Tag Archives: New York Times

Impenetrable Sentence o’ the Day (pat. pending)

Posted on July 24, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

From a New York Times piece on the Galileo Museum in Florence, Italy (formerly Florence’s history of science museum, which contains – and the Missus and I can attest to this – “a veritable curiosity cabinet of beautifully wrought scientific … Continue reading →

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Mad Menia

Posted on July 23, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

Thursday’s New York Times pretty much ran the gamut of “Mad Men” overkill. Exhibit A: Peter Applebome’s Our Towns column headlined: Decoding the ‘Mad Men,’ Ossining and Cheever Nexus Your eye-roll goes here. Exhibit B: This Banana Republic ad: Only … Continue reading →

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Media Mattis

Posted on July 21, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

Tuesday’s dead-tree New York Times piece about new CentCom commander James Mattis: Petraeus’s Successor Is Admired on Front Lines, but Known for Impolitic Words WASHINGTON — To those who have served under him, Gen. James N. Mattis is the consummate Marine … Continue reading →

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Obit o’ the Day (Hello! Edition)

Posted on July 19, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

From Sunday’s New York Times: Eduardo Sánchez Junco, Founder of Fawning Magazine, Is Dead at 67 Lede: If you want to be the subject of a stunningly flattering profile in Hello magazine, one of Britain’s most widely read celebrity weeklies, all … Continue reading →

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Martha Coakley Is Not Going To D.C.

Posted on July 18, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

A couple of weeks ago the hardworking staff was first in Boston to note that Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley was on the short list to become director of the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Turns out that was the … Continue reading →

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Y, Oh Y?

Posted on July 13, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

The Young Men’s Christian Association, universally known as the YMCA, has decided to outstrip the acronym-minded folks at KFC, AARP, and – most recently – NPR by stripping down to one letter. New York Times headline: Y.M.C.A. Is Downsizing to … Continue reading →

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Yankees Voice Bob Sheppard Deserved Better Boston Obit Pix

Posted on July 13, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

This is just wrong. Bob Sheppard – the voice of the Yankees at the Big Ballpark from 1951 to 2006 – died Sunday at the age of 99. Here’s the picture from the Boston Globe obituary: Worse, the one in … Continue reading →

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The Empire State Ben LaGuer

Posted on July 12, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

From Sunday’s New York Times: Staying Behind Bars on a Claim of Innocence He is either innocent or a madman. Whichever one he is, Everton Wagstaffe will not go quietly. Locked up nearly 19 years for a crime that he … Continue reading →

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To Know Trump

Posted on July 7, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

Tuesday’s New York Times Business section featured a house ad with Donald Trump delivering a full-throated (does he have any other gear?) endorsement of the paper. Trump’s kicker:  “Our longstanding relationship with The New York Times will endure forever, both online … Continue reading →

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Dueling Robots In Boston Globe, New York Times

Posted on July 6, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

What are the odds that the Boston Globe and the New York Times would feature Page One robots on the same day? Well, Monday was the day. Times robot: Globe robot: Their functions, as you have no doubt already gathered, … Continue reading →

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