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We Have a Winner in Our NYT Money-Making Sweepstakes!

The air has been electric around the Global Worldwide Headquarters ever since we announced our latest Campaign Outsider Sweepstakes (pat. pending). It was occasioned by this ad in the New York Times touting the paper’s umpteenth foray into revenue-enhancing sidelines. … Continue reading

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Gov. Patrick’s Driving Ban Didn’t Keep This Carr Off The Road

First, a personal note: V-I-C-T-O-R-Y, victory victory that’s our cry! The hardlyreading staff went out earlier yesterday to find some actual newspapers – and we actually did. As we carried them triumphantly back to the Two-Daily Town Global Worldwide Headquarters, we discovered … Continue reading

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Dear WGBH: This. Totally. Blows. (II)

So the hardworking staff repaired to the Global Worldwide Headquarters ’round midnight to do a little ruminating and construing, and – resignedly – flipped the radio on to WCRB (since WGBH radio has abandoned jazz for a bunch of yack … Continue reading

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What’s Mitt Romney’s Problem?

As a service to our splendid readers, the hardreading staff checks out a lot of dailypolitical digests, and sometimes the contrasts are just too big to ignore. Case in point: The “Romney Problem” as articulated by MSNBC’s First Read and … Continue reading

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The Heritage Foundation Wants . . . Us!

Imagine the hardworking staff’s excitement when a 14″ x 11″ envelope poured into the Global Worldwide Headquarters with this imprinted on the front: ADDRESSEE SELECTED TO REPRESENT STATE INDICATED IN NATIONWIDE BALLOT ON PROPOSED TAX INCREASES. SEALED BALLOT INCLOSED. SIGNATURE … Continue reading

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Happy New Year!

The hardworking staff at Campaign Outsider’s Global Worldwide Headquarters thanks all of our splendid readers for their forbearance and comments this past year, and wishes you a happy and prosperous 2012. Cheers!

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The Seamus Sweepstakes™ Lives!

New York Times columnist Gail Collins extends her Seamus Streak in today’s op-ed: Gloom pervades the land. Some people believe it’s the economy. Others blame the weather. I think it’s because the country is gradually coming to grips with the … Continue reading

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The Proper Pronunciation Of ‘The’ Before A Vowel Is Literally Disappearing

Thuh Boston Globe’s Christopher Muther got two full pages of Tuesday’s G section to rail against thuh non-literal use of “literally” in virtually every area of American society. But thee umbrage at thuh Global Worldwide Headquarters is aimed at a different linguistic transgression: The … Continue reading

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Correction o’ the Day (WSJ Edition)

From Thursday’s Wall Street Journal Corrections & Amplifications (sorry, no link because Rupert Murdoch shockingly wants to make money from his content so I have to type this myself): The Constitution Center, an office building in Washington, D.C., is up … Continue reading

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