Thursday's Daily Brief

Thursday, June 23, 2011 Obama Heads To New York Under Pressure On Gay Marriage POLITICS GOP Presidential Candidates React To Obama's Afghanistan Speech CRIME Infamous Mob Fugitive Arrested BUSINESS Single Point Of Contact: Why Won't Banks Pay More Attention To Homeowners? GREEN Thousands Struggle To Find Places To Stay As They Flee N. Dakota Flood SPORTS Wimbledon Executive Scolds Female Players For Grunting BLOG POSTS Michael Brenner: Three Questions After Obama's Afghanistan Speech Does the president's troop withdrawal from Afghanistan represent a qualitative change in official American thinking about its stakes in the region and in the wider 'war on terror'? Rinku Sen: Wal-Mart Gets a Free Pass for Bias From the Supreme Court The lesson of the Dukes v. Wal-Mart decision is that Americans can't rely on the courts alone to check all forms of bias, especially the kinds that don't require explicit direction Tracey Marks, M.D.: 3 Natural Ways To Fall Asleep Faster Your body may be dead tired and ready to collapse, but your mind may be ready to go a few more rounds. Billie Jean King: Looking Back, Looking Forward: 40 Years of Title IX This week is the 50th anniversary of my first championship win at Wimbledon, and the 40th anniversary year of Title IX, legislation that ensures equal access to both men and women in federally-funded educational programs and activities, including sports programs. James Peron: NOM Poll on Same-Sex Marriage Skewed to Get Results NOM Wanted. The Christian Post claims that "57 percent of New York voters oppose gay marriage." But the one key variable that determines this is whom you poll.

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