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Fear of Flying

Love Comes First

Erica Jong | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Erica Jong

Poetry is the language we speak in the most terrifying or ecstatic passages of our lives. But the very word poetry scares people. The truth is we need poetry -- even as we fight against it.

The Miracle as a Metaphor: What We Can Really Learn From Flight 1549

Lynda Resnick | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Lynda Resnick

Times are tough. Our economy has taken a triple bird strike and we've lost all engines and a wing. We are engaged in two wars, our unemployment rate is ratcheting up... but we can land this plane.

Obama and Sully: A New Age of American Competence?

Dan Brown | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Dan Brown

It's been a dark eight years, and I'm ready for some hope. Today, Capt. Chesley B. Sullenberger and Barack Obama are the delivery men.

The Geese Fight Back

John Marshall | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
John Marshall

We geese have taken about all the crap we're going to take. To avoid problems in the future, we suggest better communication between the FAA and the Department of Fish and Wildlife.

US Airways Jet Floats Down the Hudson

John Tepper Marlin | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
John Tepper Marlin

The plane that left from LaGuardia and only got as far as the Hudson at 50th Street was towed past my window just now.

The Three Myths About Plane Crashes

Ben Sherwood | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Ben Sherwood

How can you survive a plane crash? After going through the FAA's plane crash survival school in Oklahoma City and interviewing many experts and survivors of plane crashes, here are four key tips.

Fear of Flying (There's a Plane in the River Under My Window)

Peter Daou | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Peter Daou

There's a plane in the river under my window. I live in lower Manhattan and if I thought I'd escaped the craziness of Beirut, this neighborhood has proven to be equally prone to life's darkest surprises.

Sam Stein

Wolfson Over Fear Of Flying -- Destined For State?

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

With Hillary Clinton seemingly locked up for the post of Secretary of State, several Democratic sources have begun speculating that her long-time comm...

Bones is So Awesome, It Helped Defeat My Fear of Flying. Really.

Jamie Frevele | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Jamie Frevele

Now, if Dr. Temperance Brennan (Emily Deschanel) and tough guy FBI Agent Seeley Booth (David Boreanaz) can fight crime on a plane... I can surely just sit on one, right?

Leave Silda Alone! Erica Jong Tells People To Butt Out On "Reliable Sources"

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media

Jong was incredulous that so many people felt it was their place to judge, opine, psychoanalyze or otherwise comment on a private marriage, as well as the decision of Silda Spitzer to stand by her man.