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One Hell of a Hangover: Wall Street’s Credit Crisis

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It’s no surprise that as the market continues to dramatically fall apart, the intense debate around underage drinking has resurfaced. At least, that’s what my organizational behavior professor said earlier this week. Citing many regulatory failures and lack of oversight, many see the crisis as a product of an over-eager and greedy Wall Street that got out of hand. Just like your buddy who doesn’t know his tolerance and when to quit, Wall Street just needed one more drink and he would be set….

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Scandal in the Interior

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This past week, a new scandal emerged from the Department of the Interior. Given how lurid the details to the scandal are, it is more than a little surprising that it has not had a more explosive effect, and it is disappointing that there has been little coverage of it on media outlets..

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What Palin Says (or Doesn't)

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At the risk of becoming a one trick pony, today’s entry is something of an election follow-up to our first entry…

It’s now been one week since Gov. Sarah Palin gave her nomination acceptance speech at the Republican National Party convention in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota.

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Palin's Contradictions

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From the corners of a poorly lit room in Collegetown and rising from the chambers of an art deco style dorm down in our nation’s Capital, we bring you Muckracking for Pennies. Here at MFP, our goal is to bring you the news from an insider’s perspective as Donial Dastgir’10 works from DC and Liz Manapsal’10 writes from Ithaca. We’ll blog about important news and events but also take time out to blog about news that might not make it to the front page of the newspaper but still have impact on college students and the nation at large. This is our first edition.

For better or worse, Wednesday night belonged to Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin.