The Huffington Post successfully recruited readers to pay the salary of one of their reporters for a year. Using an unorthodox funding strategy, the online news outlet teamed up with Beaconreader.com to back the hiring of a special reporter to
Catholic League President Bill Donahue–a frequent, high-volume television commentator on Church topics–appears to have taken the position that New York City’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade has virtually nothing to do with St. Patrick, being Irish, or being Catholic. But it
White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest suggested that Americans should not be concerned about ISIL attacking the United States, suggesting that they trust President Obama to keep them safe. Earnest insisted that Obama was “clear-eyed” about the threat posed by
On September 8, Panera Bread bakery-cafes joined Chipotle, Jack in the Box, Chili’s, Sonic, and Target in asking law-abiding customers to shop unarmed in its stores. The news originally broke on Twitter, where Everytown for Gun Safety tweeted Panera’s request: “Please
Can Russell Brand’s awful choice of friends and colleagues explain what Max Wind-Cowie, writing in the Catholic Herald, calls his “dangerous ignorance”? Yes, I think it can, if he’s taking moral or intellectual cues from the sort of people who
On his Thursday Blaze TV show, commentator Glenn Beck made an unexpected gesture in commending Arianna Huffington, the president and editor-in-chief of the left-leaning Huffington Post. Beck’s praise stemmed from an August blog post from Huffington in which he argued
Keith Olbermann, former MSNBC host and current anchor of ESPN2’s “Olbermann,” ripped the Huffington Post for hiring former NFL wide receiver and “9/11 truther” Donte Stallworth on Thursday. Olberman mocked the Huffington Post for giving Stallworth the title of “fellow,”
Poynter asked the Huffington Post’s Washington bureau chief Ryan Grim about the decision to hire Donte Stallworth, a former NFL wide receiver who has used his Twitter account to spread provably false conspiracy theories about the September 11th, 2001, attacks
On Thursday, The Huffington Post admitted that 9/11 truther Donte Stallworth’s embrace of gay marriage and gay rights led the outlet to eventually hire him as a national security correspondent. As Breitbart News noted, even though the former NFL player killed a
This is part two of the Huffington Post’s Alistair Crook’s analysis of ISIS. We reprint here. BEIRUT — ISIS is indeed a veritable time bomb inserted into the heart of the Middle East. But its destructive power is not as
As Slate point out, when Liberal Democrats aren’t busy bashing conservatives for so called “dark money,” they’re fairly busy raising it themselves. The operative word here is hypocrisy. Liberals may blame conservatives for the ongoing surge of political “dark money”
After days of attacking Burger King for supposedly attempting to skip out on U.S taxes by moving its headquarters to Canada and merging with Canadian restaurant chain Tim Hortons, the liberal left are now claiming that the merger will be
Alastair Crooke, a former British intelligence officer and expert in the Middle East writing in the Huffington Post, connects the history of Saudi Arabian Wahhabism to the rise of the brutal terrorist jihadi group Islamic State. The dramatic arrival of
First they showed us the melting ice caps. But we just said: “Yeah. It’s what ice does in summer.” Then they showed us the drowning polar bears. But we just said: “Proves nothing. And anyway the polar bear population has
On August 21 the California State Assembly voted 66-1 to pass AB 2444, banning the state from selling Confederate flags or displaying them. An exemption would exist for “the flag’s use in school textbooks, public museums and other educational settings.”
Warner Bros’ latest Scooby-Doo film is being accused of “fat shaming” a character after she is “cursed” in a peculiar way. Daphne, the small-framed redhead, reportedly jumps from a size two to a size eight after being cursed by a
In a wide-ranging interview with The Huffington Post’s Howard Fineman, Glenn Beck took the opportunity to again blast conservatives critical of his decision to greet the recent wave of underage illegal immigrants with toys and hot meals. “I don’t understand
With U.S. wages plunging and the nation’s over $1 trillion in student loan debt soaring, U.S. Department of Education data reveal that over half of the nation’s most common form of federal loan, Direct Loans, are not being repaid on
The facts behind the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, MO are still coming in, but rap star Nelly is already on the scene to make his voice heard. Ryan J. Reilly, a Huffington Post reporter, captured Nelly in
On Sunday, a rally was held in South Los Angeles outside the LAPD’s 77th Division station, where about 100 protesters demanded that justice be done in the case of a mentally challenged 25-year-old who was fatally shot by police on August
Michael Bloomberg-funded Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America is now pressuring the Kroger supermarket chain to ban guns in its 2,500 stores. Their campaign against the exercise of Second Amendment rights within Kroger kicks off on August 18.
A Huffington Post reporter whose profile has been elevated by his arrest in Ferguson, Missouri while covering protests and riots in the aftermath of Michael Brown’s death mistook ear plugs for rubber bullets Sunday. Ryan J. Reilly, who was arrested
This week, KISS rocker Gene Simmons not only embraced assimilation and the importance of English for immigrants to succeed, he gave a textbook example of how to successfully–and forcefully–do so on hostile turf. He did so with no apologies–and plenty
The outbreak of rioting in Ferguson, Missouri has drawn the attention of the nation – and for good reason. Its toxic mix of racial politics, mass violence, and police malfeasance has created a perfect storm for media and politicians eager
Huffington Post Justice Reporter Ryan Reilly got emotional recounting his arrest in Ferguson, MO on today’s “HuffPost Live.” Reilly said he was “shocked” when he was arrested inside a McDonald’s near the protest and police reportedly shoved his head into
