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Fear And Self-Loathing At The New Republic
Jonathan Chiat, a senior editor at The New Republic, has written a journo-dyspeptic piece headlined, “The Case Against Awards: Why the wrong person always wins.” One of Chiat’s awards-bashing examples hits close to home: In my field, we have something called the … Continue reading
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Tagged Betsy McCaughey, Hillarycare, Jonathan Chiat, journo-dyspeptic piece, ObamaCare, The New Republic
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A Gem Of A Ballgame
That was one beautiful baseball game the New York Yankees and the Anaheim Los Angeles California Angels just played, wasn’t it? It had everything – fabulous performances and fumbled performances, spine-tingling plays and boneheaded plays, close calls and clueless calls. … Continue reading
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Tagged ALCS, Anaheim Los Angeles California Angels, New York Yankees
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Ad o’ the Day©
The Coca-Cola Company is officially on the run. The soft drink giant ran another full-page ad in Friday’s Wall Street Journal as part of its Live Positively (read: Don’t Ban Us from Schools) campaign, which features a series of “Real … Continue reading
Will Someone Please Stick A Ball In Manny Ramirez’ Ear?
Back in the ’50s and ’60s, Manny Ramirez wouldn’t have gotten away twice with that bush league bat-drop whenever he clocks a home run. Where’s Sal (The Barber) Maglie when you need him?
As The Globe Turns
Nothing like a good slapfight between the Boston Globe’s editorial board and its newsroom to get the juices flowing. The back story: On Tuesday the Globe’s Metro section featured a report on the demotion of a senior Boston police commander … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, newsroom/editorial board smackdown, Thomas Menino
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The Politics of Art
Ever since the New York Times ran a piece last week on the artwork the Obamas borrowed from several Washington museums to decorate their private White House residence and the West and East Wings, there’s been a raging debate in … Continue reading
New York Times “Honest” Mistake?
New York Times legal beagle Adam Liptak had a column on Tuesday examining a federal law that makes it a crime for public officials to “deprive another of the intangible right of honest services.” As Liptak notes, what “honest services” … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam Liptak, Harvey Silverglate, honest services, New York Times, Sal DiMasi
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Ad o’ the Day (pistachio pending)
Almonds. That’s the last nut I remember having its own ad campaign. It was – I dunno – 15 years ago that the Almond Board of California ran TV spots plaintively asking me to buy one can of almonds . … Continue reading
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Tagged Almond Board of California, Big Pussy, Get Crackin', Levi Johnston, Reuters, Wonderful Pistachios
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Polanski Couldn’t Do 48 Days in the Slammer? Are You Serious?
From our Late to the Party bureau: The hardworking staff at Campaign Outsider has tried its level best to keep up with Roman Polanski-palooza, but this (via Sunday’s New York Times) had totally escaped us: Mr. Polanski . . . … Continue reading
