Thursday's Daily Brief

Thursday, September 29, 2011
POLITICS
Justice Department Joins Call For Prompt Review Of Obamacare
BUSINESS
Ben Bernanke: Long-Term Unemployment A 'National Crisis'
BUSINESS
German Parliament Passes Expanded Euro Fund
TECHNOLOGY
6 Things Amazon's Tablet Has That The iPad Doesn't
GAY VOICES
New Vaccine May Reduce HIV To 'Minor Chronic Infection'
BLOG POSTS
Nelly Furtado: Finding My Map
My thoughts immediately went back to a concert I performed as part of a celebration thrown by someone described as an "oil sheik" in Italy in 2007. That night, I met a "son of Gadhafi" who had helped pay for the celebration. I didn't know much about Libya then.
Robert Scheer: The Men We Trusted to Lead Us
With the Geithner appointment, and the even more disturbing selection of Lawrence Summers to be his top economic adviser, Obama sealed his fate as president. By turning to those disciples of Robert Rubin, the new president fatally betrayed his promise of hope.
Bob Cesca: The Republicans Continue to Wage War Against Government Workers
Government workers precisely encapsulate what the founders had in mind for this nation. A government of the people. The Republicans don't want you to think about government like this, even though it's the centerpiece of the American-style representative democracy.
Dori Hartley: Perfect Stranger: How I Fell Victim to Online 'Romance Fraud'
Thousands of people fall victim to these devastating scams. I was one of them.
Anna David: Women Had It Better in the Sixties
I think most of what today's "feminists" do is at best a waste of everyone's time and at worst a dangerous distraction from where we really should be focusing.
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