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Wood Mr. Bombshell: The Man Who Made Liberals Love the Deep State // New York Magazine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbbfba954131e48be064601/1606244804528-T2MJSOLLFOYK9KTEUQUJ/ernie-boch.jpg Simon V.Z. Wood What Happens When an Infamous Local Playboy Gate-Crashes the Stodgy World of Boston Philanthropy // Boston Magazine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbbfba954131e48be064601/1606244256762-0XZBVDYZ3XHEJ5MOI5J1/schultz.jpg Simon V.Z. Wood Howard Schultz's Doomed Quest for a Nonexistent Center // The Washington Post Magazine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbbfba954131e48be064601/1607799924027-R16O9Y8KD59FBL6EO9U6/carr.jpg Simon V.Z. Wood Howie Carr Is Deplorable: Did Boston's Legendary Talker Buy in or Sell Out? // Boston Magazine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbbfba954131e48be064601/1672179748567-5F3ZWQN06S6BNY9QR43D/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-11-29%2Bat%2B10.49.23%2BPM.jpg Simon V.Z. 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