Monday's Daily Brief

2009-04-20

The Daily Brief

Richard H. Neiman:
A Call For Questions For Timothy Geithner

AP/Evan Vucci

Richard H. Neiman: As many readers probably know, the Panel that Congress created to oversee TARP is questioning Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner for the first time this Tuesday morning. I am one of the five members of that Panel, and I would like the people who are living with this recession to get a chance to ask their questions about TARP, rather than the questions simply coming from me and the Panel. It is my personal view that although disagreement exists among very smart people, Treasury has a viable plan that can work. In fact it must work, but it can only work if people in our country are a part of the dialogue and solution. That dialogue starts with a chance to have questions heard and answered. Click here to read more.

Nora Ephron: Stop the Music

The worst thing about Susan Boyle -- and there are several, but I'm going to deal with only one -- is that she sings that horrible song.

Harry Shearer: The Torture Debate -- It's About Time

Several years too late, we've been dragged kicking and screaming into what a democratic republic should be engaged in: a public debate on whether such a nation is ever well-advised to engage in the torture of captives.

Daniel C. Esty: Reset Regulation: An Earth Day Focus on Sustainability

Smart regulation can channel corporate and individual efforts toward sustainable economic growth that is durable because it rests on solid underpinnings -- not externalized costs.

Jesse Kornbluth: A Disturbing New Book About The Columbine Massacre Asks: Do You Know Who Your Children Are?

Don't call Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold "tormented" or "misunderstood." Because they weren't. They gave away lots of clues. And they totally bamboozled their parents.

Norm Stamper: 420: Thoughts on Pot vs. Alcohol from a Former Police Chief

If one of these two drugs is implicated in dire health effects, high mortality rates, and physical violence -- and the other is not -- what are we to make of our nation's marijuana laws?

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