down.
We have to stop making concessions to win Republican votes: We haven't won over a single person from the other side. That's why I'm so pessimistic about the health care summit.
Glenn Beck's personal story of picking up the pieces of his shattered life is hard to ignore and seems utterly genuine, all of which makes him perhaps even more dangerous than Joseph McCarthy.
Circumcision is an unnecessary procedure that is painful and can lead to complications, including death. No organization in the world currently recommends this.
Despite his unfortunate and inappropriate terminology, Mike Milbury was right to denounce the play of the Russian team in the Winter Olympic quarter-finals game against Canada.
It's bad enough that consumers are likely to get the short end of the stick with the Dodd-Corker financial regulation deal. What may be even worse is that it's a recipe for bureaucratic gridlock and regulatory impotence.
Two events this week have served to illustrate my point about the ongoing failure of the Democrats to self-promote.
The Great Recession bears some "religious" reflection, as the market has gradually become all pervasive -- a replacement for religion and even for God.
The free market is really a giant Ponzi scheme where companies hold down workers wages so that the employees are forced to live on debt, and then this debt is bought and sold on a global market.
The financial industry, the insurance giants and the oil companies are going to bite and claw and fight to stop real reform until the last dog dies. Progressives better be ready to do the same.
Across the nation, leading assholes spoke of a sense of loss and sadness caused by the decision, and suggested that they would now be searching for new ways to compensate for their small penises.
It's always just a matter of time with Palin's inner sanctum. One by one, they fall by the wayside, either frozen out, ignored until they quit, thrown overboard in the night, or publicly chucked under the bus.
We live in a country where privacy is melting away bit by bit. In the interest of what? Some will say if you've got nothing to hide, why worry? But the truth is actually the inverse of that argument.
The Black Church, as we've known it, is dead. The idea of this venerable institution as central to black life and as a repository for the social and moral conscience of the nation has all but disappeared.
From his paranoid, delusional ranting about how liberals hate anyone successful to his Social Darwinist view of society and nature, Glenn Beck laid out the conservative line and took it to its logical conclusion. And the audience loved it.
