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Monday, March 31, 2014

Cheat Sheet - Thank God Baseball Is Back

Today: Obamacare Crosses the Finish Line , Vatican Hustle: Con Men No Longer Welcome in the Holy See , Why Africa's Turning Anti-Gay
Cheat Sheet: Afternoon

March 31, 2014
FIELD OF DREAMS
Mike Barnicle wants you take out your glove. On opening day, let's pay homage to the game that shouts "slow down" to America. Stop tweeting, texting, blogging, watching cable news, and obsessing about polls, lost planes, and focus group-driven politicians. Listen to the game, put the winter coat back in the closet, go outside, enjoy the sunshine, and enjoy life.
D-DAY
The latest enrollment figurers show the numbers of insured Americans on the rise but that that won't stop Republicans from bashing the Affordable Care Act, writes Michael Tomasky. While the GOP may skewer Obamacare, the hard truth is most Americans have accepted the law. More importantly, millions of people are getting health coverage for the first time in their lives.
FORGIVE ME, FATHER
The Vatican Bank has been fraught with scams and corruption for decades, but it looks like Pope Francis may actually be trying to clean up the holy coffers, writes Tom Kington. When two dapper gentlemen tried to bluff their way into the Vatican Bank earlier this month, police were actually called to investigate, unheard of decades earlier when the bank was allegedly involved with mafioso money laundering.
COLONIALISM'S GHOST
Western LGBT advocates may actually be doing more harm than good in Africa by expressing a sense of moral superiority that hearkens back to the days of colonialism, writes Jay Michaelson. Anti-gay leaders in Uganda, Kenya, Nigeria, Cameroon, Ethiopia, and Sierra Leone have all, within the last month, called gay rights a "Western" innovation that must be resisted in order to preserve "traditional African values." There's a better way.
AU REVOIR

France's government resigned Monday, and President Francoise Hollande is expected to announce a new cabinet and prime minister after his Socialist party suffered major losses in Sunday's elections. In Sunday's municipal elections, Socialists lost in 155 towns with more than 9,000 inhabitants. The center-right Union for a Popular Movement captured several cities, including Toulouse, while the far-right National Front captured 11 towns of more than 9,000 people. The only good news for the Socialists was in Paris, where Anne Hidalgo is set to become the city's first female mayor. 


SCREW UP
Mudslide Trees Were Clear-Cut
Logging was allowed on slope that collapsed.
OCCUPY
Hundreds Protest ABQ Police
Cops killed homeless man.
HEALTHY
9.5M Gain Coverage Under Obamacare
As open enrollment ends.
Free Willy
Japan Forced to Halt Whaling
By a UN court.
BLIND SPOT
Rear-View Cams on Cars Required
Required on most vehicles by 2018.

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