Tuesday's Daily Brief

Tuesday, May 10, 2011 Obama Begins Push On Immigration Reform Despite Congressional Standstill WORLD NATO Missile Strikes Target Gaddafi's Compound, Say Witnesses WORLD Magnitude 7.1 Quake Hits South Pacific TECHNOLOGY Microsoft Will Acquire Skype GREEN Judge Tosses Billionaire Brothers' Climate Change Spoof Lawsuit SPORTS Heat Handle Celtics In Overtime BLOG POSTS Keli Goff: Is the GOP Finally Ready to Tackle Its Race Problem in 2012? Last week, Herman Cain was declared the victor of the first Republican debate of the 2012 election season. Cain -- among the least known candidates at the beginning of the debate -- is African-American. Dr. Peggy Drexler: Fathers, Daughters, and Questions Womens' relationships with their fathers run from great to benign to frightening. Real fathers are not perfect. They're human. What is the best advice your father ever gave you? David Paul: Default Is Not in Our Future Congress may or may not raise the debt ceiling. Who knows what Congress, in its infinite wisdom, will do; but the notion that a failure to raise the debt ceiling will lead to a default by the U.S. Government on outstanding Treasury securities is nonsense. Deb Levine: Pop Culture Sex Ed: What Media Teaches Kids About Sexual Health Kids know that having sex without a condom is "stupid." Yet they still need to learn about the complexities of sexuality --in short, they may know about sex, but they don't feel educated about it. Dr. Josef Olmert: Syria -- the Beginnings of Collapse Rule number one of a Praetorian State such as Syria is complete unity of the armed forces, which are the regime's main tool of oppression. It is in this light that the unthinkable may be happening for Bashar Assad.

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