I’m not a huge fan of Thomas Friedman, opinion writer of the New York Times, but his column today offers a useful overview of the state of affairs in the Middle East. Read it here, and get the NYT if you want more of this kind of writing.

While this is a hyper-local blog, we have to pay attention because Lowell and environs are in the global flow, whether that means the price of gasoline or the destination of military service members.