Tag Archives: Norman Mailer

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 →

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Norman Mailer Had Hillary Clinton Down Cold 20 Years Ago

Posted on October 6, 2015 by Campaign Outsider

Yesterday the dustupping staff happened upon Norman Mailer’s essay Clinton and Dole: The War of the Oxymorons, which ran in the cuppa coffee George magazine, and came across this digression about Hillary Rodham Clinton at the 1996 Democratic National Convention … Continue reading →

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Emile Griffith, R.I.P.

Posted on July 25, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Legendary boxer Emile Griffith (85 victories, 24 losses, 2 draws, multiple championships) died this week at the age of 75. The cause was kidney failure and complications of dementia according to this New York Times Page One obituary (headline from print … Continue reading →

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Heinz Sight Is 20-20

Posted on July 5, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

From our Late to the Party desk: The hardworking staff finally read the New York Times review of At the Fights: American Writers on Boxing (co-edited by redoubtable local scribe George Kimball). The anthology includes pretty much everyone you’d expect, … Continue reading →

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