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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.
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In the Merrimack Valley: Bread and Roses Strike – Lawrence 1912
MassMoments reminds us that on this day – January 12, 1912 -the so-called Bread and Roses Strike of workers in our sister city of Lawrence Massachusetts began. On January 12, 1912, workers in the American Woolen Company Mills in Lawrence, Massachusetts, opened their pay envelopes to find that their wages…
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.…
Read More »It’s the Fear Thing
January 12, 2011
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PaulM
Posted in Lowell, Culture, Current Events, Election 2010, History
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Blogger Robert Wright of the NYTimes writes about the fear factor that’s part of the toxic political talk these days. Read his opinion here. His comments relate to Andrew’s latest post.
Read More »New Contributor, Malcolm Gregory Love, The Current Reader
Look for upcoming book reviews and interviews with authors by Malcolm Gregory Love, whose blog is is www.thecurrentreader.com Here’s what he says about the blog and himself: “Hello and welcome to The Current Reader. “If you are an avid reader and I imagine you are, then hopefully you will find…
Read More »A Memory Poem by Mary Sampas (2001)
Memory of an Afternoon Hot humid Manhattan afternoon. Broadway’s din is ear splittingly loud. Suddenly, from somewhere on high, as though from heaven, a hugely amplified voice booms that all traffic must now stop. The first hospital ship is in, the voice says, and it’s carrying the first wounded from…
Read More »Beyond Belief? Nope, USA Today.
One of our regular readers sent this link from the Guardian newspaper in the UK—an article about extreme religious fanatics threatening to demonstrate at the funeral of the little girl killed in Arizona. The fanatics don’t like Catholics. Brian Williams had the report on NBC Nightly News, also. Here’s the link.
Read More »MassMoments: “Sacred” Cod to New State House
MassMoments reminds us today about an iconic symbol of and for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. On this day – January 11, 1798 – the Massachusetts legislature paraded solemnly from the Old State House to its quarters in a new building at the top of Beacon Hill. Designed by Boston-born architect Charles…
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