Tag Archives: Afghanistan

When a Nation Forgets Its Own Clichés (‘Drudge Up’ Edition)

Posted on August 31, 2016 by Campaign Outsider

From our That’s Just Sad desk Every now and again the headscratching staff chronicles the mangled phrases of the differently clichéd among us and, man, they are legion. So here’s another roll call, dating back 12 months. • Last August, … Continue reading →

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Baseball Players Are Not Heroes

Posted on April 5, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

The hardlywatching staff had the TV on in the background last night when we heard a local newscast refer to the Red Sox Home Opener “honoring the heroes on and off the field” – that is, commemorating 1) the 2013 … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Afghanistan, baseball players, Boston firefighters, Boston Marathon bombings, Boston Red Sox, Iraq, Red Sox Home Opener | 2 Comments

Ads ‘n’ Ends (NYT Edition)

Posted on December 22, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

Three from Tuesday’s New York Times: Item: Haley Barbour’s Close Shave? A Weekly Standard profile of Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour (R-Reconstruction) has the former GOP lobbyist and forever good ol’ boy scrambling to salvage his presidential prospects. Times piece: Discussing … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Afghanistan, chin-strokerati, Haley Barbour, James Dao, MTA, New York Times, Poetry in Motion, Train of Thought, Weekly Standard | 1 Comment

The Price Of Journalism

Posted on December 1, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

Tragic tale from Tuesday’s New York Times under Carlotta Gall’s byline: A Footstep, Then an Explosion and an Urgent Call: ‘Medic!’ CHECKPOINT 16, Afghanistan — Joao Silva, a photographer for The New York Times, and I set out on patrol … Continue reading →

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WikiLeaks to NYT: Drop Dead

Posted on November 30, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

Interesting Editor’s Note in Monday’s New York Times about “The Decision to Publish Diplomatic Documents.” First it says: The articles published today and in coming days are based on thousands of United States embassy cables, the daily reports from the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Afghanistan, diplomatic documents, Iraq, Julian Assange, New York Times, The Guardian, WikiLeaks | Leave a comment

Somewhere Over The Atlantic Ocean . . .

Posted on November 8, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

I’m reading a shattering piece in the November Atlantic headlined “The Last Patrol,” story and photographs by Brian Mockenhaupt. The article’s tag says: Brian Mockenhaupt, a former infantryman, is a writer in Detroit. Make that, a helluva writer. Here’s the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Afghanistan, Arghandab Valley, Brian Mockenhaupt, Charlie Company, Devil's Playground, The Atlantic, The Last Patrol | Leave a comment

Is This The Book You Thought C.J. Chivers Would Write?

Posted on October 18, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

When New York Times reporter C.J. Chivers went missing from the paper some months ago, the logical assumption was that he’d taken time off to write a book about the war in Iraq or Afghanistan, both of which he has … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Afghanistan, AK-47, C.J. Chivers, Iraq, New York Times, The Gun, Wall Street Journal | Leave a comment

Boston Globe Botched Byline

Posted on July 27, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

I yield to no man in my admiration for intrepid New York Times war correspondent C.J. Chivers. But his byline should not have stood alone atop Monday’s Boston Globe front-page piece headlined, “Leaked archive casts stark light on Afghan war.” … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Afghanistan, Associated Press, Boston Globe, C.J. Chivers, Kevin Frayer, New York Times, wikidump, WikiLeaks | 2 Comments

C.J. Chivers, As In Shivers

Posted on June 14, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

The always notable C.J. Chivers has yet another terrific piece in Sunday’s New York Times. Headline (web edition) : As Afghan Fighting Expands, U.S. Medics Plunge In Lede: MARJA, Afghanistan — The Marine had been shot in the skull. He … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Afghanistan, Black Hawk medevac helicopter, C.J. Chivers, New York Times, Tyler Hicks, where empires go to die | 1 Comment

C.J. Chivers (As in, Shivers)

Posted on February 15, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

First, a quibble. Here’s the lede from C.J. Chivers’ page one piece in Sunday’s New York Times about a Marine battalion getting its first taste of war: MARJA, Afghanistan — The helicopters landed before dawn Saturday in a poppy field … Continue reading →

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