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Why The New York Times Is A Great Newspaper (Exhibit Umpteen)
Headline in Sunday’s dead-tree edition of the New York Times: Nowhere To Go, Except Room 516 The lede: ON Jan. 4, 2010, Raymond Fok was changing trains on his way to kidney dialysis treatment when he collapsed on the Canal Street subway platform. … Continue reading
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Tagged John Leland, Medicaid, New York Downtown, New York Times, Raymond Fok
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Enter The Seamus Sweepstakes™ Early And Often!
Another Collins column, another cartop canine. It’s good to live in America. New York Times columnist Gail Collins – who we’ve noted previously is temperamentally incapable of mentioning Mitt Romney without adding “who once drove to Canada with the family dog … Continue reading
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Tagged cartop pooch, Gail Collins, Mitt Romney, New York Times, Seamus Sweepstakes™
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The Red Sox 99.6% Dissolution
New York Times stat-cat Nate Silver had a knee-Bucknering piece yesterday charting the Red Sox September collapse: The Boston Red Sox odds of reaching the playoffs peaked on Sept. 3. Following a 12-7 win against the Texas Rangers, they held … Continue reading
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Tagged knee-Bucknering, Nate Silver, New York Times, Red Sox, stat-cat, Tampa Bay Rays, Yankees
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New Testaments To The King James Bible
The King James Bible – the bestselling book of all time and the most quoted book in the English language – is celebrating its 400th anniversary this year. And the King James translation is hot. Start with On Eagles’ Wings: … Continue reading
NYT’s DealB%k To Go Solo S%n?
There has been speculation previously that the New York Times might spin off its weekly Dealb%k section into a standalone business new operation. Yesterday’s Dealb%k Special Section just might revive that talk. It would certainly be a sm%th move in … Continue reading
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Tagged Dealbook, New York Times, Poynter, sm%th move, Special Section
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New York Mets’ Jose Reyes Lowers Himself To Win NL Batting Title
In perhaps his final game with the New York Mets Wednesday night, vainglorious shortstop Jose Reyes made an inglorious exit. From the New York Times: Reyes, in Batting Race, Goes 1 for 1, Then Exits If Jose Reyes indeed played … Continue reading
The Land of Doritos, Which Is Not In Mexico, Exactly . . .
From today’s New York Times obituary section: Arch West, Who Helped Create Doritos Corn Chips, Is Dead at 97 That reminded the hardworking staff of the George Saunders short story In Persuasion Nation, in which the Land of Doritos “is … Continue reading
Like A Trolling Stone
Bob Dylan, it turns out, is a transmedia pickpocket. The legendary song/writer has already been accused of lifting material for his 2006 album “Modern Times” from obscure Civil War poet Henry Timrod; stealing passages from Junichi Saga’s Japanese gangster novel “Confessions of … Continue reading
NYT, WSJ Live In Different New Yorks
My late great father-in-law Marvelous Marvin Sutton used to delight in declaring at suitable intervals, “Tough sledding on Wall Street: No snow.” So it was when an Adbusters-inspired protest (#OccupyWallStreet) filled New York’s Financial District last week with hundreds (not … Continue reading
South Boston Rep. Steve Lynch Goes Postal
The United States Postal System is one step from the dead-letter office, given its $9 billion deficit. Op Art feature in Sunday’s New York Times: Things have gotten so bad, the American Postal Workers Union has launched an ad campaign to generate … Continue reading
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Tagged APWU, Influence Alley, National Journal, New York Times, Op Art, Rep. Stephen Lynch, U.S. Postal Service
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