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Boston Globe Is Assignment Desk for NYT (Instead of Vice-Versa)

Normally, the Boston Globe is a lively index to the New York Times, given all the wire-service pieces the stately local broadsheet picks up from the Times. But Saturday’s Gray Lady featured a total Globe caboose by Jess Bidgood. Efforts to … Continue reading

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Dead Blogging ‘Red-Eye to Havre de Grace’ at ArtsEmerson

Well the Missus and I trundled downtown last night to catch Red-Eye to Havre de Grace at the Paramount Theater and, say, it was totally swell. The ArtsEmerson production comes compliments of Lucidity Suitcase International, which first staged the play at … Continue reading

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Why the WSJ Is a Great Read (‘Yammer & Sickle’ Edition)

The Wall Street Journal, as is its wont, has featured some truly asymmetrical coverage of the Sochi Olympics this past week, largely compliments of its Yammer & Sickle microsite. Representative sample: Americans vs. Russian Doors: A Cold War That’s Heating … Continue reading

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NYT’s Boston Hemingway Piece Features Wrong Wife

Ernest Hemingway is the Moveable Feast of American literature. And the latest entrée comes from Tuesday’s New York Times. A Mutable Feast Batch of Hemingway Ephemera From Cuba Is Digitized BOSTON — Ernest Hemingway was a hoarder. His own prose … Continue reading

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‘Would He’ Allen? WSJ’s Rabinowitz Says No

The hardreading staff over at Two-Daily Town has dutifully recorded Boston Herald columnist Margery Eagan’s sandblasting of Woody Allen’s defense against allegations by his adoptive daughter, Dylan Farrow, that he sexually molested her as a child. Now comes Wall Street … Continue reading

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NYT Needs a Subscription to TNR

Yesterday’s New York Times featured Sam Tanenhaus’ fulsome preview of the new Broadway production of “All the Way,” Robert Schenkkan’s play about Lyndon Johnson’s push for the 1964 Civil Rights Act. The Times piece calls it “[t]he story of a ruthless … Continue reading

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Where in The Times Is Brian McFadden?

Granted, the hardworking staff has run cold and hot with New York Times cartoonist Brian McFadden. But we were dismayed to see not McFadden’s work, but this cartoon by Michael Kupperman and David Rees in yesterday’s Sunday Review.     There’s no “Brian McFadden is … Continue reading

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Good Shepherd for 1965 Beatles Playboy Interview

The Golden Anniversary of the Beatles’ inaugural appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show – go nuts! – is set to culminate in tonight’s Grammys salute. From the 1964 really big shew:     The hardBeatling staff also recommends this 1965 Playboy … Continue reading

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Worst. Olympic. Outfits. Ever.

For the past 12 years Ralph Lauren has designed the outfits for the U.S. Olympics team, and this year’s model is absolutely the worst. Two-page spread in Friday’s New York Times. That’s just sad. Coincidentally, Friday’s Times also featured this piece by John … Continue reading

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Why the WSJ Is a Great Newspaper (California PG&E Terrorist Attack Edition)

Rebecca Smith’s front-page Wall Street Journal piece yesterday about the attempt last year to knock out a California power station is a knockout. Assault on California Power Station Raises Alarm on Potential for Terrorism April Sniper Attack Knocked Out Substation, Raises Concern for … Continue reading

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