After 42 successful years, the controversial chain Hooters may be on the brink of bankruptcy, like several other chains in recent history. Jesse Rothstein warned it “seems almost unavoidable at this point.” Unintended consequences will appear, problems will arise and sooner or later the whole project will come to a standstill.

A state prisoner died early Saturday at Auburn Correctional Facility in the Finger Lakes region — in the midst of the correction officers’ wildcat strike now entering its seventh day — amid