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Monthly Archives: March 2013
Haul Of Mirrors: The New Wave Of ‘Look What I Bought’ Videos
First off, the hardtracking staff admits we’re way behind the curve when we have to rely on NPR to keep us up to date. That said, here’s the latest front in the stealth marketing juggernaut: Haul Videos. Representative sample (this has 1,713,861 … Continue reading
Herald Columnists Double-Team Gabriel Gomez
GOP Senate wannabe Gabriel Gomez gets tuned up real good in the Boston Herald today. Two columnists – Howie Carr and Michael Graham – give Gomez a working-over (the kind of pigpile that’s a specialty at our feisty local tabloid) for … Continue reading
Dead Blogging ‘Operation Epsilon’ At The Central Square Theater
The East End of Central Square is almost entirely MIT-occupied territory, and nowhere is that more apparent than the Central Square Theater, whose Nora Theatre Company happens to specialize in science nonfiction. Last year the hardtrundling staff noted the Nora’s production of Photograph 51, … Continue reading
Pope-a-Scope In The Boston Dailies
Boston being the Cathaholic hub that it is, the hardreading staff is not surprised at the hallelujah chorus in today’s local papers. Start with the Boston Herald, which doesn’t measure its coverage of newly minted Pope Francis I, it weighs … Continue reading
Bay State GOP Has A (Corned) Beef With Bay State Dems
From our Late to the (St. Pat’s Day) Party desk First it was the gays and lesbians who couldn’t march in the South Boston St. Patrick’s Day parade. Now it’s the Republican U.S. Senate hopefuls who can’t attend the South Boston St. Patrick’s Day … Continue reading
Habemus Papam (Jesuits Rule! Edition)
The hardlearning staff, being a double-Jebbie (Fordham Prep class of ’67, Xavier University class of ’71), couldn’t be more pleased with new Pope Francis I, Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina. Not that it really matters to us: Our Catholicism lapsed … Continue reading
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Tagged Black Pope, Cathaholics, double-Jebbie, Fordham Prep, Jesuit, Pedro Arrupe, Pope Francis 1, Xavier University
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Let The Wild Bay State Senate Rumpus Begin! (Dems Go Airborne Edition)
The scramble for the U.S. Senate set vacated by Secretary of State John Kerry (D- Hey Theresa – I Have My Own Plane Now) has officially hit third gear with the release of TV spots by the Democratic primary contenders. … Continue reading
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Tagged Charlton Heston, Ed Markey, Newtown, NRA, Stephen Lynch, U.S. Senate race
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Herald Schools Globe On Ed Chief Exit
From our Hark! The Herald! desk This is one story our feisty local tabloid has owned. From Chris Cassidy’s Boston Herald report (the online version) . . . Read the rest at It’s Good to Live in a Two-Daily Town.
The Latest Elizabeth Warren Pow Wow Yow Joke
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal at Saturday’s Gridiron Club dinner, which proves each year that the Beltway-industrial complex is one rolling cocktail party for politicians and the news media. Via Politico’s Playbook (sorry no link – we’re still iPadlocked): “Great to … Continue reading
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Tagged Bobby Jindal, Elizabeth Warren, Gridiron dinner, India, Indian
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