Monday, May 9, 2011

Monday's Daily Brief

Monday, May 9, 2011
POLITICS
Primary Election 2012: Conservative Fears Of Permanent Welfare State May Create Wild Ride
WORLD
Forces Halt 'Most Ambitious' Taliban Attack Since Offensive Declared
TECHNOLOGY
False Comfort: Blaming Sony for Cyber-Vulnerability Masks Threat
MEDIA
HUGE Shakeup At 'Today'
GREEN
Residents Brace For Floods As Mississippi River Expected To Crest
BLOG POSTS
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand: Empowering America's Women
When women earn more, families are stronger and children have better access to quality health care and education. We must close the chronic wage gap that shortchanges women.
Wajahat Ali: The Post-Osama Muslim American
The rich and complex identity of Muslim American communities is now personified by a terrorist leader who suffered from narcissism and a compulsive need to release YouTube videos.
Scott Mendelson: Weekend Box Office: Thor Grosses $66m, Fast Five Crashes, The Beaver Underwhelms
It's kinda scary how accurately we can now predict opening weekend grosses just based on the midnight number, but the math once again worked.
Roger Wolfson: Painting Troy Davis (Video)
Troy Davis's only chance for survival lies in a Georgia parole board being aware that the case against him is not strong enough to cost any human being his or her life. And that is why renowned artist Chaz Guest is painting him.
Laurie David: Wake Up, Secretary Vilsack
Knowing Secretary Tom Vilsack's passion for helping the people who live in rural communities, there is no larger issue for him to focus his attention on than protecting those communities from antibiotic-resistant bacteria sourced from food animals.

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