Monthly Archives: December 2021

Two-Way Tie in New York Times ‘Year in Pictures 2021’ Bakeoff

Posted on December 22, 2021 by Campaign Outsider

As some of you splendid readers might recall, the end of December is the most photoful time of the year around the Global Worldwide Headquarters, thanks in no small part to the annual Dance of the Shutterbugs in the New … Continue reading →

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Remembering Anne Rice (Biting Tom Cruise’s Neck Edition)

Posted on December 13, 2021 by Campaign Outsider

Popular and prolific author Anne Rice died last week at the age of 80, as Neil Genzlinger noted in this New York Times obituary. Anne Rice, Who Spun Gothic Tales of Vampires, Dies at 80 She wrote more than 30 novels, including … Continue reading →

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Peggy Noodnik Writes Again (Kamala Harris ‘Veep’ Edition)

Posted on December 12, 2021 by Campaign Outsider

Latest in our long-running series Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan opened up the family-size can of worms with yesterday’s piece about the various and sundry deficiencies of Vice President Kamala Harris. Kamala Harris Needs to Get Serious Her shaky … Continue reading →

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Everything Currently Wrong in America Is Hillary Clinton’s Fault

Posted on December 10, 2021 by Campaign Outsider

Well the hardworking staff was wending its way through the New York Times yesterday when we come across this full-page MasterClass ad on A13. Say, that’s some 1992-2016 Murderers’ Row (not to be confused with the 1927 New York Yankees). But the … Continue reading →

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Twitter to Campaign Outsider: No Blue Check For You!

Posted on December 8, 2021 by Campaign Outsider

No man with a good car needs to be justified. – Hazel Motes in Flannery O’Connor’s Wise Blood So the other night the hardhoping staff tried to get our Twitter account verified. According to Twitter’s Help Center, an account must be “notable and … Continue reading →

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Shadenfreude Alert: Ex-Boston Celtics Bomb in the Big Town

Posted on December 3, 2021 by Campaign Outsider

This past year in the NBA, there was a lot of shipping down from Boston – to New York. In June the Celtics shipped point guard Kemba Walker to the Oklahoma City Thunder, who promptly waived him, allowing Walker to sign … Continue reading →

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