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Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 03, 2011 6 Comments
The Ithaca “Can Man” no longer can make a living, as reported by The Cornell Sun: Joel Harlan — whose assistant calls him the “Can Man” — has collected empty cans and bottles from Cornell’s fraternities, as well as other locations in Ithaca and around...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 02, 2011 51 Comments
Barring something truly earthshaking warranting a separate post, I’ll be updating the Herman Cain story today in this post. The NY Times reports that one of Cain’s accusers received a year’s severance, $35,000, but that there were issues in addition to Cain that made her uncomfortable...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 01, 2011 8 Comments
You know things are bad when the Occupy Wall Street movement cannot get more than a handful of people to Occupy Boulder, Colorado in nice weather. Thanks to reader Jeff who e-mailed this photo to me today: Good Day Professor, I live in Longmont, Colorado...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 01, 2011 25 Comments
That’s the question David Mark at Politico’s Arena forum asks, with this explanation: Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain’s shifting responses to allegations of sexual harassment dating to his time as president of the National Restaurant Association have left his campaign reeling. Has Cain’s campaign done...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 29, 2011 8 Comments
Thanks to reader Brian who saw this in the parking lot of this brew pub in Indianapolis, and writes: I live in a much more downscale area, much more blue collar, and I never see this kind of thing in my neighborhood.  Apparently ostentatious progressivism...

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on October 28, 2011 8 Comments
but he totally wrecks Cornel West in this recent TV interview that I have deemed a must watch.  Once Cornel West makes a fortune off of reading the market, I’ll start listening to his explanations of crises. By the way, I’m fairly certain that everyone who pines for...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 28, 2011 21 Comments
From Nile Gardiner at The Telegraph (h/t reader John): Instead of hope and change, the Obama presidency has delivered decline and despair on a scale not seen in America since the dying days of the Carter administration. Both at home and abroad, the United States...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 22, 2011 10 Comments
The Live Stream camera at street level tells the story, the Occupy Dallas protesters control the streets with the line of marchers extending as far as the eye can see: Okay, maybe not.  Reader Derek writes: Professor, I’m an avid reader of your blog. I was in the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 22, 2011 14 Comments
Oh my how the supporters of Occupy Wall Street cheered when Lech Walesa, hero of the fight against communism in Poland, announced that he would fly to New York to support the Occupy Wall Street movement. Brent Budowsky at The Hill was ecstatic: Great news for...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 21, 2011 18 Comments
Not long ago The Washington Post was digging up rocks from 30 years ago to find dirt about Rick Perry. Now WaPo is digging up immigration papers from 50 years ago about Marco Rubio’s parents, Marco Rubio’s compelling family story embellishes facts, documents show.  The gist of WaPo’s...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 20, 2011 9 Comments
There are conflicting reports, as detailed in the live updates at The Telegraph. Updates:  I’ll wait a bit before updating the headline, but it appears he’s dead (photo at The Telegraph link). DEBKAFile says he’s dead, killed in NATO airstrike near his hometown of Sirte....

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on October 19, 2011 6 Comments
Amidst news about Wall Street bonuses and fat-cat corruption, I’m sure it will go uncovered that Washington has finally eclipsed Silicon Valley as the wealthiest U.S. metropolitan area: “Lobbyists play a prominent role in the Washington economy. In 2010 there were 12,964 registered lobbyists, with most...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 19, 2011 20 Comments
Crain’s New York has an article detailing how Occupy Wall Street and union protesters are taking the fight to the personal lives of executives who oppose them by disrupting their ability to go to restaurants and other day-to-day activities. As the Occupy Wall Street movement...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 19, 2011 40 Comments
My assessment of the Vegas debate remains the same at the top of the ticket, Perry won by exceeding expectations.  There were some negatives to his performance, such as the issue of Romney’s lawn care company hiring illegals, which even if it was worth a...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 18, 2011 52 Comments
Not going to “live blog” but will have some observations. END GAME: Perry the winner not because he was so much better than the others, but because he was so much better than he was previously.  He may have revitalized his campaign tonight.  Cain was...

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on October 18, 2011 6 Comments
Today marks fifty years since a massacre swept the streets — not in the maghreb region of north Africa, but in the streets of Paris:  A number of events were held on Monday to remember the violent deaths of up to several hundred anti-war demonstrators...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 18, 2011 6 Comments
I was surprised to go to The Providence Journal website today and to see an announcement that ProJo had built a new website with a new url. (no longer projo.com but providencejournal.com) and a paywall: The Providence Journal news organization is moving to the paid eEdition...
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