Tag Archives: New York Times

New York Times Details the Double Toll Drone Killings Take

Posted on April 18, 2022 by Campaign Outsider

The history of warfare is a steady progression of distancing, as battles evolved from close combat to push-button carnage. On Page One of yesterday’s New York Times, Dave Philipps captured the current war footing. The Unseen Scars of the Remote-Controlled … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Celeste Oliva, Central Square Theater, chair force, Dave Philipps, drones, Everyman Theatre, George Brant, Grounded, Kevin Larson, Lee Mikeska Gardner, New York Times, Nora Theatre Company, remote-controlled kill, The Economist, tour de chair force | 1 Comment

Dead Blogging ‘Real Photo Postcards’ at Boston’s MFA

Posted on April 10, 2022 by Campaign Outsider

Well the Missus and I trundled over to The Fenway the other day to catch the big Turner’s Modern World exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts and say, it was meh. (Then again, you can judge for yourself with … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Boston Globe, Eastman Kodak Company, Jason Farago, Leonard A. Lauder Postcard Archive, Murray Whyte, Museum of Fine Arts, New York Times, postcard camera, Real Photo Postcards: Pictures from a Changing Nation | Leave a comment

NYT ‘How I Learned to Drive’ Ad a Bit Like Proust’s Madeleine

Posted on February 28, 2022 by Campaign Outsider

So yesterday I was working my way through the Sunday New York Times (an activity that the extremely sage Dr. Ads says should trigger a federal subsidy) when I came across this full-page ad in the Arts & Leisure section. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged A.R.T., American Repertory Theater, Arliss Howard, Ask Doctor Ads, David Morse, Dr. Ads, How I Learned to Drive, madeleine, Marcel Proust, Mary-Louise Parker, New York Times, Paula Vogel, Proof | Leave a comment

NYT Photographer Tyler Hicks on Track to Win Another Pulitzer

Posted on February 27, 2022 by Campaign Outsider

Plug “Tyler Hicks Pulitzer Prize” into the Googletron and here’s what pops up. Hicks in in Ukraine right now doing what he does so amazingly well. Here’s part of what he captured for yesterday’s New York Times. Here at the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged C.J. Chivers, Esquire, Mark Warren, New York Times, Pulitzer Prize, Tyler Hicks, Ukraine | Leave a comment

Why Rafael Nadal Is the Most Admirable Person in All of Sports

Posted on January 30, 2022 by Campaign Outsider

The hardrooting staff has written often about Rafael Nadal, one of our all-time favorite athletes along with New York Yankees icon Mickey Mantle (our youthful crush) and Mantle’s New York Rangers doppelgänger Rod Gilbert. But Rafa is even more special. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Associated Press, Australian Open, Big Three, Christopher Clarey, Daniil Medvedev, ESPN, John McEnroe, Liz Clarke, Matteo Berritini, Mickey Mantle, New York Rangers, New York Times, New York Yankees, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Rod Gilbert, Roger Federer, Stan Wawrinka, Washington Post | Leave a comment

Two-Way Tie in New York Times ‘Year in Pictures 2021’ Bakeoff

Posted on December 22, 2021 by Campaign Outsider

As some of you splendid readers might recall, the end of December is the most photoful time of the year around the Global Worldwide Headquarters, thanks in no small part to the annual Dance of the Shutterbugs in the New … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Ashley Gilbertson, Dance of the Shutterbugs, Doug Mills, Erin Springer, Grey Lady, Jim Huylebroek, Max Whittaker, Meredith Kohut, New York Times, phojoriffic year, The Year in Pictures 2021, Victor J. Blue | 1 Comment

Remembering Anne Rice (Biting Tom Cruise’s Neck Edition)

Posted on December 13, 2021 by Campaign Outsider

Popular and prolific author Anne Rice died last week at the age of 80, as Neil Genzlinger noted in this New York Times obituary. Anne Rice, Who Spun Gothic Tales of Vampires, Dies at 80 She wrote more than 30 novels, including … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Ad Hoc, Advertisements for Myself, Anne Rice, bloodsucking staff, Boston Globe, Brad Pitt, Cindy Crawford, I-vertising, Interview With the Vampire, Neil Genzlinger, New York Times, Norman Mailer, Richard Gere, Song of Myself, Tom Cruise, unique sell-out proposition, Walt Whitman | Leave a comment

Peggy Noodnik Writes Again (Kamala Harris ‘Veep’ Edition)

Posted on December 12, 2021 by Campaign Outsider

Latest in our long-running series Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan opened up the family-size can of worms with yesterday’s piece about the various and sundry deficiencies of Vice President Kamala Harris. Kamala Harris Needs to Get Serious Her shaky … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Barton Gellman, Charles Homans, DNC, hardwincing staff, Jaime Harrison, Jemele Hill, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, New York Times, Peggy Noodnik, Peggy Noonan, Reuters/Ipsos poll, The Atlantic, Veep, Victoria Brownworth, Wall Street Journal | Leave a comment

Everything Currently Wrong in America Is Hillary Clinton’s Fault

Posted on December 10, 2021 by Campaign Outsider

Well the hardworking staff was wending its way through the New York Times yesterday when we come across this full-page MasterClass ad on A13. Say, that’s some 1992-2016 Murderers’ Row (not to be confused with the 1927 New York Yankees). But the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 1927 Yankees, Donald Trump, Her Royal Catastrophe, Hillary Clinton, HRC, Intelligencer, MasterClass, Murderers' Row, New York, New York Times, Sarah Jones, Teaching the Power of Resilience | 2 Comments

Shadenfreude Alert: Ex-Boston Celtics Bomb in the Big Town

Posted on December 3, 2021 by Campaign Outsider

This past year in the NBA, there was a lot of shipping down from Boston – to New York. In June the Celtics shipped point guard Kemba Walker to the Oklahoma City Thunder, who promptly waived him, allowing Walker to sign … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Alec Burks, Boston Celtics, Evan Fournier, Hoopan Deb, Kemba Walker, Knickleheads, New York Knicks, New York Times, Oklahoma City Thunder, Sopan Deb, Tom Thibodeau | Leave a comment