Smerconish is up next is it, 1968 . The sequel Michael Smerconish in philadelphia this week in a deja vu of the vietnam era, Police Officers in riot gear across the country were called in to disperse antiwar protesters from College Campuses when they cleared out columbia universitys hamilton hall, it was on the 56th Anniversary of police arrests, ending a Student Takeover about the Vietnam Conflict in the exact same building and this august even more deja vu, the Democratic National convention will take place in chicago the same city which hosted the 1968 dnc, which was famously disrupted by both chaotic radical antiwar protests and the violent response of the police a bit of history, 1968 included lbj deciding not to seek reelection because of vietnam. Four days later, the assassination of Martin Luther king junior race riots, then the assassination of democratic frontrunner robert f. Kennedy, the republican challenger, Richard Nixon, who had lost to jfk in 1960, was promising to end
A trojan horse, perhaps, ill Michael Smerconish in philadelphia this week, the university of southern california, where nearly 100 arrests have been made him, its protests since the university canceled its muslim valedictorian speaker announced it was now canceling its main stage Commencement Ceremony next month they cited insufficient time to carry out, quote, new Safety Measures its the latest most highprofile ramification of the surge of propalestinian protests disrupting campuses all across america students saying they have a right to free speech. Jewish students saying that speeches often antisemitic so what is the current reaction or protesters, the modern day greeks who use the deceptive tactic to enter the campus and defeat the trojans. May, im sympathetic to the University President s and administrators who now have to engage in a difficult balancing act. Campuses have become the Staging Ground for americas growing divide over supporting israel as It Retaliates for hamass octo
S its a seinfeld shutdown. Im michael smerconish. When we have been here before, it was for understandable reasons. In the 90s it was about spend ing cuts. 2013 the issue was bipartisan disagreement over the Affordable Care act on president obamas watch. In 2018 the issue was president trumps desire to build a wall on the mexican border. But this time, the American Enterprise institute has started to recefer to the impasse as th seinfeld shutdown. It dates fwook georges pitch to tv executives. I think i can sum up the show for you with one word. Nothing. Nothing . Nothing. What does that mean . The show is about nothing. Indeed like the series, it is a shutdown about nothing to which i would add nothing except polarization. Well get to the impact that it all has on the military in just a moment. Also on todays program, police say an online influencer live streamed the widespread looting in philadelphia this week and encouraged the targeting of specific stores. Ill discuss the thorny is
declan lopez, i see you. if you know someone i should see, tell me. i m victor blackwell. i ll see you back here next saturday. smerconishsh is up rigight now. what s a father to do? i m michael smerconish in philadelphia. joe biden might soon face a decision about whether to prevent his own son from going to prison. it s a determination that will be made against the backdrop of the 2024 presidential campaign, one more intangible in an already unpredictable election cycle. hunter biden could face up to 17 years if convicted for the nine tax charges for which he was indicted on thursday. he pleaded not guilty. according to data from the internal revenue service, nearly 90% of all tax cases they refer to the department of justice for prosecution, they end with a conviction or a guilty plea. and around two-thirds of those cases resulted in prison time, with an average sentence of 14 months. this in addition to the 25 years he could face for the three federal gun charges for wh
the politics of perception. i m michael smerconish in philadelphia. if it were still the economy stupid, then joe biden s presidency would be in much better shape. something else is at play here. yes, inflation is souring americans, but by many measures, the economy is booming. the economy is clearly grow ing. the gross domestic product is up 5.2% in the third quarter, even faster than previousliest mated. if gdp is rising, the economy is considered to be in solid shape and the nation moving forward. the dow jones rallied this week to a new high for the year. wages had been losing ground to inflation for two years, but since may, wages have return to outpacing inflation. and unemployment is at an historic low. the u.s. unemployment rate has been below 4% for 21 straight months, the longest stretch since the late 1960s. how about gas prices? they have fallen or remain ed steady for ten weeks. you barely reed about that, but if they were headed in the other direction, it would