Here’s Why Mountain Dew Will Survive The Death Of Soda
From the first moment the green elixir touched his lips, Chris Whitley knew he was hooked on Mountain Dew. He was an 11-year-old kid on his way back from either…
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Chris Christie launches leadership PAC
“Leadership matters if we are going to have elected officials who work each and every day so that our government doesn’t stand in the way of opportunity, but creates the…
25 Songs That Perfectly Capture the Female Experience
A few months back, with what we intended to be a wink, Flavorwire brought you a playlist of misandry anthems that explored some of the stronger reactions to the patriarchy…
What I Learned Growing Up With A Devout Hindu Mom And An Atheist Dad
My mother is a devout Hindu. She follows every ritual, fasts for every festival on the Hindu calendar and performs most religious ceremonies. She even claims to have read every…
Taking A Break From Technology Can Get Your Creative Juices Flowing
Taking a break from technology can actually help you to unlock your inner creativity. Filmmaker Tiffany Shlain takes a “tech Shabbat” every Saturday, she explained in a conversation with HuffPost…
What Exactly Are Bitters, Anyway?
We spend a lot of time pretending to know what we’re talking about when we’re ordering cocktails. We feel comfortable saying this out loud, because we know you do it,…
House Democrats push voting rights amendment
“We have the ironic situation, after the Heller [Supreme Court] decision, that Americans have a fundamental individual right to a gun, but not a fundamental individual right to vote,” Jackson…
Top executives freak out about hackers
Cisco (CSCO, Tech30) CEO John Chambers warned that more cyberattacks were inevitable. “If you think last year was bad, wait until this year,” he said. “Every company will be broken…
The Nessie Ladle Might Be The Most Adorable Kitchen Appliance Of The Year, And It’s Only January
Every so often a kitchen appliance stands out to us as something totally unique and awesome, and we immediately add it to our wish lists. With so many cooking gadgets…
Teachers Rally Against Standardized Testing At No Child Left Behind Hearing
At the end of every school year, Stephen Lazar, a New York City social studies teacher, would stand in front of his students and apologize to them for turning into…
Environmentalists Reject Obama’s Call For Expanded Trade Powers
WASHINGTON — Nearly 50 environmentalist organizations sent a letter Wednesday to every member of Congress, urging them to oppose granting President Barack Obama “fast-track” authority to pass new free trade…
State of the Union 2015: Full transcript
For the first time, the White House is making the full text of the speech available to citizens around the country online. On Medium, you can follow along with the…
Father Of Theater Shooting Victim Finds Solace In Officer
EVERGREEN, Colo. (AP) — Ian Sullivan visits his daughter’s grave on her birthday every year since a gunman burst into a crowded Colorado movie theater and shot the 6-year-old as…
The Ultimate Egg-Ordering Guide, From Sunny Side Up To Soft Boiled
Everyone has a food résumé. On it are the defining, personal preferences that make every individual unique. Your food résumé explains why you always pluck the olives off of your…
5 Conversations You And Your Partner Need To Have Right Now
It’s easy to bypass certain difficult topics by simply not making time for those conversations. But the truth is, there are some discussions every couple needs to be having because…
5 Perfect Quotes From HBO’s ‘Girls’ Season 4, Episode 2
Here at HuffPost Women, one of the things we love most about Lena Dunham’s HBO show, “Girls,” is the incisive, witty and hilarious dialogue that Dunham and the rest of…
Need an NFL primer? Here are 5 things to keep you in game
In two weeks, the Super Bowl will be upon us. After this grandest of American sports spectacles, the salad days of basketball and baseball will follow, along with a smattering…
State of the Union: 67 years in 67 seconds
We put them all together into one single State of the Union address by eleven different presidents and spanning 67 years. Nobody knows every word President Obama will say on…
‘Girl with the dancing horse’ Charlotte Dujardin no longer fears last waltz
For Charlotte Dujardin, every triumph in the sporting arena seemingly took her another step closer to an uncertain future. Billed as “The Girl with the Dancing Horse” after her heroics…
Put that iPhone down! And 14 other digital resolutions for 2015
I am one of “those” people who loves the new year, makes resolutions and normally fails to keep up with most of them by the end of January. But there…
Star Wars-themed light show and other Christmas magic
“The joy and the happiness it brings to little kids and adults is fantastic,” Lynch said. After 18 years of decorating, the retired New York City firefighter has no plans…
Rise of the beard: A short history of the world’s most powerful facial hair
As the “founder and self-appointed captain” of Beard Team USA, he was responsible for bringing the sport of competitive bearding to the United States in 2003. Since then, things have,…
We were sleeping when I shot my wife, Georgia police chief says on 911 tape
“Who shot her?” the 911 operator asked William McCollom, the police chief in Peachtree City, Georgia. “Me,” McCollom replied. “How did you shoot her?” “The gun was in the bed,…