Stories about the sex lives of politicians are just about the hottest copy in the business. So hot, that the hottest story at the New York Times is the rumor of a story about the sex life of David Paterson, New York's governor.
We are all waiting for the...
Dr. Maya Rockeymoore | Posted February 9, 2010 | Politics
During a breakout session at last winter's White House Fiscal Responsibility Summit, President Obama's chief economic advisor Larry Summers introduced the subject of Social Security reform by suggesting that an increase in the retirement age may be a prudent consideration given that "Americans are living longer."
When it was...
Andy Borowitz | Posted February 9, 2010 | Comedy
NEW YORK (The Borowitz Report) - The Fox News Channel, which has already signed Sarah Palin to a deal as an on-air commentator, today deepened their commitment to the former Alaska governor by signing her hand as well.
"We were very impressed with the job her hand did at the...
Ed and Deb Shapiro | Posted February 9, 2010 | Living
Walking on hot coals is not in our DNA! We were keynote teachers at a "No Mind Festival" in Sweden. The grand finale was to do a firewalk. Ed began to get mentally prepared and reminded himself each day that he would be walking over red-hot embers. As frightening as...
Katherine Goldstein | Posted February 9, 2010 | Green
We'd like to invite you to eat with us.
As HuffPost Green has expanded and grown over the past year and a half, we've come to learn that our readers are extremely passionate about all things food. How we eat impacts everything from climate change to the farmers in...
Robert Naiman | Posted February 9, 2010 | World
If Michael Moore would run for President in 2012, it could be a game-changer in American political life. For starters, it would likely shorten the war in Afghanistan by at least six months, and the American and Afghan lives that would be saved would alone justify the effort.
If Moore...
Jim Randel | Posted February 9, 2010 | Business
After 42 years of futility, after one of the worst natural disasters in U.S. history, and just a few years after fans wore bags on their heads, the New Orleans Saints are today the best team in football.
To me, the story is a metaphor for the principle of...
Mark Green | Posted February 9, 2010 | Politics
Time to take back "populism" from Teabaggers and Palinites who've kidnapped it to only mean less government and taxes. Democrats need to define a phrase and philosophy that tells Independents we're on your side.
This blog post is about language -- a phrase actually. For policy wonks, please read...
Sophie Keller | Posted February 9, 2010 | Living
Editor's Note: Join Sophie TODAY at 2pmEST for the official debut of HuffPost Living's "Ask Sophie!" live video series. This week's topic: How To Find Your Ideal Partner.
As a young girl, for as long as I can remember, I thought about who my life partner would be....
Bob Franken | Posted February 9, 2010 | Media
Let's be blunt. 173 Toyota dealers in the United States are plain and simply un-American. They are the members of their association that covers five southeastern states, Florida, Georgia, Alabama, North Carolina and South Carolina, that have decided to pull their advertising from ABC affiliates in their coverage...
Wayne Winston | Posted February 9, 2010 | Sports
Now that the Super Bowl is over, the next big sports event is the NBA All Star Game. We believe that selection to the All Star team should be based on how a player helps his team win. In 2000 my colleague Jeff Sagarin and I developed the Adjusted +/-...
Alex Geana | Posted February 9, 2010 | Style
Fall Fashion Week sneaks up on us - as we try to find our footing in an uncertain future. It sneaks past our personal ledgers and those of the robber barons. Past the rhetoric and positioning of our leaders.
The spark of culture in these trying times, often...
Les Leopold | Posted February 9, 2010 | Business
The Tea Party sprang to life in response to the financial crash that sent our economy into a tailspin. Until recently, it balanced two tendencies: hatred of big government and hatred of Wall Street. The combination (in the form of the bailouts and stimulus programs) provided a perfect target as...
890 million. Amount of international debt that Haiti owes creditors. Finance ministers from developing countries announced they will forgive $290 million. Source: Wall Street Journal
644 million. Donations for Haiti to private organizations have exceed $644 million. Over $200 million has gone to the Red Cross, who had 15 people...
Steve Parker | Posted February 9, 2010 | Business
Some random thoughts on the Toyota "situation"...
Be careful what you wish for.
Toyota aimed to be the biggest car-maker in the world, and since they achieved that goal through GM's bankruptcy, everything, it seems, has been going downhill for the pride of Toyota City (yep, that's where its...
Alana B. Elias Kornfeld | Posted February 9, 2010 | Living
Happiness Expert, Sophie Keller, kicks off the first of her weekly video blog series, "Ask Sophie!", with this Valentine's Day-appropriate theme, "How To Find Your Ideal Partner."
Sophie Keller is an accomplished writer, life coach, TV personality, and founder of
Marshall Fine | Posted February 9, 2010 | Entertainment
An Oscar nominee as best foreign-language film, Israel's Ajami is a reminder that things can always - always - be worse.
Set in the predominantly-Arab neighborhood of Tel Aviv known as Ajami, the film looks at the lives of an intersecting group of Israeli Arabs. The political tensions in this...
Eric Boehlert | Posted February 9, 2010 | Media
Virtually nobody in the corporate media said boo about Sarah Palin appearing on the same Tea Party stage as birther nut Joseph Farah, and helping him legitimize his creepy crusade. Palin was given a total free ride.
And I mean nobody. According to Nexis, there were more than 150...
Michael Wolff | Posted February 9, 2010 | Politics