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Kind “Word”
Many thanks to Boston Globe word maven Jan Freeman, who devoted this week’s edition of “The Word” to answering my recent plea for enlightenment on the was/were usage dilemma. Jan does an excellent job of unraveling it. Ditto for her … Continue reading
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Tagged Ambrose Bierce, Jan Freeman, New York Times, On Language, The Word
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“Wee Weed Up,” Take 2
An update on Campaign Outsider’s earlier post about the rumpus over Pres. Obama’s “wee weed up” criticism of D.C. in August (normal people complain about the humidity). The hardworking staff did further research (that is, read a Washington Post blog) … Continue reading
Paterson’s Pathetic Play
New York Gov. David Paterson (D-Fuggedaboudit!) is laying off his myriad self-inflicted problems on a racist media conspiracy, the Saturday New York Times reported. Gov. David A. Paterson lashed out on Friday at critics who say he should not run … Continue reading
Rice and Wrong
While the Yankees and Red Sox play Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots at Fenway, newly minted Hall of Famer and born-again bigmouth Jim Rice has been in Williamsport at the Little League World Series. As Saturday’s Boston Globe reported, Rice … Continue reading
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Tagged Alex Rodriguez, Derek Jeter, Jim Rice, Little League World Series, Manny Ramirez
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Newspapers: Stats Entertainment!
From our Whistling Past the Graveyard desk: The Newspaper Association of America ran a full-page ad in Friday’s New York Times featuring a Rainbow Coalition of 18-34 year olds reading newspapers under the headline, “Numbers Like These Always Look Good … Continue reading
“Wee Weed” All the Way Home
Barack Obama should never ad lib. He should cling to his TelePrompter like a bitter Pennsylvanian clings to guns and religion. Exhibit Umpteenth: Obama’s Thursday address to minions of his front group, Organizing for America, in which he made light … Continue reading
Sean Fishin’
The Global Worldwide Headquarters of Campaign Outsider was all abuzz this morning when we emptied the old mailbag and up to one letter poured out. But what a letter: The return address on the envelope said simply, “Sean Hannity.” Whoa! … Continue reading
The Bookmark Brain
It’s probably happened to you a thousand times: You’re reading a newspaper article or a book, you put it down, and – after some interval of a few minutes to half an hour – you pick it up again and … Continue reading
Erin Go Brand
The New York Times reports that a new ad campaign for the Sony Corporation of America features Peyton Manning, Justin Timberlake, and . . . Erin Andrews? Mr. Manning returns to promote Bravia high-definition TV sets as the best on … Continue reading
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Tagged Erin Andrews, Justin Timberlake, Peyton Manning, Sony
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Wassermania!
I love Boston Globe editorial cartoonist Dan Wasserman’s work. (Exhibit A: Tuesday’s “It Turns Out, There Is A Death Panel” submission.) Just wanted to say that.
