Conservatives launch “We are the 53 percent” to criticize 99 percenters  —  Conservative activists have created a Tumblr called “We are the 53 percent” that's meant to be a counterpunch to the viral “We are the 99 percent” site that's become a prominent symbol for the Occupy Wall Street movement.

Cain Surges, Nearly Ties Romney for Lead in GOP Preferences  —  Romney and Cain closely matched near 20%, with Perry at 15%  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Republicans' support for Herman Cain has surged to 18%, their support for Rick Perry has sagged to 15%, and their support for Mitt Romney remains relatively stable at 20%.

Trying to restore Senate comity  —  Democrats have one overriding objective this Congress: to create jobs and get our economy back on track.  But our Republican colleagues are so dead set on preventing Democrats from passing job-creating legislation that they have been willing to abuse …

Boston police move in on protesters on Greenway, scores arrested  —  Boston police moved in and began arresting scores of Occupy Boston protesters who refused to leave a large part of the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway early this morning.  —  At 1:20 a.m., the first riot police officers lined up on Atlantic Avenue.

The legacy of Steve Jobs  —  Before reading this, you should know the following: I do not own an iPad, an iPhone, an iPod or a Mac.  I abandoned my typewriter only recently.  In short, I have not enlisted in the digital revolution and have kept my involvement to a desktop computer, e-mail and the Internet.

Warren raises $3.15M; Brown raises $1.55M  —  Elizabeth Warren raised more than $3 million in a little more than six weeks to fund her Senate bid in Massachusetts — more than twice the figure pulled in by incumbent Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.).  —  The astounding figure anchors the notion …

Sign Of The Times  —  Macro in the park.  —  It's not centrist when Democrats do it.  —  Go Princeton!  (And NYU)  —  All hail the new laureates.  —  Financial Romanticism  —  Laissez-faire won't work.  —  October 09  —  Was Failure Inevitable?  —  Maybe, but trying couldn't and can't hurt.

Afghan detainees tortured in prison, U.N. says  —  KABUL— Afghan officials used torture while investigating suspected militants kept in some detention centers, the United Nations said in a report Monday, weeks after NATO troops halted the transfer of prisoners to Afghan authorities because of alleged mistreatment of the inmates.

God Told Me To Run … GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain said Monday he didn't want to run for president, but God called him to join the race.  —  The Republican candidate told CBN News that's why he believes “God's been in this from the beginning.”  —  Cain said that when he felt God calling …

Effort to recall Wis. Gov. Walker to start Nov. 15  —  MADISON, Wis.—An effort to recall Republican Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker over his contentious union rights law will begin Nov. 15, Democrats announced Monday, meaning an election could be held as early as next spring.

Al-Qaeda joins those questioning legality of U.S. killing of citizen Anwar al-Awlaki  —  (Associated Press via SITE Intelligence Group) Al-Qaeda's affiliate in Yemen has confirmed the deaths of American-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki and Samir Khan, the young American propagandist killed alongside …