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Tag Archives: Boston Globe
Who Is Marvin Gilmore Again?
From our Late to the Ninetieth Birthday Party desk This ad ran in the A section of yesterday’s Boston Globe: Marvin Gilmore? Do we know him? Yes we do. From the May 21, 2010 edition of the Boston … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, CrossTown industrial park, D-day, Gregory Porter, Legion of Honor, Marvin Gilmore, Normandy, Unity Bank
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The Great Liberal ‘Overturn Citizens United’ Scam
Admittedly, the hardworking staff attended the Jerry Orbach School of Law (& Order) for only 12 years, but all this hubbub from the left about reversing Citizens United (the 2010 Supreme Court decision that allows unlimited expenditures by corporations, unions, and individuals … Continue reading
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Tagged Anne Borg, Boston Globe, Citizens United, Jerry Orbach, Law & Order, League of Women Voters of Massachusetts, Letter to the Editor, Marilyn Peterson, Martha Coakley, Massachusetts Democratic gubernatorial debate, pandermonium, SCOTUS, scotusblog, stare decisis, Supreme Court, WBUR, WCVB, WHDH
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Welcome to Boston’s Museum of Fine Apps
During his two-decade tenure as director of Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts, Malcolm Rogers has consistently strained to stretch the locals’ definition of art, from the photographs of Herb Ritts to the motorcars of Ralph Lauren. Now, as Rogers prepares to … Continue reading
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Tagged Big Baby Heads, Boston Globe, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Conversation Piece, Geoff Edgers, Herb Ritts, iPhone app, Malcolm Rogers, Marina Abramovic, MFA, Miley Cyrus, Miranda July, Museum of Modern Art, Ralph Lauren cars, Somebody, The Artist Is Present, The Harvard Crimson
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NYT Ad/News Vortex (Korean Ferry Disaster Edition)
From our Coincidence Not Irony desk Sunday’s New York Times featured this collision of viewpoints on last April’s South Korean ferry tragedy that took hundreds of young lives. First, this full-page ad on Page 5 (New England Edition). … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, Cathoholic Czar, John L. Allen Jr., New York Times, Pope Francis, Sewold Act, South Korea
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Boston Globe Scribe Don Aucoin’s Son Also Rises in WSJ
Don Aucoin, whose fine theater criticism graces the Boston Globe on a regular basis, must be bustin’ his buttons over this piece in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal. Portrait of a Prodigy Is Matthew Aucoin the Next Leonard Bernstein? Most 4-year-olds going to visit … Continue reading
Tales from the New York Times Subscription Desk
First in a possible series As the hardmoving staff recently noted, the Missus and I are decamping from our happy home of 28 years and trundling back to the lovely courtyard building whence we came. (Campaign Outsider Sidebar: Hey! America! … Continue reading
New MBTA Operator Jumps the (Fast) Track
It’s been nothing like a smooth ride for Keolis Commuter Services, which has just replaced the Massachusetts Bay Commuter Railroad Co. as the operator of local public transit systems. First there was the factory-installed Boston race rumpus, in which local … Continue reading
When a Nation Forgets Its Own Clichés . . .
. . . well, that’s just sad. The hardnoting staff has a habit of recording mangled phrases in the press, and here’s our latest batch. • From Boston Magazine last July, about the 2014 Massachusetts gubernatorial race: “[Martha Coakley’s] apparent reversal … Continue reading
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Tagged @MickeyBPowerPop, Allen Craig, Arsenio Hall, Bill Clinton, Boston Bruins, Boston Globe, Boston magazine, Brian Krause, CNN, Condoleezza Rice, Daniel Nava, David Desharnais, Doug Band, First Read, International Cherry-Pit Spitting Contest, Iowa, Jeremy Roenick, John Kerry, Johnny Carson, mangled phrases, Martha Coakley, Mexican immigrants, Montreal Canadiens, MSNBC, New Republic, NPR, Quebec, Red Sox, Rep. Steve King, SCOTUS, Secretary of State, St. Louis Cardinals, Stanley Cup, stare decisis, Wall Street Journal, Will Middlebrooks
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What Can Timothy Geithner Do for Brown?
Not much, to judge from the former Treasury secretary’s new book, Stress Test: Reflections on Financial Crises. Via Politico’s Playbook: “Dealing with Congress, to put it mildly, did not feel like a careful, deliberative journey in search of the best public … Continue reading
Tucson Magazine Publisher: We’re the Beck-and-Call Girl of Our Advertisers
The hardtracking staff realizes that times are hard for media outlets these days, but this seems a bit much. From the redoubtable Jim Romenesko: NEWSPAPER COMPANY: OUR CUSTOMER IS THE ADVERTISER, NOT THE READER Why Mark Evans refused to work … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, Dan Shaughnessy, Dodgers public relations director, dodgers.com, Inside Tucson Business, Ira Stoll, Jim Romenesko, Joe Jareck, John Henry, Los Angeles Dodgers, Margaret Sullivan, Mark Evans, New York Times, Sabrina Tavernise, Smarter Times, Sneak ADtack
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