Waterloo

Bachmann's Silence and the Waterloo Murder of a Gay Teen

Karl Frisch | Posted 10.24.2011

Karl Frisch

People like Marcellus Richard Andrews deserve to know how a Michele Bachmann presidency would impact their lives. They deserve to know why a leading candidate for president would say hateful things about them.

Tyler Kingkade

What Bachmann's Iowa Roots Mean For 2012 Caucus

HuffingtonPost.com | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 09.25.2011

WASHINGTON -- When Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) announced her candidacy for president in her birthplace of Waterloo, Iowa, she played up her connec...

Michele Bachmann Defends Her Speech at Waterloo (VIDEO)

Erin Gibson | Posted 08.29.2011

Erin Gibson

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Bachmann Announces Candidacy -- Explains Gaffes

Mark Steinberg | Posted 08.28.2011

Mark Steinberg

"I know that millions of reporters in this country and in Hawaii have claimed that I make a lot of factual mistakes. Well, here and now I want to look the American people right in the eye and give them the facts."

Michele Bachmann: I Made A Mistake

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 08.28.2011

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann is acknowledging "misspeaking" occasionally, including wrongly claiming that act...

Michele Bachmann Mistakenly Says She Has The 'Spirit' Of A Serial Killer

Posted 08.27.2011

In Waterloo, Iowa on the eve of her official presidential campaign announcement, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) told Fox News that she has "the spiri...

Why I Have the Greatest Job in the World

Rep. Bruce Braley | Posted 07.18.2011

Rep. Bruce Braley

Sixteen hours of traveling, endless delays, torrential rains -- to most travelers, this sounds like the Trip from Hell. For me, it was a trip I'll never forget, and it will always be the best Friday the 13th of my life.

Top Five Travel Apps for BlackBerry® Smartphones (PHOTOS)

Alex Kinsella | Posted 05.25.2011

Alex Kinsella

Know the best part about winter? Escaping it! And come January and February, I am not alone in my "over it" feeling toward the season of dread. So how do I get away from it all? I use some pretty cool, efficient BlackBerry smartphone apps to help me plan and guide my way.

HuffPost Haiku Potluck @ Marine Art Salon

Posted 05.25.2011

Over the Holidays, on one stormy night while rain and wind were howling and many people had left the city, some HuffPost Arts Bloggers' got together f...

LA Times: 2.5 Stars For New Gastropub Waterloo & City

latimes.com | S. Irene Virbila, Los Angeles Times Restaurant Critic | Posted 05.25.2011

When a former L'Orangerie chef breaks ranks with his fellow French chefs, runs a renegade pop-up restaurant and fantasizes about landing the first foo...

Rubbernecking: Project Runway Episode 8, "A Rough Day on the Runway"

Holly Cara Price | Posted 05.25.2011

Holly Cara Price

This week the show begins with everyone (OK, Ivy and Michael D) tweezing their eyebrows in their pocket hand mirrors. Michael C dishes on Ivy to Andy and honestly, I can no longer feel sorry for him

Jim DeMint Says Obama's "Waterloo" May Come in November

David Brody | Posted 05.25.2011

David Brody

We all remember how DeMint said he wanted to make health care reform President Obama's 'waterloo'. Well, many may think that since it passed that DeMint lost. He says not so fast.

AEI, David Frum: Ex-Bush Speechwriter Will Lose Health Benefits

PostPartisan | Matt Miller | Posted 05.25.2011

...in ousting him after a mad overnight revolt among its donors, the American Enterprise Institute has put Frum's family into precisely the health car...

David Frum, AEI SPLIT: Conservative's Position 'Terminated' By Major Think Tank

Jeff Muskus | Posted 05.25.2011

See late updates below... Former George W. Bush speechwriter David Frum has resigned from the right-wing American Enterprise Institute, Frum announ...

Ryan Grim

DeMint: 'We Have Not Yet Begun To Fight'

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

Jim DeMint, the tactician who led Senate Republicans in unanimous opposition to health care reform, declared early on that a defeat for Obama would be...

Republican Crybabies Meet Their Waterloo

Andy Ostroy | Posted 05.25.2011

Andy Ostroy

Yes, I'd really love to see the GOP run on a repeal platform. Because I wonder exactly which parts of the bill Americans will want to give up next year.

Health Care: Do or Die

Dr. Philip Neches | Posted 05.25.2011

Dr. Philip Neches

The upcoming vote on health care reform may be Obama's Waterloo. But will he come out of it a defeated Napoleon. Or alternatively, a victorious Wellesley?

Woman, 2 Boys Drown In Ice-Covered Lake

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

WATERLOO, Ill. — Authorities in southern Illinois say a mother, her 7-year-old son and his 6-year-old friend appear to have fallen through the i...

Obama's Second Hundred Days

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

Chris Weigant

Our look back at Obama's second 100 days will begin with a short overview, and then move on to the categories: "the best of times," "the worst of times," and "the age of (media) foolishness."

The "Bipartisan Compromise" Scam

Cenk Uygur | Posted 05.25.2011

Cenk Uygur

Saying you're going to do health care reform without a public option is kind of like saying you're going to fight Al Qaeda in Afghanistan by invading Iraq. It misses the point -- on purpose.

Bill Moyers: Obama's Health Care Struggle: Waterloo or Water Down?

CommonDreams.org | Posted 05.25.2011

President Obama rejected the Republicans' Waterloo metaphor and mounted a massive media counteroffensive of his own. But the President has already run...

Obama's Presidency Will Not Be Defined by Health Reform (The "Waterloo" Myth)

Peter Daou | Posted 05.25.2011

Peter Daou

Obama's presidency will be defined by the extent to which he rights America's moral ship. Providing universal quality affordable health care is only a part of that process, albeit a significant one.

DeMint Refuses To Take Back 'Waterloo' Statement: "It's Not Personal"

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON - An outspoken Southern Republican says it's time to "put the brakes on" President Barack Obama, saying he's advocating too much government...

Cantor: "Waterloo" Not Right Way To Look At Health Care

Politico | Posted 05.25.2011

Asked about Jim DeMint's remark that health care could be Obama's "Waterloo," Cantor said: "I don't think that's a good way to look at it. We are cer...

A Salute to Those Who Have Fought For Us

John Tepper Marlin | Posted 05.25.2011

John Tepper Marlin

Our honoring of Veterans Day suffers by comparison with Memorial Day, which has a similar purpose and is more widely observed as a holiday because it starts the U.S. summer season.