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Did NPR & PRI Rip Off WSJ?
It’s not a rhetorical question. It’s a real question. Here’s the Wall Street Journal’s A-Hed on Wednesday: Talking Basketball, in Spanish, Is Definitely No Slam Dunk ‘Donquear’ Would Be Spanglish;...
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(Paper) Clip ‘n’ Save This WSJ Piece
Excellent Wall Street Journal A-Hed in Monday’s edition: Mousetraps, Maybe, but Can You Build a Better Paper Clip? U.S. Manufacturers Churn Out Billions Each Year; Hoping a New Model Clicks...
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WSJ To Red Sox Nation: You’re An A-Hed!
The Wall Street Journal devotes it A-Hed today to the legions of short-suffering Red Sox fans: With Boston’s Historic Collapse, Red Sox Fans Are Back to Blue After Team Fails to Win Playoff Spot, a...
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Ballad Of A Boston Marathon Bandit
From our Taking Themselves Too Seriously desk: The Weekend Wall Street Journal’s A-Hed chronicles the world of rogue marathon runners – that is, the great unnumbered. Headline: Fleet of Foot and...
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Why The Wall Street Journal Is Still A Great Newspaper (Buddy Holly’s Glasses...
Rupert Murdoch, Rupert Shmurdoch. Despite all the handwringing when the Prints of Darkness added the Wall Street Journal to his newspaper empire four years ago, the paper has not gone to hell in a...
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No Cheering In The Press Box? Feh!
Yesterday’s Wall Street Journal A-Hed: The Loudest Olympic Fans? The Hardbitten Folks in the Press Box Some Journalists Leave Objectivity at Home When Covering the Games; ‘What Joy!’ LONDON—Minutes...
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Let The Whatever-Billion-Dollar 2016 Rumpus Begin! (Voice-Over Actors Edition)
There were numerous losers in the wake of the 2012 elections: Todd Akin fan fiction websites, Nate Silver short-sellers, Eric Fehrnstrom Limited Edition Etch A Sketches, and etc. But Wednesday’s Wall...
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Curses! No More Cursive!!
From our Late to the Party desk First, full disclosure: The hardwriting staff’s penmanship is a total mess, thanks to filling out thousands of Social Security Administration forms in the mid-’70s to...
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WSJ’s Jason Gay Totally Gets Boston
Among the many joys of reading the Wall Street Journal (A-hed, Arena, Weekend Edition) is columnist Jason Gay. And among his many talents is an uncanny knack for capturing the Boston state of mind. Two...
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WSJ Trundles Out to Brimfield Fair
Friday’s Wall Street Journal A-Hed was a total flea market maker. Giant Flea Market Means Big Haul for Porters Able-bodied entrepreneurs bring in bucks carting collectibles; moving a carousel horse...
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This Is the Greatest German Word Ever
German words are a hoot. So many of them are like little balls of aluminum foil all jammed together. But you can have your schadenfreude and your schlimmbesserung – we’ll take this beauty from...
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WSJ Gives Page One Shoutout to Boston’s ‘Discount Diplomat’
The hardworking staff has noted on numerous occasions the Wall Street Journal’s A-Hed, home of those quirky features that have adorned the paper’s front page since 1943. This weekend’s Journal brings...
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