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Tag Archives: Wall Street Journal
“Town” & Letdown
Ben Affleck’s new flick “The Town” has debuted to boffo box office and boffo reviews. The Wall Street Journal loved it, the Boston Phoenix lionized it, and in the Boston Globe Dennis Lehane defended it. The Missus and I, not … Continue reading
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Tagged Ben Affleck, Boston Globe, Boston Phoenix, Dennis Lehane, Jeremy Renner, Rebecca Hall, The Town, Wall Street Journal
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“Idol” Hands?
From a Thursday Wall Street Journal piece about the quest to replace departed Brutish judge Simon Cowell: News Corp.‘s Fox Broadcasting is close to naming actress and singer Jennifer Lopez and Aerosmith musician Steven Tyler as judges for “American Idol,” … Continue reading
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Tagged American Idol, Brutish judge, JeniTyl, Jennifer Lopez, JenTyle, Simon Cowell, Steven Tyler, Wall Street Journal
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WSJ Gives Malcolm Rogers Bell’s Palsy
Nice, informative Cultural Conversation with Boston Museum of Fine Arts director Malcolm Rogers in Tuesday’s Wall Street Journal. It also provides a preview of the MFA’s “Art of the Americas” wing that’s scheduled to open in November. Fun facts to … Continue reading
Smoke ‘Em If You . . . Roll ‘Em?
Amusing op-ed piece in Monday’s Boston Globe by Steve Moore (Tag: Steve Moore sells wine, cheese, and cigarettes to persons of legal age.) Headlined “Smoking out the nanny state,” it chronicles Steve’s Excellent Adventure attending a “[Massachusetts]-mandated training session for … Continue reading
The WSJ/NYT Slapfight (pat. pending)
Exhibit Umpteen in the Wall Street Journal’s attempted death-by-a-thousand-paper-cuts of the New York Times: Seth Lipsky’s Weekend Edition op-ed piece. Lede: It will be hard to find a more overdue newspaper “correction” than that issued last Saturday by the New … Continue reading
Your Democracy At Work
Eye-opening piece in Friday’s Wall Street Journal. Headline: How to Fix a Dysfunctional Senate: Cut 98 Senators Lede: WASHINGTON—Apparently the Senate can work quickly after all. You just have to limit it to two senators. On Thursday, the chamber approved … Continue reading
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Tagged Ben Cardin, border security bill, Chuck Schumer, Wall Street Journal
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Campaign Outsider Reading Rack (pat. pending)
WSJ: Little Richard Actually Quite Big Thoroughly appealing column in Tuesday’s Wall Street Journal about “Richard, the First,” a – you’ll pardon the expression – seminal influence on the music of the past 55 years. From Marc Myers’ Journal piece: … Continue reading
“Shame on Elie Wiesel”
In Saturday’s Wall Street Journal, theater critic Terry Teachout whacked Elie Wiesel for “trampl[ing] on a playwright’s freedom of speech.” Back story: Deb Margolin recently wrote a play called “Imagining Madoff” that purported to offer audiences a fictional version of … Continue reading
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Tagged Deb Margolin, Elie Wiesel, Imagining Madoff, Terry Teachout, Theater J, Wall Street Journal
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Citibunk
Typically captivating Wall Street Journal A-Hed on Friday: Mystery Writer: Does Citibank’s S. Larson Really Exist? Bank Won’t Confirm Identity of Secretive Signatory; Enigma of Customer Care Lede: SIOUX FALLS, S.D.—Is S. Larson for real? People who use Citibank credit … Continue reading
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Tagged A-Hed, Betty Crocker, Citibank, fun fact to know 'n' tell, S. Larson, Wall Street Journal
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