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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
Dead Blogging The Red Sox-Yankees Tilt
Say, that was some endurance test at Fenway this afternoon/evening/night, eh? The hardworking staff at Campaign Outsider hasn’t been to the lyric little bandbox since . . . well . . . awhile, so it was nice to get a … Continue reading
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