Wednesday's Daily Brief

Wednesday, March 30, 2011 Setbacks Mount In Leaking Japanese Nuclear Plant WORLD Libya Rebels Flee Gaddafi's Assault POLITICS House Votes To Terminate Obama Administration's Anti-Foreclosure Program BUSINESS INFLATION: Prices Rise At Fastest Level Since Financial Crisis TECHNOLOGY Netflix Lowers Streaming Video Quality To Cut Data Use BUSINESS What's At Stake In The Massive Walmart Anti-Discrimination Case Before The Supreme Court BLOG POSTS Paul Helmke: Jim and Sarah Brady: We'll Never Know How Many Lives They Saved We now mark the anniversary of Jim Brady's shooting with a renewed sense of loss: Tucson. A major difference between the two tragedies is that the outcome on January 8 was even more deadly. Al Norman: Yes, Wal-Mart Is Too Big to Sue Some observers will no doubt want to wait a couple of months to see how the Bush-dominated court rules in this case. But based on what I've seen from the justices already, the writing is on the Wal. Erin N. Marcus, M.D.: Three Weeks After Japan's Disaster, What Are the Real Risks in the U.S.? Three weeks after the onset of the nuclear power plant disaster in Fukushima, Japan, many residents of the U.S. are fearful about the possible health effects of radiation traveling across the Pacific. Scott Mendelson: In Defense of Sucker Punch: Why the Flawed Film Is Worth Fighting for Rarely have I spent so much effort defending a film I merely liked, but the seemingly willful misinterpretation of this film merits mention -- this is genuinely challenging movie-making and should be acknowledged as such. Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: An American Marvels at South Africa This week I visited South Africa on a lecture tour to three of its cities. It is not my first trip to South Africa since the end of apartheid. It's my fifth. Still I never cease to marvel at the miracle of racial harmony that is this remarkable nation.

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