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“Predictions for 2013” by John Edward

December 23, 2012 by DickH Posted in Current Events Leave a Comment

John Edward, a resident of Chelmsford who earned his master’s degree at UMass Lowell and who teaches economics at Bentley University and UMass Lowell, contributes the following column. Some of my predictions for 2012 came true (President Obama re-elected); others did not (the Supreme Court upheld “Obamacare”). In my own…

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John Kerry’s electoral history

December 21, 2012 by DickH Posted in Politics, History, Lowell 1 Comment

With John Kerry being nominated today to serve as America’s next Secretary of State, his career in elective office is almost certainly at an end. Here is a Lowell-centric record of the eight general elections (and corresponding primaries) in which he appeared on the ballot: 1972 – Congress – 5th…

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Fiscal cliff or fiscal scam?

December 21, 2012 by DickH Posted in Current Events 2 Comments

Listening to some national commentators this morning, at first I thought they were discussing the Mayan prediction that the world would end today but it soon became clear they were discussing the so-called “Fiscal Cliff” that will be dominating political news over the next two weeks. Back in 2011 when…

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Pat Mogan on Lowell

December 19, 2012 by DickH Posted in History, Lowell Leave a Comment

Dr. Patrick Mogan was buried this week. He is best known as the Father of the Lowell National Park but he was much more than that. Is there anyone else in America who served as a city’s Superintendent of Schools and as the community’s chief urban planner? Mogan more than…

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