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Monthly Archives: August 2009
Boston Globe’s Grate Ted K Editorial
Official Campaign Outsider Prediction™: The Boston Globe’s gonna get a lotta mail off Thursday’s Edward Kennedy, 1932-2009 editorial. The lede: “Ted Kennedy was not a great man.” Yes, well, tell that to . . . you’ll find out.
Ad o’ the Day®
This syndicated quiz show runs a Clue of the Day ad in the New York Times Arts section. Please phrase your answer in the form of a question.
“Shut Up, He Explained”
(Hat tip: Ring Lardner) New York Times Op-It Girl Maureen Dowd’s Wednesday column chronicled the Internet adventures of an Australian model who fought to unmask the anonymous blogger who called her a “skank” and a “ho.” In discussing her own … Continue reading
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Tagged flogosphere, Leon Wieseltier, Maureen Dowd, New York Times Op-It Girl, Ring Lardner
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Paterson’s Pathetic Play, Part 3
Gov. David Paterson (D-New Yikes!) has come up with a new strategy for explaining away his race-card-monte complaint that the negative news coverage of his increasingly inept administration is racially motivated. As Wednesday’s New York Times reported: Gov. David A. … Continue reading
“Why She Walks Like A Woman But Talks Like A Man”
(Hat tip: The Kinks) The story of the gender-tossup South African track star/let just keeps getting stranger. Female sprinter Caster Semenya “handily won” (as the New York Times reported) the 800 meters race at last week’s track and field championships in … Continue reading
Debate and Switch
Quite rightly, Wednesday night’s WBZ-TV Boston mayoral debate was canceled in light of Ted Kennedy’s death. A spokeswoman for WBZ said the station is working on rescheduling it.
Edward M. Kennedy, R.I.P.
I haven’t posted anything about the death of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, mainly because I don’t have anything especially profound to say about his passing. But I will say this: He was a great – and greatly flawed – man, … Continue reading
Paterson’s Pathetic Play, Part 2
Via Tuesday’s New York Times: David N. Dinkins, New York City’s first black mayor, offered some blunt advice on Monday to David A. Paterson, New York State’s first black governor: Don’t accuse your critics of racism. That was in reaction … Continue reading
Ad o’ the Day
With all due respect to my Boston University colleagues, the BU College of Communication didn’t exactly cover itself in glory by participating recently in a commercial stunt with McDonald’s, as reported in Tuesday’s Boston Globe: Call it a Mc-lesson. This … Continue reading
Debate Prep
With the first 2009 Boston mayoral debate on tap for Wednesday night (7 p.m. on WBZ-TV), the hardworking staff was deep into its research for the Brawlston in Allston when it occurred to us: Hey! Why not share our debate … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston mayoral race, CommonWealth, Kevin McCrea, Michael Flaherty, Sam Yoon, Tom Menino
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