Monthly Archives: June 2013

WSJ On Markey/Gomez Race: Mass. Dems Mean, National GOP Withholds Means

The Bay State is blessed! There are two – count ’em, two – pieces in the Weekend Wall Street Journal about the Ed Markey/Gabriel Gomez special U.S. Senate bakeoff. First up: This piece about conservative donors holding back on Gomez, … Continue reading

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Globe Floods The Zone With Hernandez Coverage

Both local dailies are on the Aaron Hernandez whodunit like Brown on Williamson. The Boston Herald devotes half its front page to it: Inside are double-barreled columns from Ron Borges and Joe Fitzgerald(the latter a Never Mind to a piece Joe Fitz wrote … Continue reading

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Quote o’ the Day (How Obama Beat Romney Edition)

National political correspondent Jim Rutenberg has a killer piece in this Sunday’s New York Times Magazine about the digital whiz kids who steered Barack Obama’s 2012 reelection campaign. Nut graf: Previous campaigns would make decisions about how to direct their … Continue reading

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Dead Blogging The Boston Mayoral Forum At The BPL

Well the hardworking staff trundled down to the Boston Public Library yesterday afternoon to catch the Education Matters: Boston Mayoral Candidate Forum hosted by MassINC, The Boston Foundation, TeachPlus, and others. The forum went from 5:30 to 7 pm, and … Continue reading

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TNR = Truly No Revenue

When Chris Hughes, the Richie Rich of opinion journalism, bought The New Republic last year, he said he would sink real money into the print edition. He wasn’t kidding, as the most recent edition reveals. The 64-page magazine features exactly … Continue reading

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Baby I Won’t Drive Your Carr (Peter Gelzinis Edition)

All the while self-styled vigilante John Martorano has occupied center stage in the James “Whitey” Bulger trial this week, he’s been joined at the hit – sorry, hip – with Boston Herald scribbler Howie Carr, who split a six-figure advance … Continue reading

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Why We Love The Stanley Cup Playoffs (blackhawks win in ot Edition)

Say, that was some fire drill of a game last night, yeah? (Note to Bruins fans, of which the hardworking staff is one: Just because the Blackhawks won doesn’t mean it wasn’t a great game.) A few observations from Game … Continue reading

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Baby I Can Drive My Carr (Hair Mail Edition)

Talk about mailing it in: Apparently Boston Herald columnist Howie Carr can cover the James “Whitey” Bulger trial without actually attending it. First, today’s third-class piece: Johnny’s bad, but not the real rat The worst word you can ever use against … Continue reading

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Can’t Stand The Heat? Get Into The Bitchin’ (NBA Finals Game 6 Edition)

Say, Game 6 of the NBA Finals was a real corker, yeah? After three quarters the San Antonio Spurs seemed to pwn the Miami Heat. But forget Tim Duncan’s magisterial performance and Boris Diaw’s tough defense and LeBron James’s 3-12 … Continue reading

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Kanye West’s Double Life: Icon/Conman

Taylor Swift tormenter Kanye West is very much in the news right now, thanks to Sunday’s New York Times interview and last weekend’s Kim Kardashian delivery of his daughter. But previous to that, there was this (via Radar Online): Kim Kardashian has … Continue reading

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