Thursday's Daily Brief: No Negotiations Between Obama And Boehner Since Monday

Thursday, December 20, 2012 Fiscal Cliff Negotiations Stall POLITICS Pelosi, Democrats Tighten Embrace Of Social Security Cuts CRIME Funerals Become A Sad Routine POLITICS Harsh Benghazi Report Busts Many Right-Wing Myths BUSINESS Libor Fraud Cost U.S. Taxpayers Billions: Report CRIME Reported Sex Assaults Spike At Military Academies BLOG POSTS Geoffrey R. Stone: Gun Crazy Economists estimate that the average life is "worth" appoximately $7 million. This means that America's firearm policy over the past twenty years has cost the nation approximately $1.75 trillion in lost lives. But who's counting? Bob Cesca: Debunking the Gun Culture Propaganda You've probably seen many of the gun lobby's finest agitprop slogans plastered all over Facebook, Twitter and the right-wing blogosphere these days. They're artfully designed to be digested by people who desperately want them to be true. Lisa Belkin: The Names Of Newtown Names are for the future. We choose them with the expectation that they will be carried forward, a first and most lasting gift. Kerry Kennedy: Breaking Our National Silence on Gun Control I was eight when we lost my father Robert Kennedy to a man with a gun. I can't begin to know what these days have been like for the families of Newtown. But I know that for loved ones left behind, some wounds may be healed by time, but there are others for which there is no cure but to take action. Mark Shriver: Responding in Newtown We all struggle with how to respond to a crisis like this, but Save the Children knows, from decades of responding to emergencies, the little things make a big difference. I found these 10 Tips for Helping Children Cope very helpful and hope you do too.

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