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Author Archives: Campaign Outsider
Did The Boston Globe Give Questions In Advance To Charlie Sarkis? (II)
Yes they did. The hardworking staff initially asked the question after seeing this paragraph in Sunday’s Boston Globe feature on the Fall of the House of Sarkis, written by staffer Jenn Abelson and correspondent Walter Robinson: Charlie Sarkis and his … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, Charlie Sarkis, Jenn Abelson, Jolene Sarkis, Walter Robinson
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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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Tagged Berkowitz, Bitchin' Boston Family Feuds, Boston Globe, Charlie Sarkis, Demoulas, Jenn Abelson, Jolene Sarkis, Lewis, Walter Robinson
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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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Tagged gay marriage opportunism, New York Times, Sungay Styles
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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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Tagged e-readers, eBay, New Republic, Own Your Own Home, Ring Lardner, Shill of the Hunt, Thrill of the Hunt, Wall Street Journal
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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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Tagged Chaim Soutine, Lucian Freud, mash note, Michael Kimmelman, New York Times
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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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Tagged Al Qaeda, editorials, jihadis, Norway, Oslo, Wall Street Journal
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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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Tagged Elvis Costello, Journal/NBC poll, Michele Bachmann, Paylenty, Tim Pawlenty, TNaw, TPaw, Wall Street Journal, Watching the Detectives
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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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Tagged 9/11 victims, George Soros sock puppet, MoveOn.org, News of the World, On Media, Politico, Rupert Murdoch
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Hey, WordPress: Drop The Pom-Poms
Not to look a gift host in the mouth – WordPress is, after all, a swell free blogging platform with very helpful tech support – but really, enough with the patronizing messages every time the hardworking staff files a new … Continue reading
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
