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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Brown/Warren Ceasefire Edition)
Now that the goo-goos have stopped cooing for a moment about the Super PAC disarmament pact between likely U.S. Senate rivals Scott Brown and Elizabeth Warren, it’s time for the real world to weigh in – specifically free speech advocates … Continue reading
Cozy Business At The Boston Globe?
The hardworking staff is not jumping to any conclusions here, but consider this confluence of coverage: Sunday’s Boston Globe featured this Q&A with Jennifer Chayes, managing director of Microsoft Research New England: Where creativity meets technology Jennifer Chayes is the … Continue reading
NYT Enters The (Dela)Hunt
The (Bill Dela)Hunt started with this Boston Globe piece on Saturday: Delahunt, champion of wind project, now may profit from it In Congress, he helped Hull secure $1.7m; as consultant, he’s in line for no-bid contract As a congressman, William … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Delahunt, Boston Globe, Hull, New York Times, wind energy
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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Joe K3 Edition)
House of Kennedy golden (actually, red-headed) boy Joseph P. the Third is reportedly considering a run for the open Fourth Congressional District seat in Massachusetts, but the reports in the local dailies vary considerably in how they present his explorations. … Continue reading
It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Boston Deadbeat Non-Profits Edition)
Boston Mayor Tom Menino has lately been shaking down major tax-exempt institutions with his “payment in lieu of taxes,” or PILOT, program – with mixed results and mixed reviews. Regarding the latter, here’s the Boston Globe’s Saturday report: Nonprofits boosting Boston’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Boston PILOT program, Crash Browser Dummy, Tom Menino
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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Occupy Boston Romance Edition)
First there was this piece in the Boston Globe: Couple found love at Occupy Boston A bond forged in crowd who shared fervent beliefs November 15 was a busy day at Occupy Boston. Hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons was speaking at the … Continue reading
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Tagged Anya Karasik, Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Occupy Boston, Robert "Red" Stitham
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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Brown/Warren Kabuki Edition)
In reaction to the Super PAC Mania currently gripping the GOP presidential primary campaign, Massachusetts US Senate opponents Scott Brown (R-LL Bean) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Harvard Yard) are looking to rid their battle of outside-group influence. From Saturday’s Boston Globe: … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Elizabeth Warren, outside groups, Scott Brown, Super PACs
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A Word About Boston Globe’s ‘The Word’ Column
Boston Globe The Word columnist Erin McKean (who also writes for the Wall Street Journal) had a typically smart piece this past Sunday: The horror of ungrammatical lyrics Do language errors in popular songs make you shudder? You’re not alone. … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, Erin McKean, Live and Let Die, Paul McCartney, The Word, Wall Street Journal
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The Boston Globe’s Slowbituaries
Every now and again an obituary of a local figure turns up in the Boston Globe sort of . . . er . . . late. Previous case in point: Last year’s Globe two-week-late obituary of Joseph A. Sciacca Sr., father of … Continue reading
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