Obama's Foreign Policies Must Combine Hard and Soft Power
Beyond dealing with urgent trouble spots, a key priority for Barack Obama will be to set his own tone that helps to educate the public at home and abroad.
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Bob Cesca: Sarah Palin: The New and 'Explosive' Leader of the GOP
A standup comic once joked about his inner monologue while rubbernecking through the scene of a car accident. First the serious reaction: "Oh! How horrifying! How awful!" Then the morbidly gleeful: "Cool! Is that an arm?" Watching the Republican Party implosion and subsequent bloody flailing has become my favorite spectator sport. "Wow, the Republican Party is really, really horribly mangled," then, "Cool! Palin's making an ass of herself on TV again!" How screwed are the Republicans right now? Put it this way: the sanest contender for party leader is named "Bush." Yes, Bush: a name that proved to be even less popular this year than the name "Hussein."
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The 120% Solution
I'm suggesting that, until America takes care of its debt, untangles the housing mess and gets unemployment under control, we all commit to working six days a week.
Get Sarah Palin's New Book -- Free!
I know. It couldn't believe it either. The idea that I could get Sarah Palin's new book for nothing. Or that Sarah Palin had written a new book. Or written an old book. Or read an old book. Or used an old book to swat black flies.
Obama's New Power Troika Faces Crises Old and New
It may well be that General Jones, in what is frequently the geopolitical catbird seat as Obama's National Security Advisor, will emerge as the most influential figure of the new national security power troika.
Why is the Chabad Center Torture Not Being Reported?
Why has the mainstream U.S. media utterly ignored the report that Jewish victims at the Chabad Center in Mumbai had been tortured before they were killed? Is this not news?
Bill Richardson, Suited for Hillary's Role, Named Secretary of Commerce
If only Richardson, a skillful high-stakes negotiator, could rescue Wall Street, Detroit, the credit markets or our international image, rather than be consigned partly to making sure TV will be broadcast digitally.
Six Years Ago Violence Rocked India, and No One Here Blinked
A nation's reactions to the outside world becomes the shape of the nation, and as we head into a new era in America, it may be time to take stock of who are and how we've changed.
Health-Care Reform Could Kill the GOP
Liberal that I am, I support health-care reform on its merits alone. But it pleases me even more to think that the conservatives' nightmare of permanent defeat might come true simply if Democrats do the right thing.
The Short End of The Socialist Stick
What we have is De Gaulle-style socialism (state-funded corporations, cronyism, an overstuffed military), but without free and decent French schools, doctors and trains.
The Banking Industry Wants To Help YOU!!!
The banking industry (at least the folks not yet in jail) has a great plan to make home buying affordable and stabilize house prices. Let's give the bankers latest scheme a little thought before embracing it this time.
Why Nationalizing GM and Citigroup Makes Sense
The #1 rule of the financial crisis so far has been that the people who caused it must be left in charge of everything. Going forward that has to change.
Keeping Track of Change
(It Takes More Than Hope)
Let us not forget that it was Obama himself who invited each of us to fulfill our end of the contract between citizen and president in an historic effort to bring about change.
Truth and Reconciliation
Criminal prosecutions of the members of the Bush administration will not enable us to do what we most need to do, which is to gain a full public understanding of what was done over the past eight years.
The Two Faces of Amis: An Exclusive Interview With Martin Amis
He is clearly shaken by the accusation of racism: he spits out lines from the critical articles verbatim. At one moment, it looks like his hand is shaking.
The Meltdown Will Be Blogged
For months we've been inundated with the raw data of the economic meltdown: unemployment figures, foreclosure numbers, massive bailout stats. Here at HuffPost we want to help put a human face on the suffering.
Bush's Interview wtih Charlie Gibson Marks the Start of His Effort to Revise History
The colossal failures of the Bush administration should be what is remembered about Bush's eight years in office, not some feeble attempt to show what a principled guy he was.
The NY Daily News' Stanley Crouch Fails to Understand the Legacy of Malcolm X
Rappers, in the spirit of Malcolm X, point out contradictions. Both in their words and cultural dress codes, hip-hop defies the rigidity of people like Stanley Crouch.
India, Katrina, and the Bailout: How Poor People Everywhere Are Being Neglected
Before, during, and after a serious terrorist attack, poor people endure retched conditions. US prisoners and Indian slum residents both share 59 square feet of living space.
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