Monthly Archives: July 2012

It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Tierney Jailbirds Edition)

Everyone brings something to the dance on this story. IGTLTDT has the details here.

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Joe K 3.0 Comes To Our House

When the hardworking staff returned home from a post-prandial promenade last evening, we were met by a campaign card attached to our mailbox by some Joe Kennedy III acolyte. The front: The back: Is it just us, or does that … Continue reading

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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Feuding Kennedys Edition)

Say, the Sunday Boston Globe got some scoop about conflict in the Kennedy clan, yeah? Not so fast.

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Let The Massachusetts Ballot Question Rumpus Begin!

Well the Missus and the hardworking staff were watching the latest episode of the car-wreck-interesting USA limited series Political Animals when this spot popped up:   The sponsor? The Massachusetts Right to Repair Coalition, an outfit promoting one of the three … Continue reading

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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Fred Willard PBS Backlash Edition)

The Boston Globe gets some payback.  

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This Warren’s A Fundraising Record

According to Saturday’s New York Times, the prodigious fundraising of U.S. Senate candidates Scott Brown (R-$19.9 million) and Elizabeth Warren (D-$24.5 million) “could make the Massachusetts contest the most expensive Senate race in the country this year.” Ya think? Two fun … Continue reading

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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Fred Willard (Adult) Edition)

Check out the hardworking staff’s new website – It’s Good to Live in a Two-Daily Town – here. And ask for it by name.

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Editors’ Note o’ the Day (Ryan Holiday Victory Edition)

From yesterday’s New York Times: Editors’ Note An article on April 19 about how to buy a record turntable quoted Ryan Holiday of New Orleans The reporter reached Mr. Holiday through a Web site that connects reporters to sources on … Continue reading

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Bald-Faced Lies o’ the Day (Bipartisan Presidential Campaign Edition)

From Wall Street Journal columnist Holman W. Jenkins Jr.’s latest offering: Reflecting the political profession’s contempt for the public it’s trying to influence, Team Obama has been shouting through the cognoscenti media that now is the time to “define Romney … Continue reading

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Grand Old Potemkin Pillage

You can set your election-year calendar by this House Republican budget kabuki (via the Boston Globe): Republican bill aims ax at NPR, public TV WASHINGTON — House Republicans unveiled legislation Tuesday to get rid of AmeriCorps, the national service program championed … Continue reading

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