Friday's Daily Brief

Friday, June 24, 2011 House Set To Rebuke Obama's Libya Policy, Move To Cut Off Funding POLITICS Obama, At LGBT Fundraiser, Gets A Pass For Punting On Same-Sex Marriage COLLEGE G.I. Bill Cuts: Veterans Enrolled In College Face Uncertain Futures GREEN Major Earthquake Strikes Off Alaska Coast TECHNOLOGY Google Antitrust Inquiry: Microsoft's History Looms Large MEDIA WATCH: Fox News Host Defends Interview With Jon Stewart BLOG POSTS Chely Wright: Confessions of a Gay Christian Country Singer The very root of who I am and the core of what Country Music seems to be about is honesty, openness and accessibility. But I had to close myself off in order to survive. Johann Hari: In The Age of Distraction, We Need One Thing More Than Ever: Books Here's the function that the book -- the paper book that doesn't beep or flash or link or let you watch a thousand videos all at once -- does for you that nothing else will: It gives you the capacity for deep, linear concentration. Russell Simmons: Sean Hannity Is Right! Fox News has always been a network that we assume to be evil. What is hard to often swallow is they are sometimes right. Ian Fletcher: The Coming Upheaval in Republican Economics It may seem paradoxical, even perverse, to suggest that the Republican party is soon going to have to abandon free market ideology. But this is quite likely true, and it may be the political weapon that will marginalize Democrats for a generation. Don Tapscott: Will Youth Unemployment Demonstrations Come to America? Historically youth radicalize when disparities between expectations and reality persist. Young people need jobs in America, as is the case around the world, and we shouldn't wait for mass protests before taking serious action.

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