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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Elizabeth Warren Minority Report)
The ledes have it. Boston Herald (sorry, no link – don’t know why): Despite claiming she never used her Native American heritage when applying for a job, Elizabeth Warren’s campaign admitted last night the Democrat listed her minority status in … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Elizabeth Warren, like Brown on Williamson, Native American
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What We Need Is A “Do Not Trick” Law
NPR’s All Things Considered ran a piece yesterday about negotiations among U.S. technology companies to protect consumer privacy on the Internet, with a special eye toward European standards: America’s big technology companies are negotiating the details of a new privacy system called … Continue reading
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Tagged All Things Considered, CISPA, cyberthreats, Do Not Track, Europe, NPR, Sneak ADtack
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No Valentine For Jordan’s Furniture
For the past month Jordan’s Furniture has been running a Monster Hit television ad that features Eliot the Ponytail and Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine. (Go here and click View the TV Spot.) But last night on WBZ’s 11 o’clock … Continue reading
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Tagged Bobby Valentine, Eliot the Ponytail, Jordan's Furniture, Monster Hit, Red Sox
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Dan Wasserman Channels Tom Toles (Eric Fehrnstrom Edition)
Boston Globe editorial cartoonist Dan Wasserman had a Tom Toles moment in yesterday’s edition: Compare and contrast in clear idiomatic English: Conclusion: We’re lucky a handful of papers still employ editorial cartoonists. And we’re lucky to have Wasserman and Toles.
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Tagged Boston Globe, Dan Wasserman, editorial cartoons, Tom Toles, Washington Post
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Tweet Smell Of Suppress
It’s the United States of Iran! From CBS News: Twitter and Facebook are now essential tools for protest movements. And as Tony Guida reports, law enforcement agencies are monitoring the social media giants and using what they find to make … Continue reading
How Do You Like Your Online Privacy: Regular Or Extra-CISPA?
The U.S. House of Representatives has just tried to take a bite out of your online privacy (via ABC News): CISPA: Cybersecurity Bill May Pit Online Safety Against Privacy While all the focus was on SOPA and PIPA, the so-called Internet piracy … Continue reading
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Tagged ABC News, AlterNet, case of the high-sterics, CISPA, online privacy, PIPA, Sneak ADtack, SOPA, U.S. House
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Remembering Moose Skowron
Growing up in New York in the ’50s and ’60s, I loved the Yankees – all of them – and especially the ones at the corners: the sharp-fielding Clete Boyer at 3rd and the power-hitting Moose Skowron at 1st. Boyer … Continue reading
Sotheby’s Forstmannia
There’s a big bakeoff going on right now at Sotheby’s for 17 paintings from the collection of the late financier and philanthropist Theodore J. Forstmann. The hardworking staff’s favorite? Chiam Soutine’s Le chasseur de chez Maxim: We also like Le chasseur: Then … Continue reading
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