Tag Archives: New York Times

MFA’s Art Of The Americas Wing Boffo In NYT

Posted on November 20, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

New York Times art critic Holland Cotter totally hearts the new Art of the Americas Wing at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts. BOSTON — Five years after breaking ground, the new Art of the Americas Wing at the Museum of Fine … Continue reading →

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NYT Weak In Review

Posted on November 15, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

From Sunday’s New York Times: A Star College Quarterback Is Worth … Revelations that the father of Cam Newton, Auburn University’s star quarterback and a leading Heisman Trophy candidate, may have sought as much as $200,000 from recruiters has reignited the … Continue reading →

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The Most Beastly Photo Of Tina Brown Ever

Posted on November 14, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

From our Camera-Unready desk (via Saturday’s New York Times): That’s a Grade-A Yikes! Here’s guessing Tina will do yikewise to the Times at the first opportunity.

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WSJ/NYT Op-Ed Gingrich Smackdown!

Posted on November 4, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

Wednesday’s Wall Street Journal and New York Times each featured a Newt Gingrichabilia op-ed, to very different effect. Exhibit A: The WSJ op-ed from former George W. Bush press secretary Ari “You Talkin’ to Me?” Flesicher. Nut graf: Having served … Continue reading →

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“Let Tim Smoke”

Posted on November 4, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

That’s exactly what San Francisco Giants ace Tim Lincecum did in the World Serious, although the slogan actually refers to Lincecum’s pot bust last year, as New York Times reporter Tyler Kepner has noted: Lincecum dresses in the space that … Continue reading →

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Yvonne Abraham Channels Gail Collins

Posted on November 1, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

Saturday New York Times column from Gail Collins: Name That Candidate The end of an election season is always thick with regrets. Do you think Meg Whitman is contemplating all the other things she could have done with $141 million? … Continue reading →

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Lady GagA+

Posted on October 30, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

Congratulations to the University of South Carolina, the first institution of higher learning to enshrine 21st Century poetess Lady Gaga in its curriculum. Via Friday’s New York Times: Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta may not sound famous, but the University of South Carolina … Continue reading →

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India Inc.

Posted on October 30, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

The richest man in India,  Mukesh Ambani, has turned Mumbai into Xanadu. Friday New York Times piece: Soaring Above India’s Poverty, a 27-Story Home MUMBAI — The newest and most exclusive residential tower for this city’s superrich is a cantilevered sheath … Continue reading →

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How About Them Jints?

Posted on October 28, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

Really, how likable are the cast-off, cut-up San Francisco Giants? And how surprised were you that they cuffed up Texas Ranger ace Cliff Lee, Mr. October Lights Out, in Game 1 of the World Serious? New York Times lede: SAN … Continue reading →

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First Amendment Things First

Posted on October 24, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

The Juan Williams/NPR rumpus has turned into a tempest in a Tea Potty, with innumerable conservatives claiming that the public broadcast network has violated Williams’ First Amendment right to free speech. Except it hasn’t. Handy First Amendment refresher course: Congress … Continue reading →

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