NYTimes columnist Paul Krugman today writes about the divergent moral views afoot in the USA today. He uses plain language to describe a serious problem. Read his opinion here, and get the NYT if you want more. His writing colleague David Brooks also looks at the moral landscape and sees…
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The New Yorker’s David Remnick comments on President Obama’s speech in Tucson on Wednesday.
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George Condo is one of America’s most important painters of our time. He’s from Chelmsford. These days he lives in Manhattan. The January 17 issue of The New Yorker includes a ten-page profile of Condo by Calvin Tomkins, a staff writer for the magazine since 1960. Tomkins gives Condo the…
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The boston.com headline reads “JFK Archives Open to the World.” Read the article here describing how the Kennedy Library in Boston did it. UMass Lowell wants to do the same with the Martin T. Meehan Papers, Paul E. Tsongas Papers, and other documents and materials associated with the members of Congress who…
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See this new feature from www.aol.com with Sarah Brady’s message about improving the nation’s gun laws.
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See Choosing a Soundtrack/Kad Barma for snow tracking info. He linked from Rob Mills.
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Here’s the link to a Washington Post item about a speech given by John Kerry this week.
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Kathleen Marcin of the Downtown Lowell Neighborhood Association posted on the group’s blog about the recent shootings in Lowell and the gun culture of America.
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For balance on this snow day, I’m dragging old self-satisfied George Will over here with his thoughts on the Arizona shootings. I don’t like George Will’s opinions but I used to appreciate his writing when he was on the back page of Newsweek for years. In 1987, George Will used his Newsweek…
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While the blizzard blows and snows, boston.com is inviting readers to become haiku writers. Here’s the link. I’ll give mine exclusively to rh.com: . Snow blows right to left, Going somewhere else to stick. My white cat stays curled. . —Paul Marion (c) 2010
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