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Prof. Bob Forrant of UMass Lowell is a member of the editorial board of ‘MassBenchmarks,’ the highly respected UMass journal that tracks the state economy in the context of regional, national, and global conditions. The board today issued a statement about the “health” of the Massachusetts economy. Here’s the link And here’s…
Read More »E. J. Dionne, Jr., writing in the Washington Post spells out the impact of new campaign finance regulations, thanks to the recent Supreme Court decision that unleashed “third-party” political spending. He says the moneyed interests have declared war on government officials who support policies that attempt to balance the interests of…
Read More »The whole inside back page of the NYTimes Book Review today has an essay by Lee Siegel comparing the Tea Party with the Beats (Kerouac, Ginsberg, and the other Beat Generation writers of the 1950s and ’60s). The essay is a cultural stretch in many ways, but makes for surprising…
Read More »John Merline writing for AOL News has a contrarian take on the possible GOP takeover of Congress and suggests there could be positives for President Obama if the November election puts R’s in charge of the House and/or Senate. Read his column here. Most interesting to me is his comment…
Read More »Listen to Lowell favorite son Ted Leonsis, owner of the Washington Wizards and Capitals of professional sports, talk about leadership in a continuing series on the website of the Washington Post. Here’s the link. In the video, Ted says he blogs every day.
Read More »Here’s the link for the Paul McCartney fan-site that today is playing John Lennon songs on its “Macca Radio” feature all day. On the right side of the page select the music listening tool that you prefer. There’s a John Lennon YouTube channel loaded with content. Look for the clip…
Read More »Tomorrow would have been John Lennon’s 70th birthday if his life had not been taken away in December 1980. Recently, there’s been some talk in our community about Lowell and Liverpool, Kerouac and The Beatles, with similarities being pointed out. Lennon’s life and artistic legacy continue to generate interest and…
Read More »Uncle Dave does Facebook, “the movie,” in today’s column in the NYTimes. Read what columnnist David Brooks writes about the web phenomemon in his op-ed piece, and buy the NYT if you appreciate the writing. PS: Economist Paul Krugman today is so dejected that I don’t want to link to his NYT column about…
Read More »Interesting comments about Latin Lyceum, AP courses, etc. at Gerry Nutter’s place. Here’s the link. What I found interesting was the in-depth community conversation going on there—back-and-forth and new people chiming in—more evidence of the growing role of blogs in the city.
Read More »Read Nicholas Kristof’s column in today’s NYTimes to learn why he says keeping Democrats in the majority in Washington will be a better choice for the country. He goes step by step on economic policy differences between D’s and R’s. Here’s his op-ed; get the NYT if you appreciate the…
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