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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…
Read More »I’m thinking this morning, What’s wrong with this picture? President Trump, less than a month in office, has everyone talking about him and his White House crew. He continues to suck all the media oxygen out of the air. The mainstream media, including cable TV political reporters, have gone back…
Read More »Web photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons (Credit: Bear Golden Retriever) My co-bloggers may pick up on this post, this thread, as the storm goes on. But my in the moment report is that here in The Flats (named for the many tenements in this borderland of Back Central, according to…
Read More »Bootstrap Press of Lowell is publishing my next book, “Union River,” a collection of poems and sketches spanning 40 years of writing. The book will be released this spring. Thanks to Ryan Gallagher for the cover design. The paperback book will be 5 x 8 in size with cover flaps…
Read More »Thanks to Lisa Arnold on Facebook for Sharing this letter in the Newburyport newspaper. From the Newburyport Daily News on February 10, 2017 Please copy/paste to share. To the editor: I work as a physician for the U.S. Immigration Service, examining legal immigrants to this country who are applying for…
Read More »Thanks to Steve Edington of Lowell Celebrates Kerouac, Inc., for the schedule of the upcoming annual Jack Kerouac Birthday Celebration. The schedule for the 2017 Kerouac Birthday Celebration in Lowell has been finalized. All events take place on Saturday, March 11 (the day before Jack’s birthday): 12:00 Noon: Pollard Memorial…
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