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Why the Wall Street Journal Is a Great Newspaper (Tim Horton Edition)
The media coverage of the Burger King/Tim Hortons merger rumpus has generally been devoid of one thing: Who the hell is Tim Horton? Yesterday’s Wall Street Journal helpfully provided the answer, compliments of Gerald Eskenazi. The Real Tim Horton Amid the … Continue reading
Jason Gay’s Sweet Farewell to His Dad
The Wall Street Journal’s Jason Gay is one of the funniest newspaper columnists around. (See here for further details.) But his piece in Friday’s Journal was more poignant than piquant, since it was a valediction for his father, Ward Gay. From … Continue reading
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Tagged Bud Collins, Cambridge Rindge and Latin, Harry Hopman, Jason Gay, Rod Laver, Wall Street Journal, Ward Gay
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Nike Pimps Out Air(time) Jordan at U.S. Open
Product placement is no longer just a function of plunking down a Starbucks mug on the set of MSNBC’s Morning Joe or handing Seinfeld’s Kramer some Junior Mints. That’s so 1.0, yo. Welcome to Product Placement Umpteen.0, yo. From yesterday’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Air Jordan, ESPN, Junior Mints, Kramer, Michael Jordan, Morning Joe, MSNBC, Nike, NikeCourt, Product Placement 1.0, Roger Federer, Seinfeld, Sneak ADtack, Starbucks, U.S.Open, Wall Street Journal, Zoom Vapor AJ3
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Quote o’ the Day (Robert Capa War Correspondent Edition)
From the Weekend Wall Street Journal’s Review section: “For a war correspondent to miss an invasion is like refusing a date with Lana Turner.” – Robert Capa Sadly, Lana Turner is dead. H.D.S. Greenway, on the other hand, is very … Continue reading
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Tagged Behind the Front, Craig Gibson, Doonesbury, Foreign Correspondent, Garry Trudeau, H.D.S. Greenway, James Foley, Lana Turner, Margaret Asquith's Great War Diary 1914-1916, Martin Rubin, Review, Robert Capa, Roger Lowenstein, Stephen Brumwell, Vietnam, Wall Street Journal, World War I
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What Do You Want the First Line of Your Obituary to Be?
The hardworking staff found itself reading a variety of obituaries of former Vermont U.S. Sen. James Jeffords yesterday, all of which featured similar ledes. Washington Post: James M. Jeffords, the maverick Vermont politician who in 2001 gave Democrats a short-lived majority … Continue reading
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Tagged Jim Jeffords, MBTA GeezerCard, New York Times, obituary, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post
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Ask Dr. Ads: Seriously, Is Tom Steyer Crazy?
[Aditor’s note: As you might – or more likely might not – have noticed, Dr. Ads has been (in)conspicuous by his absence over the past several months. We’d rather not get into the details; let’s just say he’s been under … Continue reading
John Silber Fights Again
Full Disclosure #1: The hardworking staff currently teaches at Boston University and does not have tenure. Full Disclosure #2: The hardworking staff has fond memories of former BU czar John Silber. Back in the day, we regularly collided with Dr. … Continue reading
Boston Globe Scribe Don Aucoin’s Son Also Rises in WSJ
Don Aucoin, whose fine theater criticism graces the Boston Globe on a regular basis, must be bustin’ his buttons over this piece in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal. Portrait of a Prodigy Is Matthew Aucoin the Next Leonard Bernstein? Most 4-year-olds going to visit … Continue reading
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