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The Boott Mill Bridge
Tony Sampas shares a photo of the bridge connecting the Cotton Warehouse and the Boott Mill
Read More »Archive for August 13th, 2011
“Escape from politics into books” by Marjorie Arons-Barron
The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. News that a huge (4’ deep and 190’ long) sinkhole has opened up under the I-90 Big Dig Tunnel seems to be a metaphor for how our political leaders continue letting us down. Summer hasn’t provided much respite…
Read More »Lincoln & Concord
This has been a “sta-cation” summer for my wife and me for various reasons, but there’s nothing to complain about when you live in a region that is a visitor destination and one of the most fascinating areas of the United States. One day this week we took the “back…
Read More »Historian Doug Brinkley on John Kerry – Best Chance for Super Committee Success
Historian Douglas Brinkley is professor of history at Rice University and author of “Tour of Duty: John Kerry and the Vietnam War.’’ Brinkley has penned an op-ed piece for today’s Boston Globe giving his view that the appointment of Senator John Kerry to the so-called “super committee” on deficit reduction…
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