December 12, 2012

Wednesday's Daily Brief: Surveys Reveal What Public Really Wants In A Fiscal Cliff Deal, Michigan Governor Signs Anti-Union Bill

Wednesday, December 12, 2012
POLITICS
Michigan Governor Signs Controversial Anti-Union Bills Into Law
WORLD
U.S. Formally Recognizes Syrian Rebels
CRIME
BREAKING: Mall Shooting In Portland
TECHNOLOGY
The Top 9 Topics On Google In 2012
CELEBRITY
Renowned Beatles Influencer Dead At 92
BLOG POSTS
Rev. Al Sharpton: We Have a Right to Fight Back Against Right-to-Work Laws
Whether it's a statutory initiative, a veto referendum or an outright recall election, we must take action in Michigan and anywhere workers' rights are under threat. There has been far too much sacrifice to secure our ability to collectively bargain and create fairer working conditions for us to give up now.
RZA: Django: Rugged And Raw
As with Inglourious Basterds, in Django Tarantino once again seems to speak directly to the heart and from the minds of the characters he is writing for, and taps into the imaginatively creative and fantastical outcome that makes this a great movie experience.
Kristen Mark: Female Orgasm: Serving an Evolutionary Function?
Why do women have orgasms? Most of the time, I'm so occupied with answering questions about why some women don't have orgasms that I rarely stop to think about why women do have orgasms. It's a good question, really.
Robert Reich: As Washington Fiddles Over the Fiscal Cliff, the Real Battle Over Inequality Is Happening in the Heartland
As money concentrates at the top, so does power. That concentrated power generates even more entrenched wealth at the top, and less for the middle class and the poor. The result has been a degree of inequality not witnessed since the days of the robber barons.
Diana Butler Bass: Fox News' War on Advent
Ancient Christian saints, theologians and evangelists would be horrified that those who claim to stand for tradition have forgotten the most important aspect of it. Jesus Christ was not born that human beings would spend December shopping or saying, "Merry Christmas."