Wednesday's Daily Brief

Wednesday, June 29, 2011 Arianna Huffington: Postcard From Greece: This Should Not Be About Austerity, It's About the Future of Democracy Arianna Huffington: Given that the Greeks invented democracy, it's only fitting that they're now being given the chance to reinvent it. And yes, I know we Greeks have a reputation for mythmaking and drama -- but, as I found out during my trip to Greece last week, those really are the stakes. Until I went over and witnessed what's happening, I too had become convinced that the real issues were the ones the media were obsessively covering: the effects of a potential sovereign default on the Euro and worries about the crisis spreading to other European countries. But here's the bigger issue: Can a truly democratic movement break the stranglehold of corrupt elites and powerful anti-democratic institutional forces that have come to characterize not just the politics of Greece, but most Western democracies, including our own? BUSINESS BofA Close To Record Settlement Over Mortgage-Securities WORLD Suicide Bomber Hits Intercontinental Hotel In Afghanistan's Capital POLITICS UPDATE: Republican Senator Vows To Block Everything SPORTS Tiger Woods Gets New Endorsement Deal NEW YORK Will Cuomo's Marriage Victory Put Him In The White House? BLOG POSTS Dr. Peggy Drexler: Our Fathers Ourselves: Daughters, Fathers, and the Changing American Family How are today's fathers serving as models of strength and assertiveness for their daughters? How much of this example are their daughters observing, absorbing, and deploying in their lives? Robert Scheer: Yes to Violence, No to Sex This American life of ours has long been pro-violence and anti-sex, unless the two can be merged so that violence is the dominant theme. The U.S. Supreme Court reaffirmed that historical record on Monday. Elisabeth Braw: Lagarde From a Woman's Perspective Washington will notice for sure that its new IMF boss has arrived. Christine Lagarde, once a competitive synchronized swimmer and a member of the French national team, wants to ride her bike to work. Mia Farrow: Is This the Next Darfur? Apart from a couple of statements in the U.N. Security Council, the international community has failed to put the plight of the Nuba people on its agenda. Could this be the next Darfur? Joan Garry: Take That Governor Christie! It did not surprise me that "my" governor said that he would not sign a marriage equality bill. In fact, I like clarity. It tells us that the legislative path to marriage equality in New Jersey is closed. This leads us to the second path to marriage equality. The courts.

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