A Scotch with the 1 percent

If you want to read interesting on-the-ground reporting on the Occupy movement, you could do a lot worse than following Ezra Silk. The young writer--son of academic and religion blogger extraordinaire Mark Silk--has been traveling around to different protests and covering them from within. He has good sources throughout the movement, and he's a good storyteller.

A post from yesterday is particularly interesting. A confrontation between an Occupy Philly gathering and a Mitt Romney event leads to Silk having an odd, extended conversation with a wealthy TV producer:

Somebody fetched me a Dewar’s, and we were leaning over the balcony
again. A huge black security guard approached us, giving Maturo a
meaningful glance. Maturo waved him off.