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Remnick on President Obama’s Speech in Tucson
The New Yorker’s David Remnick comments on President Obama’s speech in Tucson on Wednesday.
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Painter George Condo Profiled in The New Yorker
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…
Read More »President Kennedy’s Archives on the Web
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…
Read More »A Message About Guns from Sarah Brady
See this new feature from www.aol.com with Sarah Brady’s message about improving the nation’s gun laws.
Read More »Kad Barma, Snow Tracker
See Choosing a Soundtrack/Kad Barma for snow tracking info. He linked from Rob Mills.
Read More »John Kerry’s Thoughts on ‘Gridlock & Globalization’
Here’s the link to a Washington Post item about a speech given by John Kerry this week.
Read More »Kathleen Marcin of DLNA on Lowell & America’s Guns
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.
Read More »George Will, on the Other Hand
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…
Read More »boston.com Asking for Haikus Today
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
Read More »TV’s David Nelson of ‘Ozzie and Harriet’ Passes
Another icon of the early TV years has passed away: David Nelson of the “Ozzie and Harriet” program. This show was a reality show of its day, with the family playing itself in scripted episodes, but this Ozzie was a world away from Ozzy Osbourne and his family in his recent TV show.…
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