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Rest in Peace Anne Adams, Television Producer Extraordinaire

Posted on May 10, 2019 by Campaign Outsider

I loved working with Anne Adams at WGBH’s Greater Boston, where she was supervising producer from 1998 to around 2006. She was smart, funny, and cynical – everything you could ever ask for in a co-worker. And now she’s gone. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Anne Adams, Boston Globe, Bryan Marquard, Depression: Out of the Shadows, Greater Boston, Peter Masalsky, WGBH | 2 Comments

Campaign Outsider Presidential Bakeoff 2020™ (Part 2)

Posted on May 6, 2019 by Campaign Outsider

Itemizing a few deductions now that Joe Biden has concluded his to-be-or-not-to-be-a-candidate interior monologue. Item: The hardworking staff will be president before Bill de Blasio is This is just idiotic. Bad enough that the 2020 Democratic presidential field includes the … Continue reading →

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Campaign Outsider’s Presidential Bakeoff 2020™ (Part 1)

Posted on April 22, 2019 by Campaign Outsider

Itemizing a few deductions on the state of the Democratic Presidential Primary now that the number of declared candidates has hit the Big Two-Oh. From the New York Times: Then there are … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Axios, Charlie Sykes, Cory Booker, Department of Justice guidelines, Donald Trump, Elizabeth Warren, impeachment, John Delaney, Presidential Bakeoff, The Bulwark Podcast, The Hill, World War I | Leave a comment

Oh No the New York Times Di’int Print ‘Fucked’ on Page One!

Posted on April 19, 2019 by Campaign Outsider

Hey, the Nude York Times is one thing. But the Crude York Times is something else. From today’s front page: Of course, that should come as no surprise after the Grey Lady printed Donald Trump’s Access Hollywood grab ’em boast verbatim … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Access Hollywood, Crude York Times, Donald Trump, Grey Lady, The Nude York Times | 2 Comments

The Nude York Times (Lucian Freud ‘Monumental’ Edition)

Posted on April 7, 2019 by Campaign Outsider

From our Grey Lady pearl-clutching desk As the hardblushing staff has dutifully noted for the past handful of years, the New York Times is increasingly willing to bare all in the name of art – or commerce – in its … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Acquavella Galleries, Christie's, David Dawson, Gagosian Gallery, Louis Vuitton, Lucian Freud, Lucian Freud: Monumental, M.S. Ray Antiques, New York Times, The Met Breuer, ulp-skirt | 5 Comments

New York Times Doubles Down On Its Half-True ‘Truth’ Ad

Posted on April 1, 2019 by Campaign Outsider

As the hardworking staff noted on Saturday, for the past two years the New York Times has been one of the leading voices in the news media’s Pep Squad for Truth – those preaching-to-the-choir ad campaigns aimed at convincing the … Continue reading →

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Latest New York Times ‘Truth’ Commercial Is Only Half-True

Posted on March 30, 2019 by Campaign Outsider

For the past two years the New York Times has been one of the leading voices in the news media’s Pep Squad for Truth – those preaching-to-the-choir ad campaigns aimed at convincing the American public that real news matters. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Caliphate, Iraq, Islamic State, Maryam Saleh, New York Times, Pep Squad for Truth, Rukmini Callimachi, Sara Farhan, The Intercept, The ISIS Files | 1 Comment

Dead Blogging the Hot Rods at Larz Anderson Auto Museum

Posted on March 29, 2019 by Campaign Outsider

Well the Missus and I trundled over to Larz Anderson Park the other day to catch Lookin’ East: Art and Imagination of the New England Hot Rod and say, it was . . . sweeeet. The idea of customizing attainable … Continue reading →

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Dead Blogging ‘Eaglemania’ at McMullen Museum of Art

Posted on March 21, 2019 by Campaign Outsider

Well the Missus and I trundled out to Boston College’s McMullen Museum yesterday to check out Eaglemania: Collecting Japanese Art in Gilded Age America and say, it was swell. Eaglemania: Collecting Japanese Art in Gilded Age America celebrates and contextualizes … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Boston College, Eaglemania: Collecting Japanese Art in Gilded Age America, Edo period, Isabel Anderson, Larz Anderson, McMullen Museum of Art, Meiji period | 4 Comments

The Arts Seen in NYC (Joan Miró’s ‘Birth of the World’ Edition)

Posted on March 14, 2019 by Campaign Outsider

Well the Missus and I trundled down to the Big Town to go a-museuming this past weekend and say, it was swell. Having successfully fought our way down a Friday I-95, navigated the obstacle course from the FDR Drive crosstown … Continue reading →

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