Tag Archives: Ring Lardner

It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (The Young Immigrunts Edition)

Posted on August 16, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

The Globe/Herald division of labor: One has facts, the other has opinions. See IGTLTDT for details. (Special Ring Lardner bonus included!)  

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Great American Sportswriter Lists Lack Heinz Sight

Posted on July 31, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

Two recent pieces (not to be confused with Reese’s Pieces) about American sportswriters have excluded one name from the roll call of the best at their craft: W.C. Heinz, Heavyweight Champion of the Word as Jeff MacGregor dubbed him in a … Continue reading →

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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Brown/Warren Ceasefire Edition)

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

Now that the goo-goos have stopped cooing for a moment  about the Super PAC disarmament pact between likely U.S. Senate rivals Scott Brown and Elizabeth Warren,  it’s time for the real world to weigh in – specifically free speech advocates … Continue reading →

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A World’s Serious (2011 Edition)

Posted on October 28, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Well that was one for the ages, no? The hardworking staff will leave the play-by-play of the St. Louis Cardinals’ knee-buckling victory in Game 6 of the World Series to others and go straight to the color commentary: • Twice Fox … Continue reading →

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WSJ’s Jason Gay Gets All Squirrely

Posted on October 14, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

The always-readable Jason Gay broke this news in Thursday’s Wall Street Journal: LeTR fROm thE RaLLy SQuiRRel AtTornEY DEaR PEEpLE of SAiNT LOuIs, My NaMe is RiChaRD FLuFFYTAIL, III, EsQ. I am A SQuiRReL AttornEY with the FiRm of ACoRN, … Continue reading →

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The Case Against E-Readers

Posted on July 24, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

The hardworking staff owns a Kindle and an iPad, so we’re not saying ebooks have no place in the literary world. It’s just that ebooks don’t replace the real thing. From the Weekend Wall Street Journal: What an E-Reader Can’t … Continue reading →

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Free Books!

Posted on June 1, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

Good news! The hardworking staff at Campaign Outsider just discovered (D’oh!) archive.org, “a non-profit digital library offering free universal access to books, movies & music, as well as 150 billion archived web pages,” not to mention a stash of 1.8 … Continue reading →

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A World’s Serious

Posted on October 29, 2009 by Campaign Outsider

The great Ring Lardner‘s lede for his 1920 gem, “A World’s Serious:” ADVANCE NOTICE Sept. 30. – All though they have been world serious practally every yr. for the last 20 yrs. this next world serious which is supposed to … Continue reading →

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Yanked Around

Posted on October 26, 2009 by Campaign Outsider

As a survivor of the Great Fold of 2004, I’ll freely admit that I went into tonight’s Yankees-Angels game with one thought. Don’t do this to me again. The good news: They didn’t. The New York Yankees defeated the Anaheim … Continue reading →

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“Shut Up, He Explained”

Posted on August 27, 2009 by Campaign Outsider

(Hat tip: Ring Lardner) New York Times Op-It Girl Maureen Dowd’s Wednesday column chronicled the Internet adventures of an Australian model who fought to unmask the anonymous blogger who called her a “skank” and a “ho.” In discussing her own … Continue reading →

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