- "No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money." - Dr. Samuel Johnson
Tag Archives: Martha Coakley
The Atlantic Says Bay State (Hearts) Charlie Baker
Snow kidding: The current issue of The Atlantic features this piece by Molly Ball. The Bluest Republican Why staunchly Democratic Massachusetts loves its new GOP governor “Mark Wahlberg is asking me for a pardon?,” Charlie Baker said as he folded … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Bill Weld, boston.com, Charlie Baker, Mark Wahlberg, Martha Chokeley, Martha Coakley, MassLive, MBTA, Michael Dukakis, Mitt Romney, Molly Ball, Paul Cellucci, The Atlantic, Vivien Li, WBUR
1 Comment
Why Are the News Media Ignoring Evan Falchuk?
Is it just us, or is the Massachusetts news media ignoring at least the subhed from last night’s election results? Try this: Martha Coakley Loses to Evan Falchuk Here’s the final vote tally (via the Boston Globe): What Falchuk has … Continue reading
Coakley Took More of a Beating Than the Giants Last Night
The hardworking staff is guessing that most of you splendid readers didn’t spend much time watching the Kansas City Royals pummel the San Francisco Giants last night, as the Jints pounded the ball into the ground(out) for seven innings against the … Continue reading
That’s Just So Mean! (Martha Chokeley Edition)
Massachusetts Attorney General and gubernatorial wannabe Martha Coakley just can’t escape her past (see: 2010 U.S. Senate special election). Thus – inevitably – this piece by Ben Schreckinger appeared in the latest edition of Politico Magazine. Martha Chokeley Is … Continue reading
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
Posted in Uncategorized
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
4 Comments
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
Posted in Uncategorized
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
5 Comments
Dead Blogging the Massachusetts Gubernatorial Non-Debate at JFK Jr. Forum
So the hardworking staff hied us to the International House of Politics last night to catch A Special Event with Democratic Candidates for Massachusetts Governor, which was definitely not a debate featuring Joseph Avellone, Donald Berwick, Martha Coakley, Steven Grossman, and Juliette Kayyem. (Daniel Ki was … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged A Special Event with Democratic Candidates for Massachusetts Governor, Daniel Ki, Donald Berwick, Groundhog Day, Harold Ramis, Harvard Institute of Politics, International House of Politics, JFK Jr. Forum, Joseph Avellone, Juliette Kayyem, Martha Coakley, Mirtha Coakley, Steven Grossman, That's all folks, the Steven Spielberg of comedy
2 Comments
That’s Just So Mean! (Martha Coakley Edition)
Page Six of Thursday’s Boston Herald: C’mon, Heraldniks: We know you don’t like Mirtha, but really – was it necessary to roll out the PoreCam this early? Why not keep your powder dry for a while? (Meanwhile, memo … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Boston Herald, Heraldniks, Martha Coakley, Mirtha, welfare reform
1 Comment
Our ‘Beat The Press Party’ Bakeoff (Navy Yard Shootings Edition)
The hardbaking staff has been AWOL the past few weeks – Matriculation and all that – but we’re back now, presumably to the dismay of one person and another. So, let the Great Boston MediaWatch Dogfight re(jack)boot, and don’t spare the … Continue reading
Herald’s Gelzinis: Cahill A Good Guy. Globe’s Vennochi: Good Law, Bad Case
Two different – but not necessarily contradictory – takes in the local dailies about former Massachusetts Treasurer Tim Cahill’s close call with the law over financial shenanigans in the Bay State’s 2010 gubernatorial race. First up: Joan Vennochi’s column in Thursday’s Boston Globe: With … Continue reading