In the age of reality TV, there is a danger that the paradigms of pop culture have become the model of the American Dream for a generation of young people. Barack Obama is addressing that danger.
Jennifer L. Pozner | Posted 07.15.2008 | Media
This goes out to all my Bay Area friends -- if you've been reading my occasional blog posts about women, media, politics and pop culture here at Huffi...
CBN | Posted 06.20.2008 | Politics
David Brody recently sat down with Sen. Barack Obama in a one-on-one interview. Brody asked Obama what should be done about the negative tone in today...
Caroline Presno | Posted 06.09.2008 | Politics
Sex and politics cross paths in our culture. So I decided to tie the two together by interviewing Playboy Playmates about this year's presidential election.
Richard Laermer | Posted 05.22.2008 | Media
What precisely defines US -- (not Us)? Have we struck out with renewed vigor? Have we succumbed to fear? Well, neither. We're mediocre. We've embraced American mediocrity.
Jessica Wakeman | Posted 04.10.2008 | Media
I did a doubletake when I arrived home tonight to see the cover of New York magazine's "This Is New York, 1968 - 2008" issue. Apparently the cultural titans among us are very white and have penises.
Michael Giltz | Posted 01.29.2008 | Entertainment
After last week's barrage of "no's," the latest audition round is bursting with video of contestants who are actually going to Hollywood.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 01.28.2008 | Politics
If there's any truth to the widespread whispers that John McCain and Mike Huckabee are secretly aligned to knock out their mutual threat, Mitt Romney,...
Constance Seré | Posted 11.05.2007 | Living
Sure, we've got our Brad Pitts, Angelina Jolies, Natalie Portmans and Adam Brodys, but popular culture no longer has a widely appealing (and at the same time, valuable) guide for us.
Shana Ting Lipton | Posted 10.22.2007 | Politics
The young metropolitan culture and the creative class are the core constituencies that Clinton, Part Deux seems to have been unable to connect with.
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Simon Woods | Posted 07.15.2008 | Politics