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Tag Archives: Wall Street Journal
It’s Good To Live In A Three-Daily Nation
The national dailies provide a nice compare and contrast and contrast in clear idiomatic English exercise regarding Pres. Obama’s debt sealing address last night. New York Times: Parties Head to Showdown as Obama Warns of a ‘Crisis’ The Democratic-led Senate … Continue reading
The Case Against E-Readers
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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Tagged e-readers, eBay, New Republic, Own Your Own Home, Ring Lardner, Shill of the Hunt, Thrill of the Hunt, Wall Street Journal
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WSJ = We Shout ‘Jihadis’ First In Norway Bombing
A sharp-eyed reader pointed to this Wall Street Journal editorial that appeared on the paper’s website around 6 p.m. Friday (and ran in the dead-tree issue): REVIEW & OUTLOOK JULY 23, 2011 Terror in Oslo Norway is targeted for being … Continue reading
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Tagged Al Qaeda, editorials, jihadis, Norway, Oslo, Wall Street Journal
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TPaw Looking Like TNaw
Presidential wannabe Tim Pawlenty (R-Can You Hear Me Now?) is looking more and more like GOP DOA. From Friday’s Wall Street Journal: Pawlenty Struggles for Iowa Foothold FORT DODGE, Iowa—Tim Pawlenty ends stump speeches all over the state with a … Continue reading
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Tagged Elvis Costello, Journal/NBC poll, Michele Bachmann, Paylenty, Tim Pawlenty, TNaw, TPaw, Wall Street Journal, Watching the Detectives
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News Corp(se) Dodge o’ the Day®
It’s a tie! Winner #1: Bret Stephens in Tuesday’s Wall Street Journal: News of the World vs. WikiLeaks Only one placed at risk ‘the lives of countless innocent individuals.’ How does this year’s phone hacking scandal at the now-defunct British tabloid … Continue reading
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Tagged Bret Stephens, Fox, Murdoch Empire, News of the World, Robert L. Pollock, The Simpsons, Wall Street Journal, WikiLeaks
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All The News Of The World That’s Fit To Print (II)
A week ago the hardworking staff noted the New York Times’ glee in reporting on the News of the World/Rupert Rumpus currently embroiling the News Corp(se) empire – five pieces two days in a row. Make that a double. Today’s … Continue reading
Jason Gay And The Dignity Of Defeat
During the past couple of weeks, Wall Street Journal columnist Jason Gay has written a couple of terrific pieces about the losers of major sporting events. Exhibit A: A Loser’s Winning Moment Rafael Nadal’s Grace Helps Him Shine in the … Continue reading
That’s Just So Mean! (Nancy Pelosi Edition)
Sure, the Wall Street Journal disagrees with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-My Cold Dead Hands) on everything from Acela to Zygotes, but did the paper really have to use this photo in Friday’s piece about the deficit battle on Capitol … Continue reading
WSJ Boosts Ex-Herald Scribe; NYT Eviscerates Ben Mezrich
From our Book Review Review desk: Thursday’s Wall Street Journal featured a mostly-boffo review of Stealing Rembrandts, co-authored by Anthony Amore, head of security at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, and Tom Mashberg, former Boston Herald reporter who’s been on … Continue reading
Boston Blanked In Best Newspaper Column Of All Time Bakeoff
From our Late to the Party desk: A couple of weeks ago the Wall Street Journal’s Speakeasy blog ran this item (via the Missus): What’s the Best Newspaper Column of All Time? The National Society of Newspaper Columnists has weighed … Continue reading
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