Tuesday's Daily Brief

Tuesday, July 12, 2011 The Culture And Hard Lessons Behind The Republicans' Anti-Tax Stand WORLD Afghan President's Brother Assassinated At His Home: Official POLITICS Arizona Lawmaker Pointed Loaded Gun At Reporter's Chest MEDIA Hacking Scandal Widens BUSINESS Recession Cost Average American $7,300, Fed Economist Says ENTERTAINMENT Arnold Schwarzenegger Lands First Post-Scandal Starring Role BLOG POSTS Al Gore: Meet The Climate Reality Project Oil and coal companies and their allies are working hard to deceive the public about climate change. They have nearly unlimited resources to sow doubt, but we have one critical advantage: Reality is on our side. Dean Baker: Budget Blowhards: Why the Budget Debate Is Destined to Become Ever More Painful The Washington press corps is living some bizarre delusion about the balanced budgets at the end of the Clinton years. They didn't come about from politicians making tough choices. They came about from much stronger than expected economic growth. Michelle Rhee: Our Children and Our Country Will Benefit From the DREAM Act I have seen students study hard, do well in school and go on to graduate. But with diplomas in hand and caps in the air, some of these teens have their hopes dashed for no fault of their own when they do not have proper legal documentation to apply to college. Keli Goff: Why Betty Ford (and the Real Michelle Obama) Could Never Be First Lady Today Despite how much America has evolved on a variety of fronts, our country still remains reluctant to elect an imperfect First Lady. Any time a woman has deviated at all from the traditional First Lady prototype she has faced public backlash. Therese Borchard: Is Your Job Making You Depressed? One of the more complex quandaries of depression is knowing when your job is making you depressed, or if you are just clinically depressed and your job has nothing to do with it.

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