Author Archives: Campaign Outsider

Did The Boston Globe Give Questions In Advance To Charlie Sarkis?

Add to the roll of Bitchin’ Boston Family Feuds this Sunday Boston Globe feature by staffer Jenn Abelson and venerable correspondent Walter Robinson. (Boston.com has an excellent Bitchin’ Boston Family Feuds roundup here – from the Lewis and Berkowitz brothers to … Continue reading

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NYT Sungay Styles Section

Not surprisingly, Sunday’s New York Times Styles section was all gay marriage, all the time. Check it out for yourself here. Hardworking staff favorites: Star Party Planner Is at the Ready Competing to Draw Gay Honeymooners Seeking a Place to … Continue reading

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The Case Against E-Readers

The hardworking staff owns a Kindle and an iPad, so we’re not saying ebooks have no place in the literary world. It’s just that ebooks don’t replace the real thing. From the Weekend Wall Street Journal: What an E-Reader Can’t … Continue reading

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Lucian Freud, Chaim Soutine, And ‘Flaying Them Alive In Paint’

The death of artist Lucian Freud has put “arguably one of the UK’s most highly regarded and respected artists” (according to the BBC) in the popular culture spotlight. But it sure seems Freud isn’t experiencing the harsh glare his artistic subjects … Continue reading

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WSJ = We Shout ‘Jihadis’ First In Norway Bombing

A sharp-eyed reader pointed to this Wall Street Journal editorial that appeared on the paper’s website around 6 p.m. Friday (and ran in the dead-tree issue): REVIEW & OUTLOOK JULY 23, 2011 Terror in Oslo Norway is targeted for being … Continue reading

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TPaw Looking Like TNaw

Presidential wannabe Tim Pawlenty (R-Can You Hear Me Now?) is looking more and more like GOP DOA. From Friday’s Wall Street Journal: Pawlenty Struggles for Iowa Foothold FORT DODGE, Iowa—Tim Pawlenty ends stump speeches all over the state with a … Continue reading

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MoveOn.Org Moves On Rupert Murdoch

George Soros sock puppet MoveOn.org has just launched an air assault on Rupert Murdoch over the News of the World rumpus. Via Politico’s On Media blog: Sensing political opportunity in the polling that shows most Americans support a wider investigation of … Continue reading

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Let The $4 Billion Rumpus Begin! (Gang Of Three Edition)

A trifecta tonight in the adstravaganza that is Campaign 2012. Exhibit A: TPay Ups the Ante in Iowa Tim Pawlenty (R-Can You Hear Me Now?) is the human Law of Diminishing Returns: the more resources he sinks into Iowa, the … Continue reading

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The Weekly Standard Sells Out

Not on newsstands. On its cover. That’s the front cover of the July 25, 2011 edition of the Weekly Standard. Except it’s not. It’s actually an ad for an outfit called Main Street Fairness, an Astroturf front group backed by Wal-Mart, … Continue reading

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