Monday's Daily Brief

Monday, January 16, 2012 Golden Globes 2012: Big-Name Stars Go Home Happy BLACK VOICES 'He Cursed.. He Was Regular' POLITICS Huntsman Dropping Out Of Primary Race POLITICS Elizabeth Warren's Money Bomb Haul SPORTS Giants Upset Packers In Lambeau WORLD Cruise Tragedy Conjures Titanic Memories BLOG POSTS Rev. Al Sharpton: How We Should Celebrate Dr. King in 2012 How many of us take the time to emulate Dr. King's teachings? How many of us actually understand the fight he waged on our behalf? How many of us emulate his nonviolent dedication to defending the poor and seeking economic justice in society? Maureen Ryan: Golden Globes 2012 Review: Ricky Gervais Flops the Third Time Around If Ricky Gervais doesn't get invited back by the Golden Globes in 2013, it might be because he was so boring at Sunday night's ceremony. Leo W. Gerard: Occupy: Resurrecting Rev. King's Final Dream What Rev. King preached and what many Occupiers seem to believe is that paramount in a republic is job creation, not wealth creation. The duty of government is not to ensure that the rich get richer but to establish equal opportunity. Sara Vakhshouri: Closure of Hormuz Strait: An Actual Threat or Diplomacy? Since there is no ongoing dialogue between the US and Iran, the threat to close the Straight of Hormuz should be seen as an act of subtle diplomacy in the absence of ambassadors and embassies. Roy M. Pitkin: Good News in Retirement Settling into retirement, I did the usual kind of things one does on leaving the ranks of the employed. But then I ran into an organization called Volunteers in Medicine.

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