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Is This Xfinity TV Spot the Best Rabbit Commercial . . . Evah?

Posted on November 23, 2025 by Campaign Outsider

The hardhopping staff here at the Global Worldwide Headquarters has long held the belief that pretty much everything we know about life, we learned from Bugs Bunny. Beyond his bravura performances in such illuminating tales as What’s Opera, Doc? and … Continue reading →

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When a Nation Forgets Its Own Clichés (‘Run Havoc’ Edition)

Posted on November 1, 2025 by Campaign Outsider

From our That’s Just So Sad desk Here at the Global Worldwide Headquarters, the hardtsking staff has long lamented the slow-motion decline of what used to be called “clear idiomatic English.” Unclear idiotmatic English is more like it nowadays. For … Continue reading →

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Dry Those Musketears! Xavier U Says ‘We’re Number 305!’

Posted on October 2, 2025 by Campaign Outsider

As an erstwhile Prince of the Queen City and semi-proud graduate of Xavier University (“Home of the Musketeers”), which I attended while doing a seven-year stretch in Ohio, I’ve long kept an eye on that bastion of Jesuit learning in … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Alma College, Gold Digga, Gold Nuggets, Pacific Lutheran Unversity, Prince of the Queen City, St. John Fisher University, Wall Street Journal, Wall Street Journal College Rankings, Xavier University | 2 Comments

Job Corps Students Are About to Get a Very Cruel Lesson

Posted on July 8, 2025 by Campaign Outsider

Driving around town yesterday, I heard this NPR piece by Maggie Ryan with Little Rock Public Radio about the senseless, soulless cutting of 90 federally funded Job Corps centers run by contractors across the country, which would end the program … Continue reading →

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Town of Brookline’s Latest Ban Is Truly a Coup de Foie Gras

Posted on June 3, 2025 by Campaign Outsider

The hardworking staff has been a (mostly) proud resident of the People’s Republic of Brookline for a (mostly) good 45 years, so we were understandably drawn to this item in Steph Solis and Mike Deehan’s always informative Axios Boston yesterday. It’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Axios Boston, Boston Globe, Brookline Town Meeting, Brookline.News, foie gras ban, Foie Pas, Googletron, Mike Deehan, People's Republic of Brookline, Sam Mintz, Steph Solis, Vivi Smilgius | Leave a comment

C.J. Chivers Tracked Ukraine’s Drone Warfare First – Up Close

Posted on March 8, 2025 by Campaign Outsider

The hardworking staff has long admired the journalistic work of New York Times reporter C.J. Chivers (rhymes with shivers) during his years as a relentlessless war correspondent (Afghanistan, Libya, Syria), a tireless champion of military veterans, and – most recently … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Andrew E. Kramer, Buryi, C.J. Chivers, David Guttenfelder, first-person-view drones, FPVs, Lara Jakes, Liubov Sholudko, Marc Santora, Marco Hernandez, Political Gabfest, Prorok, Slate, The Bulwark, The Next Level, Ukraine drone war | Leave a comment

Guess Who (Both?) Won the 2024 NYT ‘Year in Pictures’ Bakeoff

Posted on January 1, 2025 by Campaign Outsider

Among the many holiday traditions here at the Global Worldwide Headquarters of Campaign Outsider (duck the malls; do not bring me some figgy pudding), one of our favorites is the annual Running of the Photographers – that is, tallying the … Continue reading →

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Xavier University Says ‘We’re Number . . . 500something!’

Posted on September 7, 2024 by Campaign Outsider

As I’ve mentioned previously in this space, I did seven years in Ohio from the late ’60s to the mid-’70s: A four-year stretch at Xavier University in Cincinnati, followed by an extended rehab stint after eight long years of Jesuit … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Alma College, Pacific Lutheran Unversity, Wall Street Journal College Rankings, Xavier University, Xavier University of Louisiana | 7 Comments

Is Babe Ruth’s ‘Called Shot’ Jersey Really Worth $30 Million?

Posted on July 29, 2024 by Campaign Outsider

From our kissin’ cousin (Frog Division) at Ask Doctor Ads Well the Doc opened up the old mailbag today and here’s what poured out. Dear Dr. Ads, There I was, minding my own business and leafing through the Weekend Wall … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 1932 World Series, Babe Ruth, called shot jersey, Chicago Daily, Chris Landers, Grantland Rice, Heritage Auctions, MLB.com, Red Smith, Shirley Povich, Weekend Wall Street Journal, Westbrook Pegler, Wrigley Field. | Leave a comment

Dead Blogging ‘Songs for Modern Japan’ at MFABoston

Posted on May 3, 2024 by Campaign Outsider

Well the Missus and I trundled over to The Fens the other day to check out Songs for Modern Japan: Popular Music and Graphic Design, 1900–1950 (through September 2) and say, it was swell. “Songs for Modern Japan: Popular Music … Continue reading →

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