-
Click to subscribe to RSS
Author Archives: Campaign Outsider
Our Gala 1500th Post
The hardworking staff launched this modest blog in June of 2009. Since then, we’ve basically chronicled whatever was in front of us. Thank you for your support.
Posted in Uncategorized
6 Comments
Live Blogging The Latest Worst Red Sox Loss Ever
So it’s 11:40 p.m. on Wednesday and the hardworking staff has the Sox-Orioles game on the kitchen TV and is tracking the Yankees-Rays on MLB’s Gameday site, which is the digital equivalent of watching an old-fashioned ticker provide a pitch-by-pitch account … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Evan Longoria, Jonathan Papelbon, Orioles, Rays, Red Sox, Yankees
Leave a comment
Quote o’ the Day (Sarah Palin Edition)
( . . . at least for now, although it will be tough to top this one.) The hardworking staff realizes that this is a very long QotD, but really, it’s worth it. From ABC News’s The Note: WHAT ABOUT … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged ABC News, Greta van Susteren, On the Record, Sarah Palin, shackle-y, The Note
3 Comments
The Land of Doritos, Which Is Not In Mexico, Exactly . . .
From today’s New York Times obituary section: Arch West, Who Helped Create Doritos Corn Chips, Is Dead at 97 That reminded the hardworking staff of the George Saunders short story In Persuasion Nation, in which the Land of Doritos “is … Continue reading
Like A Trolling Stone
Bob Dylan, it turns out, is a transmedia pickpocket. The legendary song/writer has already been accused of lifting material for his 2006 album “Modern Times” from obscure Civil War poet Henry Timrod; stealing passages from Junichi Saga’s Japanese gangster novel “Confessions of … Continue reading
CultureGrrl Whacks Boston’s MFA For Caille-Butt Acquisition
To all appearances, the Boston Museum of Fine Art’s eight-for-one swap to acquire Gustave Caillebotte’s “Man at His Bath” has gone over like the metric system. Exhibit A: Boston Globe columnist Scot Lehigh. Now wait a minute, Mr. Malcolm Rogers, … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged ArtsJournal, Boston Globe, Caille-Butt, CultureGrrl, eight-for-one, Gauguin, Gustave Caillebotte, Man at His Bath, MFA, Monet, Pissarro, Renoir, Scot Lehigh, Sisley
11 Comments
NYT, WSJ Live In Different New Yorks
My late great father-in-law Marvelous Marvin Sutton used to delight in declaring at suitable intervals, “Tough sledding on Wall Street: No snow.” So it was when an Adbusters-inspired protest (#OccupyWallStreet) filled New York’s Financial District last week with hundreds (not … Continue reading
Eddie On The Tobin, Jack On The Zakim: You Can Come Down Now
That 14-inning Red Sox-Yankee war of attrition might prove to be a Pyrrhic victory: How much the Sox burned their bullpen could come back to, well, burn them against the pesky Orioles the next few days. But it sure made … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Orioles, Pyrrhic victory, Red Sox, Red Sox Nation, war of attrition, Yankees
Leave a comment
South Boston Rep. Steve Lynch Goes Postal
The United States Postal System is one step from the dead-letter office, given its $9 billion deficit. Op Art feature in Sunday’s New York Times: Things have gotten so bad, the American Postal Workers Union has launched an ad campaign to generate … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged APWU, Influence Alley, National Journal, New York Times, Op Art, Rep. Stephen Lynch, U.S. Postal Service
2 Comments
Cain Do In Florida Straw Poll
(Hey- quit groaning. At least it wasn’t Cain & Able.) One more indication that presidential hopeful Rick Perry (R-Am I Still the Frontrunner?) is in freefall after his bumbling debate performance on Thursday: His humbling on Saturday in the Florida … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Florida straw poll, Herman Cain, Mark Miner, Mitt Romney, Rick Perry, spinitron
Leave a comment
Campaign Outsider 