Note: Occupy Wall Street

Right: Inside one of The 15 Most Expensive NYC Banker Homes, on W 67th.

Paul Krugman's Confronting the Malefactors: "First things first: The protesters' indictment of Wall Street as a destructive force, economically and politically, is completely right ... and [given recent economic history] how can you not applaud the protesters for finally taking a stand?"

Gail Collins' Wall Street Weeks: "My bet is that these folks will only be remembered for having been there, taken a stand.  But that’s no little thing.  We all complain, but they showed up."

I had a Gail Collins' "most recent" link to the left until I noticed the feed included the "point/counterpoint" things she does with David Brooks, who -- as champion of the idea that "Reason lies midway between the parties," no matter how sociopathic one party is -- has helped keep the GOP alive.

Frank Rich lets Brooks and other "bipartisan" cheerleaders have it in In Praise of Extremism, What good did bipartisanship ever do anybody?.  It's good to see he's still got it, tossing off "ideological hermaphrodite" to describe the mythical creature that could satisfy Brooks and the fictional "centrist, independent" demographic, when Obama has tried to be that creature for a few years and failed to satisfy anyone.

Update: "The protests have already elicited a remarkably hysterical reaction from Wall Street," Paul Krugman in Panic of the Plutocrats.