I personally despise the label “activist judge” and wish it would be struck from our public discourse. While definitions vary, it seems very obvious to me that “activist judge” means “a judge who I disagree with.” This position assumes, of course, that there is only one legitimate way of interpreting…
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Writer Jay Atkinson of Methuen reviewed the new volume of letters by Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg for the Boston Globe. Jay’s most recent book is “Paradise Road: Jack Kerouac’s Highway and My Search for America.” Read the review on boston.com here, and consider subscribing to the Globe if you…
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John Wooding of UMass Lowell and the COOL Board of Directors is a regular at the Lowell Summer Music Series. He sent us this instant review of Joan Armatrading’s performance at Boarding House Park last night, which sparked a cross-Atlantic memory for him. —PM “Another great night at Boarding House…
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The Boston Herald is carrying an AP story on-line this afternoon asking this question – “Didn’t get enough of the World Cup?” An annual World Cup-style soccer tournament aimed at fostering better relationships among Massachusetts immigrant groups is set to begin next month in Lowell and is expanding to include…
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