Monthly Archives: January 2017

Civilians Who Run Full-Page Ads in the New York Times (“Zappy” Zapolin Edition)

Posted on January 29, 2017 by Campaign Outsider

From our All Those Dollars and No Sense desk It’s amazing the number of people who will shell out six figures to run a New York Times ad that no one will read. Yesterday’s Times featured the latest sucker who should … Continue reading →

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Ted Williams’ Former Florida Home Gone Fishin’ for a Buyer

Posted on January 28, 2017 by Campaign Outsider

The Splendid Splinter’s old fishing shack is back on the market. Well, maybe not shack. From Friday’s Wall Street Journal Mansion section: Ted Williams’s Florida Fishing Spot Goes on the Market In the Florida Keys, the onetime home of baseball … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Boston Red Sox, Florida home, Florida Keys, Islamorada, John Henry, Leigh Montville, Mansion, Mark Richens, Splendid Splinter, Ted Williams, Ted Williams Way, Ted Williams: The Biography of an American Hero, Upper Matecumbe Key, Wall Street Journal | Leave a comment

Heads Up! NYT’s Jim Rutenberg Footnotes Today’s Column

Posted on January 23, 2017 by Campaign Outsider

Well this is new. New York Times media columnist Jim Rutenberg has a couple of term-paper-style footnotes in his piece today. Check out the middle and righthand columns. And here are the footnotes themselves, at the end of … Continue reading →

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One America, Two Different Worlds (Jonathan Chait Edition)

Posted on January 18, 2017 by Campaign Outsider

First in what promises to be a long-running series It’s news to no one that liberals and conservatives in this great land of ours live in parallel universes. But with the ascension of Hair Apparent Donald J. Trump to the nation’s highest … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Andrew Ferguson, Audacity, boot-licker, David Leonhardt, Donald J. Trump, Hair Apparent, Jonathan Chiat, must-read journalist, New York magazine, New York Times, The Weekly Standard | 6 Comments

Mike Allen Shameless Trump Suck-Up Watch (Parts 1-3)

Posted on January 15, 2017 by Campaign Outsider

Mike Allen, the man the White House used to wake up to, has moved his home address from Politico to the delusional startup Axios, where he currently curries favor with D.C.’s movers and shakers – and especially Trumpsters. Exhibit A Mikey’s servile selfie at … Continue reading →

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Donald J. Quixote Is America’s First Potemkin President

Posted on January 12, 2017 by Campaign Outsider

The new White House administration is pretty much Donald Trump and Kellyanne Panza (tip o’ the pixel to New York Times columnist Frank Bruni). From Russell Berman’s piece in The Atlantic: A President Without an Administration The Trump transition is behind … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Donald J. Quixote, Donald J. Trump, Farm Journal, Frank Bruni, Kellyanne Conway, Kellyanne Panza, New York Times, Russell Berman, The Atlantic, Trump transition | Leave a comment

Fred Taylor, Gil Scott-Heron, and the Bicentennial Blues

Posted on January 9, 2017 by Campaign Outsider

Sad to say, Saturday’s Boston Globe featured this front-page probituary of Boston jazz impresario Fred Taylor. Another blow to the local jazz scene: Legend Fred Taylor fired ousted at Scullers Fred Taylor, a legendary figure on the Boston jazz scene since … Continue reading →

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Why Boston Isn’t New York (Billy Joel Concert Edition)

Posted on January 9, 2017 by Campaign Outsider

Full disclosure: The hardworking staff grew up in Manhattan, but we’ve lived in Boston for the past 42 years. So we can’t help noticing the yin and yang of the two cities. Latest example: The Billy Joel concert index. Yesterday’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged American Express, Billy Joel, Boston Globe, Citi, Fenway Park, Madison Square Garden, New York Times | Leave a comment

Civilians Who Run Full-Page Ads in the New York Times (RefuseFascism Edition)

Posted on January 5, 2017 by Campaign Outsider

From our All Those Dollars and No Sense desk The last time This Desk reported on a Trump Derangement Syndrome spasm in the Times, it was this $200,000 full-page ad in July from Josh Tetrick, the vegan mayonnaise czar of Hampton … Continue reading →

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