Wednesday's Daily Brief

Wednesday, June 22, 2011 Al Gore Blasts Obama On Climate Change POLITICS EXCLUSIVE: Michele Bachmann To Launch Campaign From Iowa On Monday POLITICS Leon Panetta Approved By Senate As Next Pentagon Chief BUSINESS Ex-Mortgage CEO Sentenced To Prison For $3B Fraud TECHNOLOGY Apple Announces New Product ENTERTAINMENT Jon Hamm's Big Money Deal BLOG POSTS Jared Bernstein: Understanding the Unemployment Situation In today's global, low-union world, the working man and woman really have no better friend than full employment. It's one of the only and best ways I know to relink growth and middle-class prosperity. And we're currently nowhere near it. Evelyn Leopold: UN Chief Wins Five More Years: Voice for the Voiceless but Rhetorically Challenged Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's re-election process is complete. The question is whether he is good at his job and most agree he is, despite a low-profile that can work to his disadvantage. Robert Scheer: Bill Clinton's Legacy of Denial Bill Clinton's Newsweek cover story shows that the man has long been convinced that there is no problem or contradiction of his that cannot be simply plastered over with blather. Sadly, he may be right. Rhoda P. Curtis: Aging Gracefully: Why Getting Old Is a Lot Like Being Young I have been thinking about what it means to "age gracefully" and I wonder whose opinion seems to matter. Does the aging person feel "ungraceful"? Or is the person viewing the aging person deciding whether or not the aging person is graceful or not? Timothy Karr: Is Apple Launching a Pre-emptive Strike Against Free Speech? So you think you control your smartphone? Think again. Late last week reports uncovered a plan by Apple, manufacturer of the iPhone, to patent technology that can detect when people are using their phone cameras and shut them down.

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