Patrick Waldo is Chief Video Guy for the Huffington Post. He has worked for "The Charlie Rose Show" and contributed to "The Village Voice". He has participated in various activist causes since the age of 12. His proudest moment came in 2005, when he was handcuffed by Capitol Hill Police at the Presidential Inauguration of George W. Bush. He is originally from Norfolk, Virginia.
As reported yesterday on The Huffington Post, Barack Obama has some new muscle behind his campaign, thanks to the endorsement of wrestling hero Hulk Hogan. And since the Chuck Norris ads worked so effectively for Mike Huckabee's campaign, Obama needs to take full advantage of his new seal of...
Pop singer Pink is in New York City this week to spread the word about the city's dangerous and inhumane horse-drawn carriage industry. She made a stop at Late Night with Conan O'Brien on Wednesday where Conan sympathized with her cause, adding that he and his wife are bothered by...
Last year I asked you to give animals something to be thankful for on Thanksgiving by cutting meat out of your diet. I argued that eating turkey for traditions sake is just plain stupid. This year I'm trying a new approach. A lot of people who eat meat have...
There's an interesting documentary on HBO tonight that I think you should watch. I Am An Animal follows People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals president Ingrid Newkirk and the controversial animal rights group. I recently got a chance to check it out and I wasn't disappointed. As a long...
"The 700 Club" aired an interesting report today about the power of prayer. After lakes and rivers in Georgia have been at record setting lows, Governor Sunny Perdue gathered state leaders, ministers, and concerned citizens in front of the Georgia capitol to pray for rain. Rain came within 24...
Right-wing pundit Bill O'Reilly went on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" Friday night to promote another book that nobody cares about. He complained about the liberal media twisting his words around to make him look bad, but he clearly has no idea what he's talking about. Watch the clip...
Every year millions of Americans watch the President perform his annual act of pardoning the White House turkey. We suffer through the turkey jokes, like Clinton's gem in 1997 ("We can all be grateful that there will be one less turkey in Washington") and Bush's clever pun in 2004 ("This...
A new Cornell study on autism has received a lot of attention lately. The study, which links autism to television watching, first picked up steam when it appeared on Slate last month. After Time gave it a mention, the blogosphere was fooled into thinking they stumbled upon a...
Posted April 11, 2008 | 10:39 AM (EST)