Early Saturday afternoon my wife and I drove through downtown and lower Centralville towards East Dracut and our destination: Brox Farm on Rte. 113, which has one of the region’s best farm stands. I don’t go to Brox’s as often as I used to, so it was like old times…
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Huffingtonpost.com this morning leads with reports on Occupy demonstrations in the US and abroad.
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Talking with Roger at Cote’s Market on Salem Street this afternoon, I learned that Cote’s is a food supplier for the Bay State Marathon being run in Lowell tomorrow. He said he has a crew of 12 coming in around 2 a.m. to prepare enormous quantities of soup (chicken noodle…
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Occupy solidarity demonstration in Berlin, Germany, today (web photo by AP courtesy of nytimes.com) Read today’s report in the New York Times here and get the NYT on your porch or online if you want more.
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“Occupy Wall Street” has changed from an advertised brand of public-action therapy in Manhattan to a generic social drug called “Occupy.” The new drug is being prescribed and administered in cities far and wide, in this country and now abroad, by self-licensed community healers who have decided that current public policy remedies are damaging their nations’…
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NYTimes opinion writer Tim Egan unpacks the the pain sandwich that Herman Cain is trying to sell to GOP primary voters, the “999” tax plan that he claims would simplify the tax code and juice the economy. Read Egan here, and get the NYT if you want more. Also, in today’s Globe,…
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“Jumping-Off Point” by Richard Marion (c) 2011 See more artwork at www.richardmarion.net
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In light of the news about One Lowell, it may be helpful to remind ourselves about the International Institute, which has been in Lowell for decades. The missions are not the same, but serving newcomers to the city, region, and country is the main purpose. Here’s the joint website. There is…
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From huffingtonpost.com, here’s former President Bill Clinton commenting on the Occupy Wall Street protests around the country.
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I can see why some of the more thoughtful Republican Party members and leaders around the country are worried about the upcoming presidential election. The collection of candidates you will see debating tonight in New Hampshire is a weak bunch. There’s nobody of the stature of Sen. John McCain, no…
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