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One of my uncles passed away yesterday at 97 years old. In my family he was always “Uncle Tommy,” Thomas C. Brady of Lowell, raised along the Concord River and longtime resident of Centralville. He was in the US Navy in WWII, serving in the Atlantic and Pacific on ships…
Read More »These complaints are not going away, and in the U.S. the Democratic Party must address the grievances of those who are being run over by economic and social changes driven by powerful interests. From today’s paper, here’s a NY Times opinion piece by a writer in France. Why Marine Le…
Read More »Some of what’s coming: 1,500 ft. of new multi-use trails for walking and biking; 23 new trees; 28 new lights.
Read More »Work crews were on site early this morning to start the landscape improvements, upgrades of courts, and more at the South Common. This is the long-anticipated renewal project funded by the City of Lowell and state government. Within a few hours there were signs of major progress, from orange construction…
Read More »Here’s the Mass Moments for today. Kerouac is writing “The Town and the City” in 1948, which would be his first published novel (1950).
Read More »Writer Andrew Sullivan looks at (1) the weird speech suppression at Middlebury College that happened recently when students (and maybe other protestors) shut down a guest speaker and (2) the damage Pres. Trump is doing with his attacks on reality, facts, and the American Way. Read the essay here, and…
Read More »Pioneer blogger Andrew Sullivan is writing a weekly essay for New York Magazine about what’s going on. Here’s the latest.
Read More »Hat tip to Fred Sperounis and Deborah Boucoyannis from Facebook and Talking Points Memo for this interview with community organizer Marshall Ganz. Judis: How do you see this solidarity coming to pass. Doesn’t there have to be leading organizations at this point? One suggestion I’ve heard is that progressives have…
Read More »Author and scholar Jedediah Purdy writes about an extended campaign of political resistance in North Carolina that has lessons for people in other towns, cities, and states. This is from “The New Yorker” magazine.
Read More »Andrew Sullivan was the best known blogger in the country for many years until he burned out from the constant posting. He has a new gig at New York Magazine with a format somewhere between blogging and a regular opinion column. I think this is his second piece in the…
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