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Monthly Archives: August 2009
Sean Fishin’
The Global Worldwide Headquarters of Campaign Outsider was all abuzz this morning when we emptied the old mailbag and up to one letter poured out. But what a letter: The return address on the envelope said simply, “Sean Hannity.” Whoa! … Continue reading
The Bookmark Brain
It’s probably happened to you a thousand times: You’re reading a newspaper article or a book, you put it down, and – after some interval of a few minutes to half an hour – you pick it up again and … Continue reading
Erin Go Brand
The New York Times reports that a new ad campaign for the Sony Corporation of America features Peyton Manning, Justin Timberlake, and . . . Erin Andrews? Mr. Manning returns to promote Bravia high-definition TV sets as the best on … Continue reading
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Tagged Erin Andrews, Justin Timberlake, Peyton Manning, Sony
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Wassermania!
I love Boston Globe editorial cartoonist Dan Wasserman’s work. (Exhibit A: Tuesday’s “It Turns Out, There Is A Death Panel” submission.) Just wanted to say that.
Barack Caramba!
The jury is no longer out on Team Obama. Which means the verdict is in: So sure-handed at campaigning, so ham-handed at governing. As Peggy Noonan would say: Paging Jimmy Carter. Paging former Pres. Jimmy Carter. Exhibits A and B … Continue reading
Martha Coakley, BFF
Imagine my delight when I received an email from Facebook with the subject line, “Martha Coakley suggested you become a fan of Martha Coakley . . . ” Of course she did. Then imagine my delight when I received the … Continue reading
Yes We Won’t
Interesting piece in Saturday’s New York Times about the raging healthcare debate and Barack Obama’s notroots. As the health care debate intensifies, the president is turning to his grass-roots network — the 13 million members of Organizing for America — … Continue reading
Julie & Julia & James
Mad props to Boston Herald film critic James Verniere, whose rave review of “Julie & Julia” topped the blurbs in a full-page ad for the movie in Saturday’s New York Times. According to Verniere, “‘Julie & Julia’ is the summer’s … Continue reading
Les Paul, RIP
When I was a kid growing up in New York, I heard a lot of the great Les Paul on WNEW’s Milkman’s Matinee and Make Believe Ballroom. He – and wife Mary Ford – were fabulous. Two things that stand … Continue reading
Cairo Nazi Nailed
On Friday, The New York Times reported this about Nazi doctor Aribert Ferdinand Heim, who apparently lived in Egypt for 30 years after he fled German police intent upon arresting him in 1963: The German police confirmed Thursday that a … Continue reading
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Tagged Aribert Ferdinand Heim, Cairo Nazi, Tarek Hussein Farid
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