Tag Archives: Boston Globe

Cash ‘n’ Kerry (Patriots Playoff Edition)

Posted on January 15, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

So there was Sen. John Kerry (D-Am I Secretary of State Yet?) at Gillette Stadium rubbing elbows in the owner’s box with Robert Kraft and, presumably, girlfriend Ricki Noel Landed – sorry, Lander – and rubbing etc. on the field … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Bill Belichick, Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Glen Johnson, It's Good to Live in a Two-Daily Town, New England Patriots, Ricki Noel Lander, Robert Kraft, Track Gals (without Megan!) | Leave a comment

The Scott Brown Experience (Politico Edition)

Posted on January 15, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

As the hardreading staff at It’s Good to Live in a Two-Daily Town noted a couple of weeks ago, there are subterranean rumblings about Scott Brown (R-I Just Cleaned My Garage) running not for the U.S. Senate seat John Kerry … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Boston Globe, clean garage, Dave Barry, fire hydrant, Glen Johnson, good name for a rock band, It's Good to Live in a Two-Daily Town, John Kerry, Politico, Scott Brown, The Scott Brown Experience | Leave a comment

Dead Blogging The Boston Sunday Globe

Posted on January 14, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

The hardreading staff yields to no man in its respect for the journalism at the Boston Globe. But this Sunday’s edition struck us as a bit odd. Page One, via the Newseum’s Today’s Front Pages: The Medicare windfall piece? Excellent. Then there’s the Camp Menino feature, which … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Boston Globe, Camp Menino, Edge of America, Geoff Edgers, It's Good to Live in a Two-Daily Town, John F. O'Brien, Massachusetts, Medicare windfall, New England Law, Parkman House, The Newseum, Today's Front Pages, Tom Menino, Travel Channel | Leave a comment

That Dog Gone Tessa (Lehane Exits Brookline Edition)

Posted on January 12, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

According to our dogged local tabloid, Dennis (Call Me Javert) Lehane is giving up the Brookline canine patrol for his runaway pooch Tessa. From today’s Boston Herald (web edition): Lehane says he’ll take down missing dog fliers Crime scribe Dennis Lehane says … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Animal Rescue League, Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Brookline fliers, Dennis Lehane, Finding Tessa, It's Good to Live in a Two-Daily Town, Melvin Kleckner | Leave a comment

Hall of Shame Bakeoff: Joe Fitz vs. Dan Shaughnessy

Posted on January 12, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

No Hall of Fame inductees for you! And – wait for it – very different takes in the local dailies. Dan Shaughnessy’s Thursday Boston Globe column: A Hall of Fame ballot without a whiff of PED usage The poison ballot remained … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Dan Shaughnessy, Hall of Fame, It's Good to Live in a Two-Daily Town, Joe Fitzgerald, PED, Roger Clemens | Leave a comment

Barney Frank(enstein)

Posted on January 9, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

From our Call and Response desk Yesterday a Boston Globe editorial called on Gov. Deval Patrick to appoint Barney Frank (D-I Love Me) to fill the interim U.S. Senate seat created by John Kerry’s departure for the State Department. Patrick should take … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Barney Frank, Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Deval Patrick, It's Good to Live in a Two-Daily Town, Joe Fitzgerald, John Kerry, U.S. Senate | 2 Comments

OMG! Herald Has A (New?) Advice Column

Posted on January 7, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Page 3 of today’s Boston Herald features this advice column, which the hardreading staff doesn’t recall seeing in the paper before, although we could be wrong. Regardless, it’s lame even by Herald standards. Time to give in and wear the watch … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Ask Amy, Ask. Us. Anything., Boston Globe, Boston Herald, It's Good to Live in a Two-Daily Town, OMG! | Leave a comment

Herald Inside Trick: Credit Defaults

Posted on January 6, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

The hardreading staff has noted before the occasional tendency of the Boston Herald’s Track Gals (without Megan!) to borrow material without disclosing their sources. Sad to say, they’re back at it again today. From the Inside Track’s We Hear section . . . Read … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 89.7, Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Inside Track, It's Good to Live in a Two-Daily Town, Jim Braude, Margery Eagan, Phil Redo, Track Gals (without Megan!), WGBH-FM, WTKK | 2 Comments

Herald More Frank About Barney

Posted on January 5, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

From our Compare and Contrast in Clear Idiomatic English desk Barney Frank (D-I Love Me) gets Page One of the local dailies today, but in very – wait for it – different ways (via the Newseum’s Today’s Front Pages). Boston … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Barney Frank, Barney-burner, Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Deval Patrick, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, It's Good to Live in a Two-Daily Town, John Kerry, U.S. Senate seat | Leave a comment

Our Dogged Local Tabloid (Dennis Lehane Edition)

Posted on January 4, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

When the Boston Herald gloms onto a good human interest story, it’s like a dog with a bone. And that goes double for the sad tale of author Dennis Lehane’s dog Tessa, who’s been missing since Christmas Eve. Today the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Angie Lehane, Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Dennis Lehane, It's Good to Live in a Two-Daily Town, Tessa | Leave a comment