I wondered: given how often, and on how broad a range of topics, the Minneapolis Star\/Tribune quotes Professor Larry Jacobs of the U of M’s Humphrey Institute (read: on virtually every story about Minnesota politics, national politics, politics in the media, politics and culture, and any other story where “poltiics” is mentioned even obliquely), I had to ask – is he, indeed, the most cited man in the history of the Strib?<\/p>\n
Bear in mind, at the Strib “history” means the 30 or so days that they leave articles online.\u00a0 But a search of the articles available online at the Strib site (and leaving out other “experts” like, say, Algore (684<\/a> hits), who is quoted as an expert but is also a newsmaker in his own right)\u00a0showed the following results:<\/p>\n Larry Jacobs: <\/strong>58 hits<\/a>.<\/p>\n Compare that to a selection of other notables:<\/p>\n Albert Einstein<\/strong>: 27 hits<\/a>.<\/p>\n Steven Hawking<\/strong>: Seven<\/a>, mostly from Strib blogs.\u00a0<\/p>\n Karl Von Clausewitz<\/strong>:\u00a0 Prussian military philosopher and, literally, writer of the book on the relationship between politics and war:\u00a0 Two<\/a> hits, both of them comments from the Big Question blog.\u00a0<\/p>\n Benjamin Franklin<\/strong>:\u00a0 Innovator in technology, politics and statesmanship:\u00a0 41<\/a> hits, although perhaps half refer either to other people of that name or the cast of a play at the Guthrie.<\/p>\n Thomas Edison<\/strong>:\u00a0 One of history’s greatest polymaths:\u00a0 Three<\/a> hits.<\/p>\n Archimedes<\/strong>:\u00a0Perhaps history’s greatest innovator:\u00a0 Two <\/a>hits.<\/p>\n Leonardo Da Vinci<\/strong>: One of history’s great minds:\u00a0 Six<\/a> hits.\u00a0<\/p>\n