Author Archives: Campaign Outsider

Welcome to the 2016 Billion-Dollar Digital Adlection

Posted on January 14, 2016 by Campaign Outsider

If the 2004 presidential campaign was the Internet Election, and the 2008 campaign was the Social Media Election, and the 2012 campaign was the Twitter Election, then the 2016 presidential campaign is the Digital Ad Election. From USA Today: TV, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 2015-2016 Political Advertising Outlook, Ad Age, Borrell Associates, David Carr, digital ads, Donald Trump, Dustup 2016, Felicia Greiff, GDP of Iceland, Here & Now, Howard Dean, Internet Election, Issie Lapowsky, Jeb Bush, New York Times, NPR, Pew Research Center, Robin Young, Social Media Election, The Guardian, TV commercials, Twitter election, USA Today, Wired | Leave a comment

Ben Carson Is So Desperate He’s Sending Mash Notes to Me

Posted on January 12, 2016 by Campaign Outsider

So what’s so strange about GOP presidential hopeful Ben Carson (R-Pyramid Scheme) romancing a person such as I? Just that I have a) been a registered independent for almost 40 years and b) never voted in a Republican primary all … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Ben Carson, Carson robocall, Jerry Sickles, lithograph, Prose Muzak, Ted Cruz, The Missus, WMUR, world's oldest altar boy | Leave a comment

Ad Nauseum: Why the New Republic Is – No Surprise – for Sale

Posted on January 11, 2016 by Campaign Outsider

As the hardworking staff has noted on numerous occasions, Chris Hughes, boy publisher of The Nude – sorry, New – Republic, hasn’t seen an inside-page ad in maybe 18 months. from all appearances, the Richie Rich of opinion journalism was floating … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Chris Hughes, Incredible Shrinking Magazine, The NewRepublic, The Nude Republic, Wall Street Journal | Leave a comment

Peggy Noonan’s Strange New Respect for Donald Trump

Posted on January 10, 2016 by Campaign Outsider

From our Peggy Noodnik Writes Again desk Peggy Noonan’s Declarations column in the Weekend Wall Street Journal is, according to Politico’s Mike Allen, “jaw-droppingly Trump-friendly (or at least Trump-respectful).” The GOP Establishment’s Civil War A free-for-all among Christie, Rubio, Cruz and … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged American Spectator, Chris Christie, Donald Trump, Jack Shafer, Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, Peggy Noodnik, Peggy Noonan, Politico, strange new respect, Ted Cruz, Tom Bethell, Wall Street Journal | 1 Comment

Should Massachusetts Change Time Zones?

Posted on January 10, 2016 by Campaign Outsider

From Florida to Alaska, the time might be up for daylight-saving time. Via Arian Campo-Flores’s Wall Street Journal Weekend Edition piece yesterday : Daylight-Saving Time Gets Old Fed up with the annual routine of moving clocks ahead in spring and back in fall, a … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Arian Campo-Flores, Atlantic Time, Barbara Mende, Cognoscenti, daylight-saving time, DST, Massachusetts, S 2040, Sen. John Keenan, Time Zone Report, Tom Emswiler, US Department of Transportation, Wall Street Journal, WBUR, WBUR Cognoscenti, WCVB | Leave a comment

Why the Wall Street Journal Is a Great Newspaper (Breakthrough Swimmer Diana Nyad Edition)

Posted on January 3, 2016 by Campaign Outsider

From the Weekend Wall Street Journal’s latest Playlist feature: At Sea With Neil Young A long-distance swimmer finds a 1970s anthem to help get her from Havana to Miami Diana Nyad, 66, was the first person to swim from Cuba to … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Diana Nyad, Find a Way, Harvest, Knopf, Neil Young, Playlist, The Needle and the Damage Done, Wall Street Journal | 2 Comments

Why Do New York Knicks Players Keep Getting Robbed?

Posted on January 1, 2016 by Campaign Outsider

Because they’re morons, that’s why. Call the roll. • From The Root: NY Knicks Player Robbed by 2 Women Knicks forward Derrick Williams took two women he met at a New York City nightclub back to his apartment. When Williams … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Cleanthony Early, Derrick Williams, Knicks shaman, New York Knicks, New York Post, Phil Jackson, The Root, triangle defense, triangle offense, Uber, Wall Street Journal | Leave a comment

Dead Blogging ‘The Winter’s Tale’ at United Parish Brookline

Posted on December 31, 2015 by Campaign Outsider

Well the Missus and I trundled up Harvard Street yesterday to see the Actors’ Shakespeare Project production of The Winter’s Tale (through January 3) at Brookline’s United Parish Willet Hall and, say, it was swell. Fair warning: This late play by … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Actors' Shakespeare Project, Allyn Burrows, Brookline, Jesse Hinson, Mara Sidmore, Marianna Bassham, Melia Bensussen, Nigel Gore, Steven Barkhimer, The Winter's Tale, United Parish, Willet Hall, William Shakespeare | Leave a comment

Tyler Hicks Wins NYT ‘Year in Pictures’ Bakeoff

Posted on December 29, 2015 by Campaign Outsider

For the past few years the hardviewing staff has noted the leading shooters in the New York Times annual The Year in Pictures review. This year is no exception, with honors going to proud BU alum Tyler Hicks (who also prevailed in … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Beit Lahiya, Gaza, New York Times, Sergey Ponomarev, The Year in Pictures, Tomas Munita, Tyler Hicks | 1 Comment

Civilians Who Run Full-Page Ads in the New York Times (Umpteenth Plus One Yoko Ono Edition)

Posted on December 28, 2015 by Campaign Outsider

Just about every year at Christmastime, Rift Beatle Yoko Ono runs holiday greetings in the New York Times. This year’s model: ImaginePeace is still in the same place, if you want it. Then again, so is war. But there … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Imagine Peace, John & Yoko, New York Times, Rift Beatle, Yoko Ono | 5 Comments