Topic: Jeffrey Rosen

Recession threat rising in US: economists

The threat of a new recession is rising in the United States, economists say, as they slash their growth forecasts for the second half of the year.Slowing global expansion, the plunge in US stock markets after Standard & Poor's cut the ...

US economy looking weak in 2nd half: economists

The US economy is looking to a torpid second half this year after data showed US consumers have zipped up their wallets and the government moved to cut more spending, economists said Tuesday.Analysts who only weeks ago predicted a bright rebound ...
The MTA will rent space to Apple for a store at Grand Central - and to Shake Shack for a restaurant at the historic hub.. The new tenants will...

Weak US jobs data sets challenge for White House

President Barack Obama faced a new challenge to his economic agenda after dismal statistics on job creation and an uptick in the unemployment rate sent US stocks plunging.The economy added a paltry 54,000 new jobs last month, one quarter of ...
What does it mean to have our lives watched by an invited guest who never forgets anything he sees? Mr. Internet comes in many guises - Count Facebook, Mssr Twitter, Professor LinkedIn, Herr Amazon - but essentially he's doing the same thing every ...

New US weekly jobless claims make surprise jump

New US unemployment claims have risen for the first time in five weeks according to a report published Thursday, fueling concerns that a key cog of the US recovery is faltering.The Labor Department said initial jobless claims totalled 471,000 in ...

Mourning in America

The author reflects on the U.S. Supreme Court decisions concerning school desegregations. The author considers the article by Jeffrey Rosen entitled "Can a Law Change a Society" which appeared in the July 1, 2007 issue of the periodical "New York Times ...

Congress Goes Head-Hunting

CONGRESS EXPECTS THE NEWLY APPOINTED MEMBERS of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission to serve up some Wall Street heads on a platter -- which should weaken the knees of financial-sector investors who realize the share-crushing power of shrill headlines and tension-drenched televised hearings ...

AP: Obama Taps Sotomayor

According to the AP (link not available), President Obama has tapped Second Circuit Judge Sonia Sotomayor to replace the departing Supreme Court Justice David Souter. Click here and here for previous LB posts focused on Judge Sotomayor. Earlier this month, Jeffrey Rosen ...
And this is what's happened in the case of Sonia Sotomayor, a federal judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Because of this, she's attracting all kinds of media attention, and an article by Jeffrey ...