Economist, teacher, and blogger Robert Reich analyzes the political strategy of Sarah Palin in his latest opinion piece. Between the lines, Reich is telling the Democratic Party leaders and members to do more about the economic suffering in the country. Read it here, as aggregated by huffingtonpost.com
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Today was a wonderful day: outstanding late fall weather, great coverage of local high school football by WCAP to accompany food prep, friends and family over for a relaxed, more-than-filling turkey dinner, plenty of leftovers, a Patriots win, and Keith Urban performing at halftime of the Cowboys game (disregard that…
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Detail from “The First Thanksgiving” (1914), by Jennie Augusta Brownscombe (1850-1936), oil on canvas, Pilgrim Hall Museum, Plymouth, Massachusetts “Home to Thanksgiving” Currier & Ives lithograph, 1867 – This image was illustrated by George H. Durrie “Freedom From Want” – Norman Rockwell – Saturday Evening Post Cover, 1943
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President John F. Kennedy pardoning the Thanksgiving turkey – November 18, 1963 Courtesy John F. Kennedy Presidential Library …Today we give our thanks, most of all, for the ideals of honor and faith we inherit from our forefathers – for the decency of purpose, steadfastness of resolve and strength of…
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I just watched a wonderful documentary on PBS about the offical photographer of President Obama, Pete Souza, whose work was captured by a National Geographic Society team for about a year, culminating in the passage of the health care reform bill last spring. The program offers a look inside the…
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Regular reader and contributor Patty Coffey sent this from the Sun’s breaking news site. Get the Sun if you value the reporting: http://www.lowellsun.com/breakingnews/ci_16702259 LOWELL — Roll out the red carpet. After weeks of negotiations, Lowell has landed a premiere showing of the highly anticipated Micky Ward biopic The Fighter on…
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The Globe and boston.com are running a series that’s a lot of fun. Chad Finn is presenting his favorite Topps baseball cards a five-pack at a time in synch with Topps’ 60th anniversary effort to identify its top 60 cards since 1952. See installment two today, and click the first…
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I was out with our family’s Boston Terrier this morning, kicking through the leaves on the South Common, and thought of this poem. Here’s an exerpt from New Hampshire poet Donald Hall’s poem “Kicking the Leaves.” Click here to read the entire poem.—PM Kicking the Leaves (an excerpt) . .…
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In addition to the David Amram 80th birthday tribute on Dec. 9, UMass Lowell has several concerts in the next two weeks that are free and open to the public. The Durgin and Fisher venues are wheelchair accessible. “Classical String Music” with UMass Lowell students directed by Mark Berger. Dec. 1, 7.30…
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NYTimes columist Bob Herbert today recalls the expansive and in its own way demanding vision of JFK, calling it his “gift” to the nation. Read the column here, and get the NYT if you appreciate the thinking.
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