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Monthly Archives: September 2011
Yankee Fan Says ‘Go, Sox!’
Pennant races are funny things, starting with they’re not really pennant races anymore – they’re postseason races. Regardless, once you begin scoreboard watching, you introduce a whole new geometry into the standings. Take Saturday’s AL East games, for instance. The … Continue reading
Who Is @BCSubpoenaNews? (III)
The Campaign Outsider investigative unit has been hard at work trying to answer this question: Who’s behind the @BCSubpoenaNews Twitter feed and blog, both of which track developments around Boston College’s fight to quash subpoenas seeking material from the university’s IRA oral history … Continue reading
Larry Summers Is A Bigger A**hole Than The Winklevoss Twins
The always newsworthy Ron Suskind has a new book out – Confidence Men: Wall Street, Washington, and the Education of a President – which, according to Friday’s New York Times, “quotes White House documents that say [Pres.] Obama’s decisions were … Continue reading
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Tagged Austan Goolsbee, Confidence Men, Larry Summers, Megan McArdle, New York Times, Ron Suskind, The Atlantic
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We’ve Had Our Fill Of ‘Fulsome’
WBUR’s David Boeri reported Friday on the case of former U.S. Assistant Attorney Jeffrey Auerhahn, “who has been under a cloud of suspicion since 2003 when a federal judge accused him of outrageous misconduct” in rigging a case against Mafia lieutenant Vinny (The Animal) … Continue reading
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Tagged David Boeri, fulsome, Jeffrey Auerhahn, Mark Wolf, Michael Ricciuti, noisome, Vinny (The Animal) Ferrara, WBUR
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Quote o’ the Day (Rick Perry Edition II)
(We told you this would be a series.) From ABC News’s The Note: PERRY ADVISER’S THEORY OF POLITICS: ‘IF SOMEONE HAS A BETTER IDEA, WE STEAL IT.’ In the October issue of Townhall Magazine, Dwayne Horner, a Texas political operative who … Continue reading
Who Is @BCSubpoenaNews? (II)
The hardworking staff recently speculated about who might be behind the @BCSubpoenaNews Twitter feed and blog. We thought there were some indications it might be the work of Boston College’s Burns Library, which is involved in a legal dustup over its … Continue reading
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Tagged BCSubpoenaNews, Boston College, Boston Globe, Burns Library, Ed Moloney, IRA, Kevin Cillen, oral history archives, The Broken Elbow
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Simon Cowell To Hub: Let Them Eat Celery
From our Newsvertainment desk: Boston’s Fox 25 has never been shy about using its newscasts to promote its programming, and Maria Stephanos has never been shy, period. So when X-Factor cheese Simon Cowell started munching on some celery during a … Continue reading
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Tagged celery, FOX 25, Maria Stephanos, peanut butter crackers, Simon Cowell, X-Factor
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WSJ’s Red Sox Notion
The Wall Street Journal’s read on the current state of Red Sucks Nation: Something seriously disturbing is unfolding in Boston. The Red Sox pitching is collapsing. Their expensive free agents are playing like loaves of challah. A nine-game lead over … Continue reading
Campaign Outsider Dream o’ a Lifetime: You Could Be DunKing Donut
Newsflash: You Could Be President of Dunkin’ Nation. (Warning: You have to Like Dunkin’ Donuts to enter.) Once you do, though, you discover this: Who wants to be mayor when you can be President? That’s right. Try to be the first to … Continue reading
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Tagged Dunkin' Donuts, Facebook, Foursquare, President of Dunkin' Nation
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The Atlantic Outs Elena Kagan As Heterosexual
From Sex and the Married Politician in The Atlantic’s October edition: Last year, when Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan was falsely suspected of being gay, some journalists called for her to reveal more about her sex life, arguing that her … Continue reading
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