Tag Archives: Boston Herald

Jury’s Out On Carmen Ortiz

Not-quite-matching her & her columns in the local papers on the topic of U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz and her (over?)zealous prosecution of Aaron Swartz. Start with Margery Eagan’s column in the Boston Herald: Outrage over zealous feds Statement too little, too late … Continue reading

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NHL = No Herald League

From our Whiskey Tango Foxtrot desk The recently ended NHL lockout was like the Iran-Iraq war – you wished somehow both sides could lose. And in a way they both did, so that’s a good thing. Now comes the task of winning … Continue reading

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Boston Herald Jumps The Shark (Taxachusetts Edition)

The front pages of today’s local dailies almost – but don’t quite – say it all in their coverage of a looming tax hike in Massachusetts. The Boston Globe’s Page One (via the Newseum’s Today’s Front Pages) appears measured and slightly … Continue reading

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Cash ‘n’ Kerry (Patriots Playoff Edition)

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

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That Dog Gone Tessa (Lehane Exits Brookline Edition)

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

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Hall of Shame Bakeoff: Joe Fitz vs. Dan Shaughnessy

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

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Hark! The Herald! (Power Of The Press Edition)

The feisty local tabloid has the self-promotion machine in overdrive today. Page One (via the Newseum’s Today’s Front Pages): And here’s the spread from pages 4 and 5 . . . Read the rest at It’s Good to Live in a … Continue reading

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WSJ Sends Off Ada Louise Huxtable In Style

The great Ada Louise Huxtable, who pretty much invented architecture criticism in her writing for the New York Times and Wall Street Journal, has died at the age of 91. Wednesday’s Journal features an impressive tribute to Huxtable: Her Critical Judgments Were … Continue reading

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Barney Frank(enstein)

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

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Hark! The Herald!

In its Tuesday edition the Boston Herald – ever Whitmanesque – celebrates itself and sings itself yet again. Page Two:   Read the rest at It’s Good to Live in a Two-Daily Town.

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