Fw: Monday's Daily Brief

-------Original Message-------   From: The Huffington Post Date: 12/04/2010 20:00:17 To: bynwalters@libertysurf.fr Subject: Monday's Daily Brief     2010-04-12       The Daily Brief     Robert Kuttner: Ask Dr. Reddy AP Robert Kuttner: Attending the founding conference of the George Soros-funded Institute for New Economic Thinking, at Kings College, Cambridge, one appreciates how much the Obama administration could learn from thoughtful foreign observers of the financial crisis, who are far ahead of American thinking. Click here to read more. Alec Baldwin: The Human Costs of Nuclear Power Utility reactors all over the country pose grave dangers for those living nearby. There are no safe levels of exposure to the byproducts created by the generation of reactors currently in use. Robert Greenwald: Conservatives and Progressives Agree: Rethink Afghanistan The deep costs of the Afghanistan war are not a matter of partisan bickering, which is remarkable given the climate in America's politics today. Lawrence Bender: Countdown to Zero: Investigating Our Most Urgent Security Threat My hope is that my new movie Countdown to Zero will not only make people aware of the threat of nuclear weapons, but will also help create the political will necessary to ensure that the Senate ratifies the New START treaty. Mara Schiavocampo: Prison Moms Imagine awaiting the birth of your child from a jail cell. That's a reality for countless women around the country, sentenced for a crime while pregnant. Ari Melber: Dawn Johnsen's Fall and Justice Stevens' Replacement While the news of Justice Stevens' retirement took most of the media attention on Friday, it's not really a distraction from Dawn Johnsen's fate. Both standoffs reveal the profound ambivalence in Obama's pledges to restore the rule of law.     HuffPost News Afghan Civilians Attacked By NATO Troops: Four Killed, 18 Wounded In Kandahar Obama Nuclear Summit: World Leaders Meet In Washington To Stop Spread Of Nuclear Weapons Phil Mickelson Wins Masters, Tiger Woods Finishes Five Back In Fourth Hillary Clinton, Supreme Court Nominee? Orrin Hatch Hears Her Name Mentioned As Obama SCOTUS Nominee Europe Offers Greece 30 Billion Euros In Loans To Deal With Debt Crisis   Get HuffPost on your iPhone!   ©2010 HuffingtonPost.com, Inc. All rights reserved. 560 Broadway, Suite 308, NY, NY 10012 Add dailybrief@huffingtonpost.com to your address book to ensure that you receive emails from us. User Agreement Privacy Policy Unsubscribe