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Dead Blogging Alan Dershowitz At Ford Hall Forum
Harvey Silverglate interviewing Alan Dershowitz is ten pounds of lawyer in a five-pound bag. But that’s exactly what Ford Hall Forum presented Thursday night in its program Taking the Stand, which just happens also to be the title of Dershowitz’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Dershowitz, Claus von Bulow, Drew Gilpin Faust, Ford Hall Forum, Harvey Silverglate, Janet Yellen, JFK, Larry Summers, LBJ, Lee Harvey Oswald, Leona Helmsley, Mike Tyson, Mob in Massachusetts, reign of terror, take the stand, Warren Commission, Whitey Bulger, William Bulger, Zelig
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MoDo A No-Show For Bulger Trial Finale
Where’s MoDo? New York Times Op-It Girl Maureen Dowd came slumming a couple of times during the James “Whitey” Bulger hoedown and contributed, well, not much to the trial coverage. Representative sample: In return for being that most loathed thing … Continue reading
Larry Summers Is A Bigger A**hole Than The Winklevoss Twins
The always newsworthy Ron Suskind has a new book out – Confidence Men: Wall Street, Washington, and the Education of a President – which, according to Friday’s New York Times, “quotes White House documents that say [Pres.] Obama’s decisions were … Continue reading
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Tagged Austan Goolsbee, Confidence Men, Larry Summers, Megan McArdle, New York Times, Ron Suskind, The Atlantic
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It’s Good To Live In a Two-Daily Town (Hat Trick Edition)
Forget what the hardworking staff has said about the Boston Herald being a lively index to the Boston Globe. Tuesday’s editions of the local dailies are a tale of two cities. Exhibit A: Larry Summers Time BH: Summers praises Mass. … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Facebook, Larry Summers, Mitt Romney, Pres. Obama, Sal DiMasi, Scott Brown
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