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Rhyme-onyms
First: I yield to no man in my respect and affection for my students at Boston University. Second: During my five years as a mass communication professor at BU, I’ve noticed a grammatical phenomenon in the writing of said students. … Continue reading
The Great Pete Rose/Bud Harrelson Dustup
Marty Lederhandler died last Thursday. Via the Boston Globe: Marty Lederhandler, an Associated Press photographer who captured on film every US president from Herbert Hoover to Bill Clinton, covered the D-day landing in 1944, and climaxed a 66-year career with … Continue reading
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Tagged Associated Press, Big Red Machine, Marty Lederhandler, World Trade Center
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Deval Patrick’s MisStart
Very nice segment on Saturday’s All Things Considered in which Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick talked about donating his father Pat’s musical archive to the Berklee College of Music. Over the course of his career, Pat Patrick accompanied many jazz greats: John … Continue reading
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Tagged All Things Considered, Berklee College of Music, Deval Patrick, I Can't Get Started, NPR, Pat Patrick
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Cambridge Chronicle Unfair To State Senate Candidates?
Chris Moyer (an excellent former student of mine who now resides in – good lord! – Las Vegas) sent along this e-misssive the other day: I came across a posting on the Cambridge Chronicle website that’s right up your (blog’s) … Continue reading
It’s Good To Live In A Two-Newspaper Town (Maddow As Hell Edition)
Friday’s Boston Globe featured a full-page open letter from MSNBC host Rachel Maddow about . . . well, just read it: The Friday Globe failed to actually report on the dustup, but the Boston Herald – Tabloids Rule! – ran … Continue reading
NPR You Serious?
I meant to mention this last night before I got caught up in Muskie-mania. Newsflash! NPR Changes Abortion Language. National Public Radio ombudsman Alicia Shepard wrote this week about a “lively debate” among NPR editors concerning the use of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Alicia Shepard, Kiss Me I'm Liberal, NPR, pro-choice, pro-life
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Go (Home, Alas), Muskies!
I’m an even prouder alum of Xavier University (although it’s still unlikely I’ll give them any money) after tonight’s knee-buckling, double-overtime loss to Kansas State in the NCAA hoop hootenanny. Damn! Those K-State shooters had ice icewater in their veins, … Continue reading
It’s Good To Live In A Two-Newspaper Town (con.)
What started out as a low-key-page-one-below-the-fold story in Tuesday’s Boston Globe . . . Brown pauses, then backs Republican repeal effort . . . turned into a high-pitched PAGE ONE SCREAMER in Wednesday’s Boston Herald: The Page 4 piece is a … Continue reading
Headline o’ the Day™
From Wednesday’s Boston Globe: Exercise remains effective tool in fighting obesity, study finds The Missus: “Ya think?”
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Tagged Boston Globe, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Exercise, obesity
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Free The City Hall One!
From our Late to the Party desk: The umpteenth Boston Globe piece (in Sunday’s edition) on Boston City Hall as the ugliest building in town, at least according to local residents. Maybe . . . But wait! Don’t answer yet! … Continue reading
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Tagged 1969, Ada Louise Huxtable, Boston City Hall, New York Times
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