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Tag Archives: New York Times
Gail And Seamus Are Back!
New York Times dogged columnist Gail Collins is growling again, this time about last night’s GOP presidential primary debate in Michigan : Pity the Republican voters. They aren’t asking for much. They just want a candidate who’s really conservative but … Continue reading
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Tagged Gail Collins, Geico gecko, Michigan GOP debate, New York Times, Seamus
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NYT, WSJ Handicap The 2012 Election
Somebody please get the Wall Street Journal’s Dorothy Rabinowitz and the New York Times’s Nate Silver into the same room. In Wednesday’s Journal, Rabinowitz makes a compelling case for Newt Gingrich as a viable alternative to Mitt Romney in the … Continue reading
Mitt Romney Can’t Add
In a rare encounter with actual people, presidential wannabe Mitt Romney (R-Call Me Ahab) parachuted into Iowa this week in an effort to – wait for it – campaign there without seeming to campaign there. According to a New York … Continue reading
Michele Bachmann Is Language-Impaired
In the ongoing effort to reinsert herself into the GOP presidential primaries, Michele Bachmann (R-Put James Garfield on Mt. Rushmore) has launched a new offensive against the leading Republican candidates. From the New York Times: Michele Bachmann Warns Against Supporting … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, frugal socialists, Herman Cain, James Garfield, Michele Bachmann, Mitt Romney, Mt. Rushmore, New York Times, Rick Perry
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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Times Co. Town (Andy Rooney Edition)
From our Before They Made Him They Broke the Mold desk (apologies to S.J. Perelman): Kissin’ cousins New York Times and Boston Globe staged a compare-and -contrastapalooza with their respective obituaries of CBS News icon Andy Rooney. The Globe glowbit here. … Continue reading
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Tagged Andy Rooney, Beat the Press, Boston Globe, Emily Rooney, glowbit, Greater Boston, New York Times, WGBH
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Correction o’ the Day (Jersey Shore Edition)
From Thursday’s New York Times: THE ARTS A critic’s notebook article on Monday about an academic conference at the University of Chicago on the television show “Jersey Shore” referred imprecisely to a comment made by Candace Moore, an assistant professor at … Continue reading
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Tagged Candace Moore, GLAAD, Jersey Shore, New York Times, Pauly D., University of Chicago, University of Michigan, Vinny
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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Nation (College Degree Edition)
From our Compare and Contrast in Clear Idiomatic English desk: Dueling op-eds in Tuesday’s Wall Street Journal and New York Times about the value of a college education. From William McGurn’s WSJ piece: College tuitions have risen more than 440% … Continue reading
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Tagged college degree, Daid Brooks, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, William McGurn
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Quote o’ the Day (Tom McNeeley Edition)
From the New York Times obit of Cambridge native Thomas William McNeely Jr., a heavyweight boxer whose most notable fight was a 1961 heavyweight championship bout against the great-but-troubled Floyd Patterson (see What a Time It Was, by the great … Continue reading
Cain & Disable (The Harmanator Edition)
Monday started out so well for presidential wannabe Herman Cain (R-I Did Not Have Settlement with Those Women – Oh Wait, I Did). There was, for starters, the indulgent New York Times piece that flicked away “the reports of inappropriate … Continue reading
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Tagged Harmanator, Herman Cain, Hermanator, New York Times, Politico, Yes We Caint
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