Tag Archives: The New Yorker

Someone Please Put Alex Rodriguez Out Of Our Misery

Posted on January 31, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

From our Couldn’t He Be Al-EX Rodriguez? desk The hardretching staff – a Made Yankee Fan in Boston since 1974 – has long considered Alex Rodriguez a cancer upon the Pinstripes, and that’s never been truer than now. From New … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged A-Rid, A-Rod, Al-EX Rodriguez, Alex Rodriguez, ESPN, Ian Crouch, Made Yankee Fan in Boston, New Yorker, The New Yorker | 4 Comments

There’ll Always Be A Brookline (Styrofoam Ban Edition)

Posted on November 15, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

With apologies (but no trademark infringement) to The New Yorker As of next December, the hardcaffeinating staff will be buying its coffee elsewhere from the People’s Republic of Brookline. Wednesday’s Boston Globe: Styrofoam ban approved in Brookline Vote boots Styrofoam … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Boston Globe, Brookline, Brookline Town Meeting, Dunkin' Donuts, Nancy Heller, styrofoam ban, The New Yorker, There'll Always Be an England, trademark | 6 Comments

Pro-Romney PAC “Restore Our Future” Director Has A Checkered Past

Posted on February 7, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

Mitt Romney (R-How Ya Like Me Now?) is apparently riding on the coattails of Willie Horton in the GOP presidential primary race. From Politico’s Morning Score: THE CREATOR OF THE WILLIE HORTON AD IS BEHIND ROMNEY’S SUPER PAC SPOTS: In this … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Jane Mayer, Larry McCarthy, Mitt Romney, Politico Morning Score, The New Yorker, Willie Horton | Leave a comment

‘Twistory’ Lesson For UMass Professor

Posted on May 5, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

From TechPresident: University of Massachusetts political science professor Stuart W. Shulman has built software for doing textual analysis on large amounts of data. So when he saw an explosion of Twitter activity around the death of Osama bin Laden, he … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Library of Congress, Stuart W. Shulman, TechPresident, textifier, The New Yorker, Tweets from Tahrir, Twistory, Twitter | 2 Comments

Dead Blogging Tina Brown’s MFA, Er, Talk

Posted on November 12, 2009 by Campaign Outsider

Well the Missus and I trundled down to the Museum of Fine Arts Wednesday evening to catch its Ruth and Carl J. Shapiro Celebrity Lecture featuring Daily Beast diva Tina Brown. Of course it should’ve been called the Ruth and … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Malcolm Rogers, MFA, Talk, The Daily Beast, The New Yorker, Tina Brown, Vanity Fair | 1 Comment