Monday's Daily Brief: Margaret Thatcher Dies Of Stroke

Monday, April 8, 2013 Margaret Thatcher Dead: Former UK Prime Minister Dies Of Stroke POLITICS 'Missing In Action': Congress Ignores America's Poor POLITICS White House: Obama Will Not Enact A 'Romney Economic Plan' SPORTS UConn Heading To Title Game WORLD South Korean Official Walks Back Missile Test Talk OWN 5 Health Risks You Shouldn't Take BLOG POSTS Peter Alexander Meyers: What to Look for When Gun Control Fails: America's Cinematic Culture The most important instrument we have for formulating and controlling everyday action -- our imagination -- has been off-loaded to screens and boxes with industrial abandon. This is the underpinning of our cinematic culture and it sustains the abuse of guns. Sorab Shroff: Margaret Thatcher: Our Britannia, Our Chief of Men Margaret Thatcher is despised by many left-leaning Britons. However, how many of our former prime ministers are loved? We British have a need to take down uppity people. Margaret Thatcher, however, was something special. Megan Pillow: Love, Loss and a Surprise Diagnosis: What I Learned From the Birth of My Son When the nurses took Atticus to the nursery a few hours after his birth because his temperature was low, it didn't occur to me to be afraid. Even when a nurse entered the room with a doctor who introduced herself as a neonatologist, it didn't trigger an alarm. Bill McKibben: Is the Keystone XL Pipeline the 'Stonewall' of the Climate Movement? It was certainly joyful to see marriage equality being considered by our top judicial body. In some ways, however, the most depressing spectacle of the week was watching Democratic leaders decide that, in 2013, it was finally safe to proclaim gay people actual human beings. Maureen Ryan: 'Mad Men' Premiere Recap: Walking Through 'The Doorway' More than ever, it feels as though we're supposed to "solve" "Mad Men" episodes these days; each meaning, symbol, allegory and metaphor is as neatly arranged as a Japanese bento box, one we are supposed to unpack with proper care and reverence.

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