President-elect Obama blindsided his staff when not half-way through his victory speech, he freelanced the notion of a "well-earned puppy" for his girls Sasha and Malia.
David Weinberger | Posted 12.08.2008 | Politics
4. The Taliban are now twice as fierce, having discovered the awesome power of a good breakfast.
David Quigg | Posted 12.07.2008 | Politics
The Clouseau Doctrine, enunciated in the The Pink Panther Strikes Again, as I understand it, is that a person needs to deny any fallibility whatsoever and pretend any errors are deliberate.
Heather Frank | Posted 12.05.2008 | Entertainment
In a delightfully subversive programming decision, Turner Classic Movies is showing A Face in the Crowd tonight at 8pm, just days before the election.
William Klein | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics
In what observers say is the shortest "honeymoon" between the public and a new Administration, dissatisfaction with the Obama Administration began before it was even elected.
Matthew Filipowicz | Posted 12.01.2008 | Politics
With even the red states turning on him, I'm tempted to feel sorry for McCain. But then, I remember that he was the one who chose the path that led him to where he is today.
Matt Mendelsohn | Posted 12.01.2008 | Politics
"Pagan, Hagan, whoeth is counting, Sister Bachmann? Lottery in June, corn be heavy soon. But voting in November, facts they won't remember."
Matthew Filipowicz | Posted 11.28.2008 | Politics
Maybe Stevens can ask Palin for help. She was the director of a 527 called "Ted Stevens Excellence in Public Service, Inc." Perhaps she can help him form a new one.
William Klein | Posted 11.24.2008 | Business
"I'd been hoping to avoid this getting out," Greenspan said, "but I have an evil twin." With that, he seemed to acquire a bushy head of hair and a white beard and introduced himself as "Karl."
Matthew Filipowicz | Posted 11.20.2008 | Media
Glenn Beck has served the Republicans well, and so now, he gets his own show on the network that respects "fair and balanced" reporting the same way the actual Mafia respects the "law".
Brad Mirman | Posted 11.17.2008 | Politics
"Oh my God! She has... Talking-Point-Syndrome!"
Wajahat Ali | Posted 11.16.2008 | Entertainment
W. is structurally anchored by a straightforward depiction of the buildup to the Iraq War punctuated by a series of quick, erratic flashbacks chronicling the rise of the improbable Shrub.
Disgrasian | Posted 11.15.2008 | Politics
Mark Ciptak, a new father in Tennessee, "surprised" his wife this week -- by ignoring their chosen baby name "Ava Grace".
Paul Szep | Posted 11.13.2008 | Politics
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Matthew Filipowicz | Posted 11.10.2008 | Politics
The truth behind this is that we're all jealous of Sarah Palin. She reminds us of the naive innocence of childhood. Before we were burdened with horrible things like science and facts.
Peter Samuelson | Posted 11.10.2008 | Politics
Shot over the weekend on a budget of four pizzas by a crew of very, very concerned Americans.
Sara Geiger | Posted 11.08.2008 | Politics
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Jeff VanderMeer | Posted 11.08.2008 | Politics
"The collapse was a tsunami, and all of us and the American dream had been on the beach, eyes closed, chairs angled at the sun, too close to the water to get away."
Matthew Filipowicz | Posted 11.06.2008 | Politics
The scary thing is that the Republicans want more. Even after it's obvious the realities of "drill, baby, drill" are "spill, baby, spill", they still want more.
Jessica Olien | Posted 11.06.2008 | Green
Palin doesn't believe in those funny-lookin' fossils that eventually evolved into you and me. This is extremely funny as she certainly seems to believe in their byproduct oil.
Alexis C. Jolly | Posted 11.04.2008 | Politics
Although Sarah Palin's September 23 conversation with Henry Kissinger was off-limits to reporters, the Huffington Post gained exclusive access to a microphone hidden in Dr. Kissinger's office.
William Klein | Posted 11.03.2008 | Politics
You heard it here first--if Sarah Palin turns out to be an alien, or the product of a freak experiment, I get the credit, OK?
Joel Weinberger | Posted 11.01.2008 | Politics
I watched Sarah Palin's interview with Katie Couric and learned that living next to another country and/or being on a flight path to another country c...
Jill Robinson | Posted 11.01.2008 | Politics
With the Wall Street crisis apparently solidly under control due to Senator McCain's yeoman-like work, here are some of the ploys alleged to have been discussed.
Hank Morris | Posted 12.15.2008 | Media