Huffington Post: Read the Latest News from the U.S. [March ‘11 Diet]

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There's no excuse for dangerous temper tantrums, but after talking to anger-management experts, I'm convinced Chris has made progress and sincerely wants to be a better person.When word spread like wildfire that Chris Brown had freaked out after his on-air interview with Good Morning America's Robin Roberts, the chorus of voices condemning him -- including some here in our Hollywoodlife.com office -- couldn't have been louder.More...

Source: Don't Write Off Chris Brown -- He Needs Help!

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By Connie Lawn with Charles SneidermanWe whipped and danced down wonderful, smooth, impeccable trails at the top of Beaver Creek. The mountain has a broad peak and there are some delightfully easy runs on the top with spectacular views of the back bowls at Vail when the weather cooperates.  Someone upstairs must have liked us, because we got a break of sunshine on a day which saw light snow in the morning, a few blessed hours or so of sunshine at mid-day, and then strong wind and white out conditions. Some of our best memories on this trip will be Red Buffalo, Cinch, and Powell. Everything we tried was close to perfection, with a bit of occasional hard pack. It is amazing how much I have improved in four days of skiing (this season) at Vail and nearby Beaver Creek. But I still lose all style and confidence when I encounter ice.More...

Source: Beaver Creek -- Sunshine and Snow

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Source: Michele Bachmann's Calling

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Soledad O'Brien's latest "In America" special, "Unwelcome: The Muslims Next Door," examines a searing, hot-button issue in modern American life: the place of Muslims in American society and the hatred that has been directed towards many of them.The special, which airs on Sunday at 8 PM Eastern, focuses on one of the more high-profile battles over Islam in the past year: the fight over a mosque in a small city in Tennessee called Murfreesboro. The fight--in which a wave of anger, protest, threats and, in one case, arson sprang up in response to the attempt of the city's Muslim population to build an Islamic community center--drew national attention. Along with the debate over an Islamic cultural center near Ground Zero and other anti-Muslim acts of violence around the country, it also highlighted a growing strain of fear, resentment and hostility towards Muslims.More...

Source: Soledad O'Brien Looks At Islamophobia In New CNN Special, 'Unwelcome: The Muslims Next Door' (VIDEO)

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This post was co-authored by John M. Bridgeland and Jessica MilanoHow can it be that today, in the midst of the most severe economic downturn since the Great Depression and millions of Americans seeking work, that 53 percent of employers -- and 67 percent of small business employers that create most new jobs -- find it difficult to find qualified workers?  How can a workforce desperate for new jobs appear so helpless amid so many businesses desperate to hire?More...

Source: America's Job Surplus and the College Completion Crisis

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DES MOINES, Iowa - Former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich says he believes President Barack Obama is floundering in his handling of the air assaults in Libya.Gingrich says the situation is "nonsense" and "a mess."More...

Source: Newt Gingrich: Obama Floundering On Libya

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When the Puritans closed the theaters in 1642, they destroyed a theatrical world we have since come to cherish.  With the restoration of the monarchy in 1660, play going resumed but the age of Faustus and Hamlet had come to an end. An artistic community is a living entity and two decades of barrenness had taken its toll. It would take time and care for fruit the equal of Shakespeare to once again ripen.  For that to happen the spirit of the English Renaissance had to cross the Atlantic and come to America.  There in a new land it took root and grew. Finally, four centuries after Shakespeare, the world once again saw truly great English drama.Shakespeare, of course, did not work alone.  Each of his fellow playwrights had different strengths.  No one could shock a crowd as Marlowe could.  No one wrote with more comic sophistication than Jonson.  And as for Shakespeare?  In contemporary records, he is most frequently praised for being "honey tongued."  Simply put, no one could turn a phrase better than Will.More...

Source: Tennessee Williams: The American Shakespeare

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Among the depth-psychology tools we need for living life (most of them covered in "The Undervalued Self"), understanding complexes is your handy screwdriver. It opens up many things and closes some as well.We all have complexes.  They are the "building blocks of the personality," as Jung called them. Alas, they are also our loose screws, because most of them are built around old traumas.More...

Source: Watch Out for Those Touchy, Treacherous Complexes

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LOS ANGELES -- When U2 guitarist The Edge announced plans to build a cluster of mansions overlooking the Pacific Ocean, he promised the homes would look like nothing more than scattered leaves on the ridgeline and boast the country's most sought-after green building seal.Environmental groups, state and federal officials and even some neighbors have not been sold. The green designs are great, they said, but just don't build your houses in one of the most environmentally sensitive areas in Southern California.More...

Source: U2's 'The Edge' Malibu Project Questioned

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Any country's security force system is made up of various apparatuses that are unified at the top. Police, anti-riot forces together with intelligence units are networked together to enforce a country's overall security strategy.  Uniformed and civilian dressed professionals are used as are various forms of hand equipment, sophisticated technologies, ground vehicles and air bound helicopters.Regulating and containing large numbers of demonstrators can be quite a challenge to any security force. But no matter what the difficulties are, a national security system must at all times stay neutral and communicate truthfully to their own public.More...

Source: The day the Jordanian security lost its professionalism, its neutrality and its credibility