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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Nation (College Degree Edition)
From our Compare and Contrast in Clear Idiomatic English desk: Dueling op-eds in Tuesday’s Wall Street Journal and New York Times about the value of a college education. From William McGurn’s WSJ piece: College tuitions have risen more than 440% … Continue reading
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Tagged college degree, Daid Brooks, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, William McGurn
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Quote o’ the Day (Tom McNeeley Edition)
From the New York Times obit of Cambridge native Thomas William McNeely Jr., a heavyweight boxer whose most notable fight was a 1961 heavyweight championship bout against the great-but-troubled Floyd Patterson (see What a Time It Was, by the great … Continue reading
Cain & Disable (The Harmanator Edition)
Monday started out so well for presidential wannabe Herman Cain (R-I Did Not Have Settlement with Those Women – Oh Wait, I Did). There was, for starters, the indulgent New York Times piece that flicked away “the reports of inappropriate … Continue reading
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Tagged Harmanator, Herman Cain, Hermanator, New York Times, Politico, Yes We Caint
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Perry & Thrust (Really Very Bad Day Edition)
Monday started out so well for presidential wannabe Rick Perry (R-Don’t Secede From Me Yet!). From Politico Playbook: –FIRST LOOK – NEW PERRY IOWA TV SPOT, “Doer” – The smiling governor, coatless and tieless, against a white background: “If you’re lookin’ … Continue reading
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Tagged Cornerstone, Doer, maple syrup hugging, New Hampshire, New York Times, Politico Playbook, Rachel Maddow, Rick Perry
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Herman Cain Called Our House!
Apparently Herman Cain – the Dialinator! – has been making robocalls all over this great land of ours, and in Massachusetts as well. Because the Missus has been getting five or six calls a day from the Cain campaign, which … Continue reading
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Tagged altering and abolishing, Declaration of Independence, Herman Cain, robocalls, The Dialinator
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C-Spin: NYT’s Jill Abramson Dodges NSA Bullet
Sunday’s C-Span Q&A featured an interview with recently minted New York Times executive editor Jill Abramson. During said interview, Abramson and Q&A host Brian Lamb talked about the controversial 2005 Times investigation into warrantless wiretapping by the National Security Agency. What they … Continue reading
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Tagged Brian Lamb, C-Span, C-Spin, New York Times, NPR, NSA, Q&A
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The New Edvertorial Fútbol
Friday’s New York Times features yet another version of marketing in sheep’s clothing, edvertorial division: Script Takes Sponsors From Bit Players to a Starring Role A SERIES that is to have its premiere on Sunday on ESPN Deportes, the Spanish-language ESPN channel, is distinctive apart from being its … Continue reading
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Tagged American Airlines, Burger King, Chevrolet, Coors Light, El Diez, ESPN, ESPN Deportes, fútbol, Home Depot, New York Times, Sneak ADtack
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From Our Stating The Obvious Desk (GOP Debates Edition)
From Fridays New York Times piece about GOP presidential wannabe Rick Perry’s new Debate & Ditch strategy in the face of 13 televised bakeoffs through the end of January: Skipping debates could come at a steep political cost. By refusing … Continue reading
Defining Heroism Down
From Friday’s Boston Globe: Mixed feelings as Hub heroes explore movie on its villain Bulger’s portrayal may be challenge for Damon, Affleck Ben Affleck and Matt Damon grew up in the Boston area, then went on to star in and … Continue reading
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Tagged Ben Affleck, Boston Globe, Hub heroes, Matt Damon, Whitey Bulger
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A World’s Serious (St. Louzarus Edition)
The St. Louis Cardinals are officially The Undead of Major League Baseball, having risen from the grave in both the regular season and the postseason. Seriously (so to speak), was that a great World Series or what? Tight (except for the … Continue reading
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