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Tag Archives: Wall Street Journal
Southern F(r)iction
Novelist Elizabeth Spencer has the Wall Street Journal’s Five Best feature this week, subheadlined: Elizabeth Spencer chooses her favorite works of Southern fiction Problem is, none of them were written by Flannery O’Connor. Look – somebody’s favorites are somebody’s favorites. But … Continue reading
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Fun Fact to Know and Tell
From Thursday’s Wall Street Journal piece headlined, “Kraft Covets Cadbury’s Know-How in India:” Cadbury estimates that more than half of India’s more than one billion people have never tasted chocolate. Shut up.
Times v. Globe Paper View?
Saturday’s New York Times reported that the Wall Street Journal and the Times itself are looking to capitalize on the slow-motion death of local newspapers by launching regional editions, starting with San Francisco. First, the WSJ: The Journal expects to … Continue reading
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Ad o’ the Day™
Peggy Noonan’s latest Wall Street Journal column (headline: “The Reagans and the Kennedys”) recalls Ronald Reagan’s speech at a 1985 fundraiser for the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, “which at the time was relatively new and the only presidential library … Continue reading
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Tagged JFK Library, Peggy Noonan, Ronald Reagan, Wall Street Journal
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Penn Inc.
Political consultant and PR flack Mark Penn has long been campaign consigliere to both Bill and Hillary Clinton, most recently in Hillary’s disastrous 2008 Democratic presidential primary run, which was a flameout of historic proportions. And Penn’s penalty for concocting … Continue reading
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Tagged Eric Alterman, Gawker, Mark Penn, New York Times, Wall Street Journal
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Department of the Obvious
If the Wall Street Journal’s interview with John McCain on Saturday wasn’t the most self-serving exercise this side of the check-out lines at Shop ‘n’ Stop, it’ll do till something better comes along. Here’s McCain on how he was shocked shocked … Continue reading
Palin’s Sailin’
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin officially leaves office today – not exactly the equivalent of British monarch Edward VIII’s abdication, but close enough for cable. And for the Wall Street Journal, which added this tidbit to the mix: One clue Ms. … Continue reading
High Noonan
The hardworking staff at Campaign Outsider had a little fling with Peggy Noonan – as a reader, as a reader – during the 2008 presidential campaign. Noonan was at the top of her game in her Wall Street Journal column … Continue reading
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