Top 10 Most Overhyped of 2008

John Wellington Ennis, 02.07.2009

Filmmaker, Activist, Some Dude

Everyone is a sucker for the year-end lists. Beyond re-hashing highlights of hoopla, I propose revisiting the topics herein with hindsight, rather th...

Iowa: One Year Later

Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry, Teresa Valdez Klein, 01.31.2009

Variety's Wilshire and Washington

What's with the media coverage of Sarah Palin's grandkid, and is Palin the new Paris Hilton? Is that an improvement?

2007 -- The Year that Time Forgot

Matt Stewart, 01.31.2009

writer, novelist, marketeer

It's only natural that after our most recent 12-month carnival, 2007 would seem relatively blah. Every now and then, history lays an egg. What happened in 1957? 1910? 1887-1897?

2008: What Will We Tell The Children?

Dr. Judith Rich, 01.30.2009

Speaker* Writer* Trainer* Performance Consultant* Rx For The Soul *www.judithrich.com

Pull up a chair and settle in while I spin a yarn about 2008. The story actually begins 20 years into the future (visualize a clock advancing rapidly...

Sarah Palin: the All-in-One Reality TV Show

Monroe Price, 01.07.2009

Palin is one-person reiteration of everything from "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?" (early round dismissal?) up through and including "Survivor."

Memo to Americans Spying for Another Country or Considering It

Keith Thomson, 12.26.2008

Reporter and author

A recent Defense Department report cites cases of 173 Americans arrested between 1947 and 2007 for passing state secrets to al-Qaeda, China, Egypt, Cuba, Poland, Germany, Russia, North Korea, France, among others.

Bloggers: Get Thee to Congressional Staffs!

Lorelei Kelly, 12.09.2008

Director, National Security Program, progressivecongress.org

You twenty-somethings who are reading this, if you can't take your day job after being part of such a political earthquake like last week's election, go find your local Member of Congress and apply for a job.

Supposedly Safe GOP House Seat in CA Too Close To Call

Erik Ose, 12.07.2008

Despite voting with George W. Bush 94.4% of the time, this fall Calvert distributed mailers without a single mention that he belonged to the Republican party, proclaiming himself "An Independent."

Most Republican County in Indiana Delivers Obama Victory

Chuck Lasker, 12.07.2008

For the first time in 44 years, the state of Indiana voted for a Democrat for President. While we know about the massive coordinated Obama campaign vo...

Campaigners Have Heavy Presence at Philly Polls

James Sanders, 12.05.2008

Campaigners for both political parties are not lagging around with their vote, and they are making sure that you don't either with tables and chairs l...

Slow Voting Process in St. Louis

Jeanine Molloff, 12.05.2008

Long wait times to vote represent a covert 'poll tax.' Many people in low-income neighborhoods in Missouri are hourly wage earners who cannot afford to lose a day's wages.

Devotion, Suspicion and Excitement in Louisville

Gail McGowan Mellor, 12.05.2008

In the heavily African American area of well-kept middle class houses next to Shawnee Park, in Louisville, Kentucky, people across from the polls at ...

Ohio Dispatch: Long Lines Early, But No Lines Now

Claudia Cruz, 12.05.2008

Ohio got a bad rep after the 2004 Presidential Election because the long lines at the polls discouraged and disenfranchised urban working people and s...

Cool, Calm and Collected at Grand Rapids Polling Station

Dan Treul, 12.05.2008

Dan Treul is a freelance writer living in Grand Rapids, MI.

With McCain's surprise withdrawal from the state on Oct. 2, and Obama enjoying a major advantage in the latest polling, Michigan's 17 electoral votes ...

Obama's Support in Suburban Texas May Help Down-Ballot Dems

Natasha Chen, 12.05.2008

One of the most Republican areas in Texas may have as much as 45 percent support for Barack Obama today. Electing Obama in Williamson County is a big ...

Your Nov. 4 Voting Stories

Off The Bus, 12.05.2008

Thank you, HuffPost readers, for sending your voting stories. If you haven't already, you can file them here. My polling place was a local Catholic ...

FL Already a Hotbed of Voting Problems

Shawna Vercher, 12.05.2008

Web Publicist, Social Media Consultant

A quick glance at what is currently being reported from across the state: Tampa, FL - Special "Emergency" Ballot Box Created On the Spot All ballots ...

Your Voting Stories (Nov. 4 2pm Update)

Off The Bus, 12.05.2008

Thank you, HuffPost readers, for sending your voting stories. If you haven't already, you can file them here. My polling place was a local Catholic ...

So Far, Light Traffic at Polling Places in New Hanover County, N.C.

Yuna Shin, 12.05.2008

Wilmington, N.C. -- My colleague's first words to me this morning were, "Boy, this was the best election experience ever thanks to early voting! It t...

Enthusiasm High Among Dem Volunteers And Voters In Battleground Arizona

Marlene H. Phillips, 12.05.2008

At the Northwest Tucson Democratic Headquarters, nobody slept in late this morning. Volunteers were at their polling places with water and candidate i...

Your Voting Stories (Nov. 4 1pm Update)

Off The Bus, 12.05.2008

Thank you, HuffPost readers, for sending your voting stories. If you haven't already, you can file them here. LA county - huge long lines everywhere....