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Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on September 19, 2011 11 Comments
one op-ed today, I hope it is Mary O’Grady’s column in the Wall Street Journal: “Big Labor’s Yanqui Imperialism.” On the face of it, the National Labor Relations Board’s effort to block a new Boeing plant slated for the right-to-work state of South Carolina seems...

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on September 17, 2011 10 Comments
A headline on the BBC caught my eye today:  The warming wine regions. […] High-value grapes are grown within a narrow climate window, Stanford earth scientist Noah Diffenbaugh said, making them more sensitive to temperature variations than standard crops. In Tuscany, a Florence University study found that...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 15, 2011 20 Comments
Yesterday The National Enquirer and the blog equivalents (Wonkette, Gawker, TBogg) ran two hot button headlines about Sarah Palin based on a preview of a book written by creepy stalker Joe McGinniss.  You know the allegations, so it’s not worth repeating (see Robert Stacy McCain’s...

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on September 14, 2011 42 Comments
It sounds like a headline from The Onion: “Jewish prof forced to defend himself against anti-Semitism claims.”  Cameron Johnston, who has been teaching at York [University] for more than 30 years, has been forced to respond to allegations that he made anti-Semitic remarks in a...

Posted by Matthew Knee on September 13, 2011 11 Comments
Constitutional amendments are oddly popular these days in Republican circles: A Federal Marriage Amendment, a Balanced Budget Amendment, and a constitutional amendment banning abortion have all been part of either congressional proposals or presidential candidate promises. This is a mistake.  Controversial issues such gay marriage,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 13, 2011 1 Comment
Received this note and photo from reader Tom in Colorado: I saw this morning’s post of the “Annoy a Liberal” bumper sticker spotted by Linda in Tennessee. She beat me to it! I saw this one (attached) on the way home just yesterday. It’s a...

Posted by Michael Alan on September 12, 2011 5 Comments
None of my friends or relatives were directly affected by the attacks on September 11, 2001. I was just starting the fourth grade in North Carolina and, while I knew my parents were clearly worried about something, I didn’t really understand what they were talking...

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on September 11, 2011 20 Comments
The Financial District is on lockdown this morning, as one would expect on the anniversary of any act of war that attracts thousands to pay their respects where their loved ones died. A lot of my friends in the city have been posting their reflections...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 11, 2011 79 Comments
Paul Krugman has a shameful column today, shameful even by Krugman standards. Is it just me, or are the 9/11 commemorations oddly subdued? Actually, I don’t think it’s me, and it’s not really that odd. What happened after 9/11 — and I think even people...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 11, 2011 8 Comments
Memory is a strange thing. There are many things I remember about the attacks on 9/11/01:  The first announcement when I was at my desk in Providence that a “small plane” had hit the World Trade Center, the announcement of a second “small plane” and...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 10, 2011 26 Comments
What is going on in Egypt was all foreseeable to those of us who did not harbor the romantic view of the Arab Spring, which in many places was just a venting of anti-Semitism and hatred of Israel which had been suppressed by dictatorial rulers.  Just ask Lara...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 09, 2011 73 Comments
I made the point the other day that Sarah Palin’s speech in Indianola, Iowa, went to the core of the Tea Party movement: I don’t know what the future holds for Palin, whether she will be a candidate or just a powerful voice against crony capitalism. ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 07, 2011 24 Comments
Not going to be “live blogging” it, but will make some observations. Your comments are welcome. Update 8:40 p.m. – at the first break, I can’t say there are any clear winners or losers.  Romney is doing well, dealing with his “issues” without any real...

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on September 07, 2011 20 Comments
From babysitters, that is. From the WSJ: [A proposed bill in California] would require parents to pay caregivers over the age of 18 minimum wage plus overtime, allow a 10-minute rest every four hours and a half-hour meal break after five hours, reports ABC News. The...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 07, 2011 20 Comments
Love this move: Republicans have decided they’re not going to give a  rebuttal to President Obama’s jobs speech later this week, a decision House  Democratic Leader Nancy  Pelosi took as a high affront to the White  House. At least three GOP lawmakers also have announced  they’re...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 07, 2011 12 Comments
You want to see me spike the football so hard the earth will shake harder than in the D.C. Earthquake? You have not seen anything like what will take place here if Janis Kelly, Republican and unabashed Tea Party supporter, is elected Mayor of Ithaca. ...
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