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Monthly Archives: December 2015
Boston University Strips Bill Cosby of Honorary Degree
After what seemed like an interminable delay, Boston University has joined myriad other academic institutions and torn the sheets with Bill Cosby. Statement of BU president Robert A. Brown: After careful consideration, the Boston University Board of Trustees has voted … Continue reading
Politico’s Jack Shafer Throws Shade at the Boston Globe
In his latest column, Politico media maven Jack Shafer gets all farbissen about this past week’s Great Newspaper Migration. Why Is the Washington Post So Obsessed With Its Move? It’s easier to write an obituary for a building than a … Continue reading
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Tagged Bob Woodward, Boston Globe, Carl Bernstein, Gordon Goetemann, Great Newspaper Migration, Jack Shafer, Joel Achenbach, John Kelly, Len Downie, Marc Fisher, Marcus Brauchli, Michael Cavna, Norma Desmond, Politico, Post mortem, Sam Adams, Spotlight, Washington Post
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Trump’s Strong-Arming Jeb Bush Donor Is BULLYs–t
As the dustupping staff noted yesterday, Donald Trump mouthpiece Alan Garten sent a cease-and-desist letter to Jeb Bush mega-donor Mike Fernandez threatening legal action if he published this ad calling Trump a BULLYionaire. Regardless, the ad did run … Continue reading
WSJ: Tom Brady’s Days Are Numbered
The hardworking staff always finds it interesting to venture out of New England every now and then for its Patriots coverage. Because we often find something like this Michael Salfino piece in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal. Why Tom Brady Is Smiling … Continue reading
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Tagged Dion Lewis, Gronk, Julian Edelman, Michael Salfino, New England Patriots, Rob Gronkowski, Tom Brady, Wall Street Journal
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Can ‘BULLYionaire’ Donald Trump Bully Jeb Bush Mega-Donor?
It’s no secret that the Republican establishment (and their Goon Squad of PACmen) is afraid to attack Donald Trump, in spite of his increasingly hair-brained pronouncements. Except for Mike Fernandez. The drama started to unfold in Politico a few days … Continue reading
The Arts Seen in NYC (Fabulous Picasso Sculpture Edition)
Well the Missus and I trundled down to the Big Town the other week and say, it was swell. Our artinery: Friday We started out at the Museum of Arts and Design and – yes – we were MAD about the … Continue reading
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Tagged Aelita: Queen of Mars, African Princess clock, Alexander Rodchenko, American Folk Art Museum, Ancient Egypt Transformed: The Middle Kingdom, Andy Warhol, Arkady Shaikhet, Art Brut in America: The Incursion of Jean Dubuffet, artinery, Émile Zola, Becoming Jewish: Warhol’s Liz and Marilyn, Ben Brantley, Catalan Noucentismo, Clive Owen, Collection de l'Art Brut, cubism, Dead Treez, Douglas Hodge, Ebony G. Patterson, El Lissitzky, Elizabeth Taylor, Evan Cabnet, Eve Best, Harold Pinter, Jackson Pollock: A Collection Survey 1934–1954, Jacqueline de Ribes The Art of Style, Jean Dubuffet, Jean-Baptiste-André Furet, Jewish Museum, Joaquín Torres-García, Keira Knightley, Kelly Reilly, Kongo: Power and Majesty, MAD, Marilyn Monroe, Max Penson, Metropolitan Museum of Art, MOMA, Museum of Arts and Design, Museum of Modern Art, Neo-Plasticism, New York Times, Old Times, Picasso Sculpture, Roundabout Theatre Company, shabbes elevator, Soldier Spectre Shaman: The Figure and the Second World War, Studio 54, Thérèse Raquin, The Luxury of Time, The Met, The Power of Pictures: Early Soviet Photography Early Soviet Film, The Red Flame, Time Has No Shadows, Ultraism-Vibrationism, Unorthodox, Valeska Soares, Wendell Castle, Wendell Castle Remastered
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Quote o’ the Day (Dislike Ted Cruz Edition)
From Frank Bruni’s latest New York Times op-ed column: [A] Bush 2000 alumnus said to me: “Why do people take such an instant dislike to Ted Cruz? It just saves time.” Ouch.
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