Thursday's Daily Brief: Filibuster Reform Debate Reignited By Senate Gun Vote, Fertilizer Plant Explosion Claims As Many As 15 Lives

Thursday, April 18, 2013 Filibuster Reform Debate Reignited By Senate Gun Vote CRIME Fertilizer Plant Explosion Claims As Many As 15 Lives CRIME Possible Break In Boston Bombing Case POLITICS Obama's Gun Failure Leaves Him Seething WORLD Arrest Warrant Issued For Musharraf ENTERTAINMENT New Psy Video Gets BANNED BLOG POSTS Geoffrey R. Stone: Justice Scalia, "Originalism" and Homosexuality The same reasoning that leads Justice Scalia to conclude that the Framers' ignorance of cell phones and the Internet doesn't resolve questions about "the freedom of speech" should also lead him to the Framers' ignorance about the nature of sexual orientation. If one is going to be an "originalist," at least one should be consistent about it. Burton Newman: The NRA's Fraud: Fabrication of Second Amendment Rights For well over two centuries the Supreme Court never decided that the Amendment granted a constitutional right to individuals to bear arms. The widely held notion that such a right existed was a myth fabricated by the NRA for its own self interest and for the corporate profits of gun manufacturers. Ann Brenoff: On The Fly: I Want To Diet With Hipsters To each his own, but in my dieting and my life, I'd rather rock than be in the rocking chair. I don't see myself as old, don't feel old, and don't want to be in the company of people who whine about getting old. Jim Yong Kim: Reaching the Classroom Is Just the First Step The world has seen great progress in getting children into school over the past decade. Yet 61 million children are still out of class -- that's 61 million too many. Angelina Chapin: The Boston Bombing: I Like My News Right, Not Fast In the mad dash for readers' eyeballs, the media often chooses fast over factual. But who are publications serving by being the first to cross an invisible finish line? What the media often forget is the stands are packed with other members of the media, not readers. Our readers, those we supposedly exist to serve, are often left wondering why no one is running in the race they truly care about: being right. The strongest tie any media outlet should have with its readers is trust. And the fact that maintaining this trust sometimes takes time is something all outlets should remember today.

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