Tag Archives: Boston Globe

Why Boston Isn’t New York (Billy Joel Concert Edition)

Posted on January 9, 2017 by Campaign Outsider

Full disclosure: The hardworking staff grew up in Manhattan, but we’ve lived in Boston for the past 42 years. So we can’t help noticing the yin and yang of the two cities. Latest example: The Billy Joel concert index. Yesterday’s … Continue reading →

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Weekly Standard Whacks Mike Dukakis Re: Ethel Rosenberg

Posted on December 20, 2016 by Campaign Outsider

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg may have been executed in 1953 for conspiring to pass atomic secrets to Russia, as this Los Angeles Times front page noted. Except they haven’t really. During the past six decades, the Rosenbergs have been subject to more … Continue reading →

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Did Bill Belichick Really Cash a Belicheck for Donald Trump?

Posted on November 8, 2016 by Campaign Outsider

It’s 12:47 on Election Day at the Global Worldwide Headquarters and this just came over the transom, via Mike Florio of NBC Sports. At New Hampshire rally, Trump reads letter supposedly from Belichick The coach who typically says as little as … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Belicheck, Bill Belichick, Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Donald J. Trump, Mike Florio, NBC Sports, New England Patriots, TheBigLead.com | 1 Comment

Positively 231st Street: Bob Dylan, the Bronx, and Me

Posted on October 17, 2016 by Campaign Outsider

In the summer of 1966, the Jack & Agnes Carrolls misguidedly moved from 89th and Third in Manhattan to Brookview Road in Windsor, CT – a town that lacked virtually everything, including sidewalks. I did not go with them. Hell, I … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Absolutely Sweet Marie, Blonde on Blonde, Bob Dylan, Boston Globe, Dan Kennedy, Designated Tsker, Fourth Time Around, Jo Schneider, John Lennon, Media Nation, Melbourne 1966, Mike Hogan, Misericordia Hospital, Nobel Prize in Literature, Norwegian Wood, Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands, Tsk Six, Ty Burr, Vanity Fair, Visions of Johanna | 4 Comments

MFA Says Security Guards Have No Beef in Contract Tussle

Posted on September 21, 2016 by Campaign Outsider

As you splendid readers might recall, on Monday the hardworking staff detailed the ongoing dustup between the Museum of Fine Arts and the Museum Independent Security Union over a new contract and what the union says are irresponsible personnel cuts. Exhibit A: … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Architect's Security Group, Boston Globe, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Facebook, hardtrundling staff, Katie Getchell, Matthew Teitelbaum, MFA, Museum Independent Security Union, Nicki Luongo, Nonprofit Quarterly, Smithsonian, Steve Keller | Leave a comment

MFA = Many Fondled Artworks? That’s What Union Says

Posted on September 19, 2016 by Campaign Outsider

Well the Missus and I trundled over to the Museum of Fine Arts on Saturday and what did we find at the Huntington Avenue entrance but union members with picket signs calling for a new contract and restoration of union security … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Architect's Security Group, Bostom Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Globe, Facebook, hardtrundling staff, Katie Getchell, Matthew Teitelbaum, MFA, Museum Independent Security Union, Nicki Luongo, Nonprofit Quarterly, Smithsonian, Steve Keller | 1 Comment

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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Hey, People: It’s ‘Do Not Go GENTLE Into That Good Night’!

Posted on June 19, 2016 by Campaign Outsider

Everybody – especially the hardworking staff – has a breaking point on certain issues, and this one was ours. From Saturday’s Boston Globe front page: Managing the next moves in Sanders’ insurgency Vt. senator faces a daunting task in keeping the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Bernie Sanders, Boston Globe, do not go gentle, do not go gently, Dylan Thomas, Free the Dylan Thomas One! | 1 Comment

Skunk at the Prouty Garden Party: Lawsuit Coming Up

Posted on April 14, 2016 by Campaign Outsider

Jim McManus of Slowey/McManus Communications sent out this press release 10 minutes ago: MEDIA ADVISORY Ten Taxpayer Group Announces Lawsuit Against Boston Children’s Hospital, DPH For Immediate Release April 14, 2016 Contact: Jim McManus 617-523-0038; Jim@sloweymcmanus.com WHAT: A Ten Taxpayer … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Boston Children's Hospital, Boston Globe, Cognoscenti, DPH, Friends of the Prouty Garden, Gregor McGregor, Jim McManus, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Massachusetts Public Health Council, Maura Healey, Prouty Garden, Save the Prouty Garden, Slowey/McManus Communications, Two-Daily Town, WBUR | 1 Comment

The Latest on the Slow-Motion Death of Prouty Garden

Posted on April 12, 2016 by Campaign Outsider

When last we left the saga of The Inexorable Demolition of Prouty Garden by Boston Children’s Hospital, the beloved green oasis was in limbo, with the hospital planning “to cut down the [garden’s redwood] tree and pull out the garden … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Boston Children's Hospital, Boston Globe, Cognoscenti, DPH, Friends of the Prouty Garden, Jim McManus, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Massachusetts Public Health Council, Maura Healey, Prouty Garden, Save the Prouty Garden, Slowey/McManus Communications, Two-Daily Town, WBUR | Leave a comment