Tag Archives: Wall Street Journal

Peggy Noodnik Strikes Again

Posted on August 1, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

From Peggy Noonan’s current Wall Street Journal column about Ronald Reagan’s 1980 co-opting of the John Birch Society (“Well, he said pleasantly, they said they support me, I didn’t say I support them”): He cared about reality, about the facts … Continue reading →

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The (Ansel) Adams Family

Posted on July 29, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

Excellent dustup over the purported trove of 65 alleged Ansel Adams 1930s glass negatives of Yosemite Park supposedly bought by a Fresno, CA painter for $45 ten years ago. Associated Press headline: Adams heirs skeptical about lost negatives claim Lede: … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Ansel Adams, art-ificial, Associated Press, garage sale, New Yorker, Rick Norsigian, Wall Street Journal, Who the #$&% Is Jackson Pollack?, Yosemite Park | Leave a comment

WSJ Obliterates NYT

Posted on July 28, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

From a Tuesday Wall Street Journal op-ed about District of Columbia public school chancellor Michelle Rhee’s firing 241 teachers (about 6% of the total) for poor performance: The mass dismissals follow a landmark agreement Ms. Rhee negotiated with the Washington … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged another New York-based newspaper, District of Columbia, Michelle Rhee, New York Times, Rupert Murdoch, Wall Street Journal | 2 Comments

NYT/WSJ Front Page Hookup

Posted on July 24, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

It’s not often that the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal agree on the day’s top story. Friday, they did. The unifying figure? Charlie Rangel. Times headline: House Panel Will Try Rangel in Ethics Cases Journal headline: House … Continue reading →

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JournoList & The NBA

Posted on July 23, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

After a weeklong slapfight between The Daily Caller and The New Republic, the so-inside-it-should-be-paying-condo-fees JournoList rumpus has officially gone mainstream now that the inexorable Fred Barnes has broached it in a Wall Street Journal op-ed. Headline: The Vast Left-Wing Media … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Chris Bosh, Dwyane Wade, Fred Barnes, Jonathan Chiat, Journolist, Larry Bird, LeBron James, Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan, NBA, The Daily Caller, The New Republic, Wall Street Journal | 1 Comment

The Green Mon$ter

Posted on July 14, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

Smart piece in the Wall Street Journal about (squandered) public funding of Major League baseball parks, one notable exception being the lyric little bandbox in the Fens. The Green Monster Goes It Alone Baseball fans will be tuning in for … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Fenway Park, Green Monster, lyric little bandbox, Major League Baseball, Wall Street Journal | 4 Comments

Yankees Voice Bob Sheppard Deserved Better Boston Obit Pix

Posted on July 13, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

This is just wrong. Bob Sheppard – the voice of the Yankees at the Big Ballpark from 1951 to 2006 – died Sunday at the age of 99. Here’s the picture from the Boston Globe obituary: Worse, the one in … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Bob Sheppard, Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Derek Jeter, New York Times, Wall Street Journal | Leave a comment

Why The WSJ Is Still A Damn Good Newspaper

Posted on July 11, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

Exhibit A: Saturday’s Wall Street Journal A-hed. Hedline: Trout-Loving Artists Lament The Job That Got Away Where else will you read about Wisconsin’s exorcising the trout from its “trout stamp,” traditionally affixed to the state’s fishing licenses? Exhibit B: The Weekend … Continue reading →

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RomneyCare, ObamaCare, PatrickCare, BetterTakeCare

Posted on July 8, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

Wednesday’s Wall Street Journal featured yet another RomneyCarve op-ed (see earlier hits here) about “the Massachusetts universal coverage plan that then-Gov. Mitt Romney signed into law in 2006.” Headline: The Massachusetts Health-Care ‘Train Wreck’ Subhead: The future of ObamaCare is unfolding here: … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Barack Obama, Commender-in-Chief, Deval Patrick, Mitt Romney, ObamaCare, RomneyCarve, Wall Street Journal | Leave a comment

Martha Coakley Headed to D.C.?

Posted on July 6, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

According to the Wall Street Journal (via Politico), Massachusetts Atorney General Martha Coakley is on the short list for director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, although not at the top of it. Democratic leaders in Congress say their top … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Coakley Political Protection Bureau, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, director, Wall Street Journal | 3 Comments