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Author Archives: Campaign Outsider
Black Lungs And Inconvenience Stores In The Bay State
Thursday’s Boston Globe reported that Massachusetts wants to “force stores to post graphic signs vs. smoking.” Such as the one to the left, which appears in New York City stores. The signs are modeled on a nothing-left-to-the-imagination campaign in New … Continue reading
Boston Globe Un-Unlikes Martha
Post in haste, repent at leisure. The hardworking staff’s rare midday post on Thursday, which detailed New York Times op-ed bridesmaid Gail Collins’ drive-by snarking of Martha Coakley, went up before we caught that day’s Boston Globe Coakley-palooza. Page One … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, Gail Collins, Joan Vennochi, Martha Coakley, Martha's Mulligan Tour, yeah but graf
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Gail Unlikes Martha
New York Times op-ed bridesmaid Gail Collins takes a whack at Arlen Specter in today’s piece, which explores the limits of Barack Obama’s support for the embattled born-again Democrat. The president appreciated Specter’s help in shoving the stimulus bill over … Continue reading
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Tagged Gail Collins, Martha Coakley, New York Times, op-ed bridesmaid
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MyCrawl
Consumer technology these days is the Incredible Ego Machine. Exhibit I: Sony Bets on a Countertop View of the Web From the WSJ review by Katherine Boehret: This week, I tested a product that represents Sony’s attempt to wade into … Continue reading
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Tagged CNN, ESPN, MECN, NECN, Sony Dash, Wall Street Journal
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Heartache Bruin
Is it just me, or have the Boston Bruins been only about 80% there in the last three games? Over that span, the Philadelphia Flyers have outplayed the Bruins in every aspect of the game – you know the litany: … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Bruins, hockeyheads, Philadelphia Flyers, Philadelphia Inquirer
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King James Bobble
The Cavaliers really spit the bit last night, eh? (In related playoff news, someone absolutely should’ve invoked the mercy rule in the Chicago Blackhawks 5-1 elimination drubbing of the Vancouver Canuckleheads.) Full disclosure: I didn’t see the whole Celts-Cavs Game … Continue reading
Matthew Gilbert Intervention
I yield to no man in my admiration of Boston Globe television critic Matthew Gilbert, whose reviews I have disagreed with exactly once – when he called the British version of “Life on Mars” protagonist Sam Tyler, as I recall, … Continue reading
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Tagged Betty White, Emily Rooney, Life on Mars, Matthew Gilbert, monologue, muffin, SNL
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Carlo Rotella Is A Comer
Nice piece about pride-of-Chelsea heavyweight champ John Ruiz by guest columnist Carlo Rotella in Monday’s Boston Globe. Representative sample: Even hardcore Boston sports fans didn’t take much notice of him. Boxing isn’t as popular now as it was in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston College, Boston Globe, Carlo Rotella, WGBH 89.7
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Homonym o’ the Day®
From Monday’s Wall Street Journal report about the purging of three-term Utah Sen. Robert Bennett (R-Tea Bagged): Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine said the ouster shows the GOP has “handed the reigns to the tea party” Whaddaya think? Queen … Continue reading
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Tagged King of Sweden, Queen of England, Robert Bennett, Tea Bagged, Tim Kaine, Wall Street Journal
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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Newspaper Town (U.S. Census Edition)
Saturday Boston Globe: Nothing about the 2010 U.S. Census. Saturday Boston Herald: Something about the 2010 U.S. Census. Lede: The feds spent millions to convince citizens that participating in the Census was as American as apple pie – but many of … Continue reading
