Monday's Daily Brief: Pope Francis On Gays: Who Am I To Judge Them?; Huge Shakeup For Limbaugh, Hannity Reportedly Coming

Monday, July 29, 2013

	MEDIA Huge Shakeup For Limbaugh, Hannity Reportedly Coming
	POLITICS Obama, Hillary To Meet For Private Lunch
	TECHNOLOGY Apple Supplier Accused Of Labor Abuses
	NEW YORK Weiner Won't Pull Out
	CELEBRITY 'I'm Not About To Shut Up'

BLOG POSTS

	Geoffrey R. Stone: Understanding Cause and Effect How do we know when to abandon a successful policy? At first blush, this might seem a contradiction in terms. Why would one ever abandon a successful policy? But most policies have costs as well as benefits, and at a certain point one might decide that the costs outweigh benefits.
	John Pavley: Teach a Kid Functional Programming and You Feed Her for a Lifetime By the time I started learning to code, as a hobby, I was well into my twenties. I believe my computer science education started much earlier.
	Kader A. Abderrahim: From Tunis to Cairo, the Other Path Both countries are now weakened by violence. Another path is possible. Taking it requires the willingness of politicians, especially those who are governing, to open the dialogue and create a broad consensus. This is the only choice; the other leads to the abyss.
	Shelley Emling: What Really Happened When I Unplugged From The Internet Last week I did something I've never done before: I went a full 11 days without checking my email or phone. And you'll never guess what happened.
	Michelangelo Signorile: Boycott the Olympics? Russian Vodka? NBC? Maybe. Here Are Five Other Ripe Targets As Russia moves in a very dark direction, a line must be drawn in the sand. American companies and politicians who court LGBT people are going to have stand against this brutal regime in no uncertain terms. And it must be expressed in actions, not just words.