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Monthly Archives: November 2017
U.S. Tobacco Companies Run Ads Attacking Themselves
From our M.C. Escher desk Yesterday, this full-page ad ran in about 50 major U.S. newspapers. And for the next year, this TV spot will run five times a week during prime time on ABC, NBC, and CBS. … Continue reading
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Tagged Altria, Big Tobacco, Golden Holocaust: Origins of the Cigarette Catastrophe and the Case for Abolition, Katie Lannan, Lorillard, M.C. Escher, Master Settlement Agreement, New York Times, Philip Morris USA, R.J. Reynolds, Richmond Times-Dispatch, RICO, Robert N. Proctor, Stanford, State House News Service, The Salem News, Tobacco Free Kids
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Dead Blogging ‘Paris of Toulouse-Lautrec’ at Currier Museum
Well the Missus and I trundled up to the Granite State over the weekend to catch The Paris of Toulouse-Lautrec: Prints and Posters from the Museum of Modern Art (through January 7) at the Currier Museum of Art and say, it was … Continue reading
C.J. Chivers (Rhymes With Shivers) Is One Helluva Writer
On a beautiful sun-dappled afternoon last May, I sat on a bench in Square Henri Galli, a Paris pocket park across the Seine from Île Saint Louis, and while des enfants frolicked about, read a New York Magazine article that … Continue reading
When a Nation Forgets Its Own Clichés (Horse’s Mouth Edition)
From our That’s Just Sad desk From time to time the hardclipping staff chronicles the mangled phrases issued by the differently clichéd among us and, man, they just keep piling up. Here’s our latest collection, in reverse chronological order. (Boldface … Continue reading
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Tagged Apprentice-in-Chief, AT&T-Time Warner merger, Axios AM, Boston Globe, CNN, CNN Money, David Plotz, David Price, Dennis Eckersley, Department of Justice, DOJ, Donald J. Trump, Donald Trump, Doofus-in-Chief, Dustin Pedroia, Eduardo Rodriguez, Emily Bazelon, Eric Bolling, impeachshooter, James Comey, Jeff Sessions, Jeff Zucker, John Dickerson, Makan Delrahim, Mike Allen, Morning Score, Nerdcast, NESN, Politico, President You're Fired, Rahm Emanuel, Reliable Sources, Slate Political Gabfest, the horse's mouth
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We’re Shocked – Shocked! – at ‘Casablanca’ Exhibit Reviews
The Natick-based International Museum of World War II has mounted a new exhibit, The Real and Reel Casablanca (November 10 through February 3), which features “75 artifacts drawn from the Museum’s extensive collection that provide unmatched insights into the decisions surrounding the … Continue reading
Cornel West Wants Paul Ryan To Be President
It has come to the attention of the hardworking staff that today is Refuse Fascism Day! Who knew? Well, not to get technical about it, anyone who read Wednesday’s New York Times, which featured this full-page ad. That … Continue reading
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