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Helping the President in New Hampshire

August 5, 2012 by PaulM Posted in Culture, History, Lowell, Election 2012 2 Comments

According to the Boston Globe today, the Obama for America campaign needs help in New Hampshire because a lot of the experienced Democratic political activists in Massachusetts are signed up for the Elizabeth Warren campaign. I’ve had a few people speak to me in the past month, asking how they…

Gaming the games: the real olympic spirit by Marjorie Arons Barron

August 5, 2012 by Tony Posted in Uncategorized 3 Comments

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons Barron’s own blog. One of my favorite childhood stories was the tale of Phidippides, the man who in 500 BC ran from Marathon to Athens, delivered the good news of a victory over Persia, and dropped dead from exhaustion. As the story goes,…