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The New New Republic Gets Something – Finally! – Right

Posted on January 28, 2016 by Campaign Outsider

As up to several people know, the hardworking staff has been on The New Republic like Brown on Williamson since boy publisher Chris Hughes bought the vulnerable opinion journal several years ago. And the worst part is, the lamer the magazine has become, … Continue reading →

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TNR = The Nude Republic (No Ads)

Posted on November 15, 2015 by Campaign Outsider

As the hardworking staff has noted previously (see here and here), the new New Republic is pretty much a reverse Potemkin magazine: all town and no facade. Exhibit Umpteen: The current issue of The Nude Republic, which features three – count … Continue reading →

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The New ‘New Republic’ Has No Advertising

Posted on August 22, 2015 by Campaign Outsider

In the wake of the revolution/evolution at The New Republic last year, the hardworking staff has noted the Potemkin quality of the magazine, which is to say no advertising. But in its current issue, the new New Republic has hit rock bottom. It … Continue reading →

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Travels With The Missus On the Côte d’Azur (Encore!)

Posted on June 3, 2015 by Campaign Outsider

After dinner I walked down to the bay one last time. I stood in a soft rain next to the bust of homeboy Jean Cocteau alongside the chapel he renovated in the 1950s, and looked one last time at the … Continue reading →

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Michael Reagan Milks the Old Man Like a Cash Cow

Posted on May 8, 2015 by Campaign Outsider

Well the hardworking staff opened up the old mailbag today and here’s what poured out: And etc. So, pony up for the Reagan Ranch and get a swell calendar. Year in pictures: You might … Continue reading →

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Martha Gellhorn’s Excellent 1947 American Adventure

Posted on December 31, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

Martha Gellhorn was much more than just another ex-wife of Ernest Hemingway. She was a superb war correspondent, an accomplished novelist, and a perceptive analyst of post-World War II America. (See Boston University’s Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center for further … Continue reading →

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The Arts Seen in NYC (Picasso Everywhere! Edition)

Posted on November 25, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

Well the Missus and I trundled down to the Big Town for the weekend and, say, it was swell. (Not to mention All Pablo All the Time.) Here, in roughly chronological order, is some of what we caught. FRIDAY • Picasso & … Continue reading →

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Dead Blogging ‘Calder and Abstraction’ at PEM

Posted on September 7, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

Well the Missus and I trundled up to Salem yesterday to catch Calder and Abstraction: From Avant-Garde to Iconic at the Peabody Essex Museum and, say, it was swell. Alexander Calder’s abstract works revolutionized modern sculpture and made him one … Continue reading →

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Headscratching Stats o’ the Weekend

Posted on September 2, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

The hardditzing staff (mistakenly) thought Labor Day Weekend meant you should work all three days, so here are some of the startling statistics we came across. • From the New Republic’s 9/15 edition (sorry, no link: #TNRblows): Most Americans can name … Continue reading →

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That’s Just So Mean! (HRC/NYP Edition)

Posted on July 6, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

Today’s New York Post was clearly channeling the National Enquirer with this Page One political screamer. (Tip o’ the pixel to the Newseum’s Today’s Front Pages.) Even more hyperventilating than the front page was the piece itself, which was … Continue reading →

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