Tag Archives: World War I

Campaign Outsider’s Presidential Bakeoff 2020™ (Part 1)

Posted on April 22, 2019 by Campaign Outsider

Itemizing a few deductions on the state of the Democratic Presidential Primary now that the number of declared candidates has hit the Big Two-Oh. From the New York Times:                 Then there are … Continue reading →

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Dead Blogging ‘Over Here’ at Boston Athenaeum

Posted on September 14, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

Well the Missus and I trundled downtown yesterday to catch Over Here: World War I Posters From Around The World and say, it was swell. The Boston Athenæum holds an extraordinary, but little known, collection of World War I posters. Consisting … Continue reading →

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Quote o’ the Day (Robert Capa War Correspondent Edition)

Posted on August 24, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

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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Dead Blogging Leonard Lauder At Boston’s MFA

Posted on March 7, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Last night Leonard Lauder – cosmetic executive, philanthropist, collector – came to Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts to to lecture about the collection of more than 100,000 postcards he’s donated to the MFA. And it was very fine. Lauder, a … Continue reading →

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