Thursday's Daily Brief

2009-04-09

The Daily Brief

Lincoln Mitchell: Anti-Terror Strategy after the War on Terror

AP/Gerald Herbert

Lincoln Mitchell: Presidents and other policy makers will still have to be concerned about the threat of terrorism and will have to craft policies that minimize this threat and enhance our security. These policies, however, will no longer occupy the central role in our national political psyche. Already, we have seen a president who speaks less about terrorism, a congress which spends almost no time on the issue, and even a Republican Party that has, if you will pardon the phrase, moved on from the fervent emphasis of anti-terrorism of a few years ago. Click here to read more.

Dylan Loewe: Why Immigration Reform Now Isn't Such a Bad Idea

There is some trepidation among Democrats as to whether an issue as thorny as immigration might distract from this year's debate on health care, energy and education.

Candace Gingrich: Note to Newt: Back Off Harry Knox!

When my brother Newt Gingrich attacks Harry Knox, he's attacking me. And I don't take too kindly to bullies.

Bob Cesca: Glenn Beck and The Consequences of Crazy Talk

Broadcasters like Beck ought to take responsibility for some of their more incendiary remarks -- remarks which appear to be ginning up the darker, uglier, fanatical tendencies in an already militaristic, jingoistic, reactionary audience.

Sheila Tendy: Finding a Home for Toxic Assets: Where is the Final Resting Place?

We've heard the bellows of those you know best, "Sell 'em! Get 'em off the books of the banks! Break the credit freeze!" But where does a toxic asset live once it has been sold?

Cameron Sinclair: The Architect's Dilemma: The Architecture of Excess vs. an Architecture of Relevance

There has been a split forming in the profession for quite sometime. While some pushed the boundaries of how to build, a new younger group of professionals began to question why we build and who to build for.

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