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Monthly Archives: July 2009
Nailin’ Palin
Belated hat tip to the Wall Street Journal’s Thomas Frank, who gets the Palin drone just right in his column headlined “Poor, Persecuted Sarah Palin.” Here’s the nut graf: Indeed, if political figures stand for ideas, victimization is what Ms. … Continue reading
Bucs Are Champs?
From a radio piece I wrote last July, on the occasion of the New York Yankees playing the Pittsburgh Pirates for the first time since the 1960 World Series: [Maybe 20 years ago] the Missus asked me in an offhand … Continue reading
Mo, Mo, Mo
Just watched Mariano Rivera close out the All Star Game with a 1-2-3 shutdown of National League batters. (Full disclosure: I’m an out Yankee fan and have been for all of my 35 years in Boston. Well, most of them, anyway. … Continue reading
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Here at the Global Worldwide Headquarters of Campaign Outsider, we continually strive to increase the worth of our content and the net worth of our hardworking staff. Now, apparently, there’s a way to do both at the same time. According … Continue reading
What I Caught
The Missus and I went to the Big Town for a few days and here’s what we caught: * The Isabel Toledo exhibit at The Museum at FIT. The Cuban-born fashion designer is a favorite of Michelle Obama and a … Continue reading
Gone Fishin’
Campaign Outsider will be, well, outside for the next few days. Catch you (up) later.
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The Cog of War
Robert McNamara passes away (obits here and here) unlamented in this space. Ditto in Bob Herbert’s New York Times column. Long after the horror of Vietnam was over, McNamara would concede, in remarks that were like salt in the still … Continue reading
Ads ‘n’ Ends
New York Is Now the Umpire State While the New York State legislature is having a slapfight with itself (rendering Albany lawmakers even more ineffectual than usual), some people are picking up the slack for the slack-offs. Problem is, although … Continue reading
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Knocked From Pillar to Washington Post
It’s open season on the Washington Post. The issue is a marketing initiative that not only blurred the line between the editorial and financial sides of the paper, but thoroughly sandblasted it. Politico broke the story last Thursday with the … Continue reading
Palin’s Bailin’
Alaska governor Sarah Palin is the Manny Ramirez of American politics. For one thing, she’s living in a world of her own. For another, she sure seems like she’s on drugs. Her Fourth of July Eve bolt from the blue … Continue reading
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