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Monthly Archives: March 2013
Why Aren’t The Boston Dailies Asking About The Gardner Guard?
Both local dailies on Tuesday featured the blockbuster revelation that the FBI knows who stole 13 works of art from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum 23 years ago. Boston Globe: FBI says it knows identity of Gardner art thieves Names … Continue reading
Local Dailies Disappear Bonwit Teller From Boston Retail History
There’s been lots of hubbub the last two weeks over Restoration Hardware’s botched opening (Worst. Party. Ever.) in its new home at 234 Berkeley Street. Including yesterday’s Boston Globe front page piece: After packed debut, store at a standstill Restoration Hardware has buzz, … Continue reading
Herald’s Joe Fitz Kisses Phoenix Goodbye
From our Late to the (Going Away) Party desk Last week the Boston Phoenix got its front-page Ave atque Vale from the Boston Globe’s Joseph P. Kahn. (It also got a mournful editorial and this spiffy op-ed by ex-intern Joe Keohane, among other coverage.) The Boston Herald? … Continue reading
Why The News Media Is Like A Game Of Twister
Apparently there’s no story too marginal, too convoluted, or too small for the news media to pursue these days. Exhibit Umpteen, via The Daily Caller: Iranian filmmaker behind new Mohammed biopic also worked on 2008 film with Warren’s son-in-law An … Continue reading
Why The New York Times Is A Great Newspaper (GNC Jack3d Edition)
From Sunday’s New York Times Business section: Is the Seller to Blame? Workout Supplement Challenged After Death of Soldier EVERY morning as she gets dressed for her accounting job, Leanne Sparling hangs her son’s military dog tags and a photograph of him … Continue reading
That’s Just So Mean! (Pamela Geller Edition)
Let’s stipulate (as they say on Law & Order) that Pamela Geller, New York’s anti-Islam jihadist, is a certified moron. Still, this photo on BuzzFeed is totally mean. Story: Pamela Geller: CPAC’s Muslim Board Member Is ‘Worse Than Al-Awlaki’ Another … Continue reading
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Tagged American Conservative Union, Anwar Al-Alwaki, Buzzfeed, CPAC, Pam Geller, Pamela Geller, Stealth Jihad, Stealth Jihag, Suhail Khan
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Rafa! Rafa!!
That most estimable tennis player Rafael Nadal is back, last night winning the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells for the third time. Highlights: The hardrooting staff loves Nadal because he’s never eaten his press clippings. Exhibit A is his … Continue reading
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Tagged BNP Paribas Open, Indian Wells, Juan Martin del Potro, Rafa, Rafael Nadal
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Dead Blogging ‘Clybourne Park’ At SpeakEasy Stage Company
Well the Missus and I trundled down to the South End yesterday to catch the Speakeasy Stage Company production of Clybourne Park, and it was swell. From their website: Winner of the 2011 Pulitzer Prize and London’s Olivier Award for … Continue reading
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Tagged Clybourne Park, Marvelyn McFarlane, Paula Plum, Philana Mia, South End, SpeakEasy Stage Company
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C.J. Chivers: Rhymes With Shivers (‘Death Highway’ Edition)
From our Late to the (Syrian Rebel) Party desk New York Times war correspondent C.J. Chivers produces boots-on-the-ground reporting as well as any journalist of his generation, and his Friday piece is no exception. In Syrian Clash Over ‘Death Highway,’ a Bitterly … Continue reading
Herald Ambush-Interviews Ex-Early Ed Chief
From our Dog with a Bone desk The Boson Herald absolutely owns the Sherri Killins story, and today our feisty local tabloid adds another chapter to the saga of the Moonlighting Moonbat (our formulation). Page One (via the Newseum’s Today’s Front Pages): … Continue reading
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