Monthly Archives: November 2010

Cambridge Forum: Wendell Potter

Posted on November 30, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

I’ll be hosting a Cambridge Forum event Tuesday night at 7 featuring Wendell Potter, born-again insurance industry flack and author of Deadly Spin: An Insurance Company Insider Speaks Out on How Corporate PR Is Killing Health Care and Deceiving Americans. Date: … Continue reading →

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WikiLeaks to NYT: Drop Dead

Posted on November 30, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

Interesting Editor’s Note in Monday’s New York Times about “The Decision to Publish Diplomatic Documents.” First it says: The articles published today and in coming days are based on thousands of United States embassy cables, the daily reports from the … Continue reading →

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Even Stevens

Posted on November 29, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

Former Supreme Court Justices Sandra Day O’Connor and David Souter are out there post-morteming – in the most non-ideological terms possible, of course – their SCOTUS careers. So why not former Justice John Paul Stevens? Why not with a vengeance. … Continue reading →

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Federer’s Calmination

Posted on November 29, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

So . . . On Sunday, Roger Federer’s dom trampled Rafael Nadal’s calm in an ATP World Tours championship match that was actually less strenuous than the final score indicated. Via the Wall Street Journal: Federer and Nadal Rekindle a … Continue reading →

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Blogging (Or Not) On The iPad

Posted on November 28, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

(With props to the irrepressible Dan Kennedy, who often blogs about his tech quandries) The other week the hardworking staff filed from San Francisco on our Global Worldwide Headquarters-issued iPad and promised that we would soon figure out how to … Continue reading →

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IPad test

Posted on November 28, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

So here’s my initial foray into BlogPress and I have no idea how it works. But I’ll work on it. – Posted using BlogPress from my iPad

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Terry Teachout: Teach In!

Posted on November 27, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

Terry Teachout is a knockout. He writes a lively blog (About Last Night), recently authored a well-received biography of Louis Armstrong, and contributes regular theater reviews to the Wall Street Journal. And on Friday there was this: The Cowardly Lion … Continue reading →

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For These Things I Give Thanks

Posted on November 26, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

Since this is what you do on Thanksgiving, this is what I’ll do. I am thankful for: • The Missus, my ever-loving bride who has stuck with me through thick-headedness and thin pickings for lo these 30 years • Homemade … Continue reading →

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Yanks, Jeter Both Whiff

Posted on November 25, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

This is totally wrong: As Jeter Talks Turn Ugly, The Question Is, Why? Tyler Kepner’s piece in Wednesday’s dead-tree New York Times begins with a “Casablanca” reference, something that’s always welcome. In “Casablanca,” Rick tells Sam, his beloved piano player, that … Continue reading →

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Rafa’s Calm

Posted on November 24, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

When Rafael Nadal lost to Robin Soderling in the 2009 French Open, he said the reason was he had “lost my calm.” He also said this: “Well, that’s the end of the road, and I have to accept it. I … Continue reading →

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