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Peretz Blasts Boston Globe
From our Late to the Party bureau: In his blog on tnr.com yesterday, Marty Peretz thoroughly sandblasted the Boston Globe for its anti-Israel bias in general and its coverage of of Sunday’s Brandeis University commencement in particular. The lede: The Globe often … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, Brandeis University, Marty Peretz, Michael Oren, The New Republic
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War Of The Roses At Rose Art Museum
There are a lot of issues around the despoiling of Brandeis University’s Rose Art Museum, but here’s my issue: Too many Roses. From a Boston Globe report headlined, “For supporters, bloom is off the Rose:” The dispute began in January … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan D. Rose, Brandeis University, Meryl Rose, Rose Art Museum
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Jesse James Shot Himself
In a thoroughly unsympathetic interview on Tuesday’s ABC’s Nightline, Mr. Congenital Liar Jesse James trotted out every cheatin’ guy cliche in the I Got Caught manual to explain away his vile betrayal of actress Sandra Bullock. Video: Representative sample of … Continue reading
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Tagged ABC Nightline, Jesse James, Mr. Congenital Liar, Sandra Bullock, weaselisms
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The White Stuff From Sarah Ferguson
Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of Fork-It-Over, can’t help but put her foot in it. Start with the current scandal royaling around her. From Monday’s New York Times report: On Sunday, The News of the World, a tabloid, reported that the duchess … Continue reading
New York Times Law & Ad-er
Sunday’s New York Times featured what was essentially a full-page ad for the series finale of NBC’s “Law & Order.” The show’s 20-year run ends Monday night, and from the Times coverage (and, say, this op-ed) you’d think it was more … Continue reading
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Tagged Law & Order, New York Times, Ripped from the Headlines
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Rand Paul, Flee Party Idol
So Tea Party movement flavor du jour Rand Paul, after sweeping through the Kentucky U.S. Senate GOP primary, has put both feet in his increasingly suspect mouth. Foot #1: On Rachel Maddow’s MSNBC leftathon, Paul trashed the 1964 Civil Rights … Continue reading
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Tagged BP, Civil Rights Act, Flee Party, Maddow leftathon, Meet the Press, Rand Paul, Tea Party, un-American
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iLike iPad (iThink)
Well, the Missus and I just bought an iPad, and although I have yet to get it out of first gear, I have a feeling I’m going to like this content-consuming (vs. content-creating) machine. I certainly liked the experience we … Continue reading
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Tagged Apple, freedom from porn, iPad, iPad For Dummies, iPadlock, iPhone, iPorn, John Battelle, Sports Illustrated Bathrobe Edition, Steve Jobs
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BP Does Not Stand For Best Practices
Arr-ooo-gah! Arr-ooo-gah! BP has shifted into DEFCON 4 as oil keeps pouring into the Gulf of Mexico and turmoil keeps pouring onto BP. First, the oil. According to Reuters: BP said on Thursday it was siphoning 5,000 barrels (210,000 gallons/795,000 … Continue reading
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Tagged 60 Minutes, BP, Deepwater Horizon, Tony Hayward, Wall Street Journal MarketWatch
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Acronym o’ the Day (pat. pending)
From Wednesday’s Wall Street Journal, in an op-ed about a bill “proposed on April 30 by Sen. Chuck Schumer and Rep. Chris Van Hollen to ‘blunt’ the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United v. FEC”: Moreover, the Democracy Is Strengthened by … Continue reading
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