Thursday's Daily Brief

Thursday, January 12, 2012 Arianna Huffington: I Have Good News and... That's It: Introducing HuffPost Good News Arianna Huffington: I'm delighted to announce the launch of HuffPost Good News, a new section that will shine a much-needed spotlight on what's inspiring, what's positive, what's working -- and what's missing from what most of the media chooses to cover. Everywhere around the country, people and communities are doing amazing things, overcoming great odds, and facing real challenges with perseverance, creativity and grace. But these stories are rarely told online, in newspapers, and on TV. HuffPost Good News will be using a variety of storytelling tools to bridge that gap and connect our readers with stories of real people and their countless acts of empathy and ingenuity. Here's hoping it sets off copycat acts of good news reporting across the media. POLITICS Republican Primary's Next Stop: Foreclosureville POLITICS Survey Reveals Surprising Result On Class Consciousness WORLD WATCH: U.S. Marines Appear To Urinate On Taliban Corpses GOOD NEWS A Year Of Good News: Where Are They Now? TECHNOLOGY Bad News For Computer-Makers BLOG POSTS Desmond Tutu: Made for Goodness Our own stories, experiences and gifts are the incubators of good news. When we allow our imagination to be engaged with the needs of the world around us, we actively participate in expanding love and compassion. When we do so, God is tickled pink! Deepak Chopra: Happy Futurism: A Lifeline for Optimists The point isn't that you have to believe the positive and ignore the negative. The two sides are intimately linked and inescapable. But you can align yourself with the positive side. The vote is cast at the level of consciousness. Maria Bello: Two Years Later -- Reimagining Haiti Haiti is not just "rebuilding" with cement and muscle. Haiti is "reimagining" a nation, with a bold vision and collective dream. Rev. Al Sharpton: Please Tell Romney We're Not Envious, We're Fed Up Romney, the people are not jealous of your mansions or boats. They are simply tired of income inequality, and tired of course of your condescending tone. Menachem Rosensaft: Ultra-Orthodox Judaism Need Not Be Obscurantist While one must not tar all ultra-Orthodox Jews with the brush of intolerance, the fact is that the antagonism displayed by haredim toward other Jews is becoming ever more extreme. It was not always thus.

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