Author Archives: Campaign Outsider

Bleak Picture For The New England Institute Of Art?

The New York Times reports today that “The Department of Justice and four states on Monday filed a multibillion-dollar fraud suit against the Education Management Corporation, the nation’s second-largest for-profit college company, charging that it was not eligible for the … Continue reading

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Is John Kerry The Chicken Or The Egg?

Boston Globe report about the appearance of Sen. John Kerry (D-Am I Part of the Obama Administration Yet?) on last Sunday’s Meet the Press: Kerry faults Tea Party in US credit rating drop WASHINGTON – Senator John F. Kerry of … Continue reading

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The Nickname Primary

As the hardworking staff read its umpteenth story today about GOP presidential hopefuls taking to the campaign trail in the Hawkeye State, or recall elections adding t what has been a tumultuous year in the Badger State, we remembered a … Continue reading

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Greg Sullivan Tom Finneran, And The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Condo Conversion

In response to the hardworking staff’s chronicling of Faye Dunaway’s Manhattan housing-court rumpus (My Rental! My Sublet! My Rental! My Sublet!), splendid reader Bob Gardner wrote this: My favorite rent control story never made it into print. It took place … Continue reading

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Dead Blogging The Red Sox-Yankees Game

From our Made Yankee Fan in Boston desk: #1:  The hardworking staff is getting too old for this shit. Except, of course, it’s too riveting to look away from. #2: Marco Scutaro? Really? To save time, let’s just fast-forward to … Continue reading

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Danica Patrick = The Internet

The current Weekend Wall Street Journal Sentiment Tracker (sorry, no graphic available) features this: Ladies and Gentlemen, Start Your Engines The online buzz about the possibility of driver Danica Patrick leaving IndyCar to do Nascar full time. The numbers: SHOULD … Continue reading

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Joe Nocera Apologizes To GOP Terrorists

Over all, the hardworking staff likes what newly arrived columnist Joe Nocera has brought to the New York Times op-ed page: a populist view of economic justice leavened with a pragmatic view of economic reality. So we were surprised last … Continue reading

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Mittsing In Action

From Politico’s On Media blog: No Sunday show for Romney yet In this week’s Turn the Table , Mike Allen spoke to Bob Schieffer, Christiane Amanpour, Candy Crowley and Chris Wallace about the winners and losers of the debt deal, … Continue reading

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Facehook In Missouri

Last year the hardworking staff noted the controversy over what the Boston Herald called on its front page: ACEBOOK FLAP Herald lede: Teachers could be disciplined or fired for friending students on Facebook and school administrators would be encouraged to … Continue reading

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Why The WSJ Is Still A Great Newspaper

We know, we know – the Wall Street Journal has been truncated, general-interested, Rupertverted, yak yak yak . . . But what other paper puts a two-pound hailstone on its front page? The Journal’s Friday A-Hed: All Hail the Record Chunk … Continue reading

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