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Author Archives: Campaign Outsider
A Tale Of Two Columnists (Jason Collins Edition)
Joe Fitzgerald plays yin to Adrian Walker’s yang in the local dailies today regarding Jason Collins’ coming-out party. Here’s how Walker starts out his Boston Globe column: Jason Collins’ quiet facilitator When Jason Collins got in touch with his friend US … Continue reading
Quote o’ the Day (John Keats Edition)
From our Late to the Poet desk Several weeks ago Michael Dirda wrote a review in the Weekly Standard of John Keats: A New Life by Nicholas Roe. It starts out this way: Poet of Loss Dead at 25, Keats … Continue reading
Holocaust Denier Targets Boston University’s Elie Weisel
Jett Rucker of the Committee for Open Debate on the Holocaust (read: Committee for Open Denial of the Holocaust) has sent a letter to the editor of The Daily Free Press at Boston University denouncing Elie Weisel, founder of BU’s Center for … Continue reading
Blue Rondo à la Turk(ey)
From our Late to the Jam Session desk Sunday’s New York Times featured this full-page ad: Here’s how the body copy begins: Rumor has it that during his visit to Istanbul, the Jazz legend Dave Brubeck heard a street musician … Continue reading
Why The Wall Street Journal And The Boston Globe Are Great Newspapers (Norden Family Edition)
Monday’s Wall Street Journal and Boston Globe front pages featured his and her versions of the damage visited upon the Norden family by the Boston Marathon bombings. Boston Globe Page One (via the Globe’s ePaper): WSJ Page One (via … Continue reading
We Get Up (Boston Marathon)
One of my favorite people in the world, Tonia Magras, sent me this video created by her extremely talented son Khyal. That’s the future of the city, folks. Make him welcome.
Markey/Lynch People’s Pledge Gives Special Interests More Clout
Among any number of things former U.S. Sen. Scott Brown regrets about his loss to Elizabeth Warren last fall, quite possibly the biggest is taking the People’s Pledge – an agreement between the two candidates to discourage outside advertising by … Continue reading
Matthew Weiner Hates Women, Right?
Full disclosure: The Missus and I think this season of Mad Men is obvious, boring, and flat-out stupid. That said, last night’s episode was a full-fashion assault on the Mad Women. Janie Bryant’s YouTube video about Megan Draper’s hideous outfit: … Continue reading
Globe Runs Massive Marathon Bombing Tick-Tock; Herald, A Tic
From our Compare & Contrast in Clear Idiomatic English desk Some days – very often Sundays – the difference between the local dailies is starker than usual. Today is one such day. The Boston Globe has published what, so far … Continue reading
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