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Virginia Postrel on Steve Jobs
I picked this up from Cliff at Right Side. Virginia Postrel writing on bloomberg.com. A good read on Steve Jobs’ influence. For more of Cliff, go here.
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Leymah in NYT Today: ‘The World Is Upside Down’
Today’s NYTimes includes an article by Meredith Hoffman about Leymah Gbowee and the Nobel Peace Prize. Leymah heard the news while in New York promoting her book, “Mighty Be Our Powers.” Read the NYT report here, and get the paper if you want more.
Read More »Leymah Gbowee, Nobel Peace Prize Winner
Web photo by Jim Bishop, courtesy of Eastern Mennonite University. Winning the Nobel Peace Prize is a big deal. When I learned this morning that Leymah Gbowee of Liberia, now Ghana, had been awarded the Prize in a three-way share with two other women, the President of Liberia and a democracy…
Read More »The (Paul) Krugman Blues
This past Monday while at the lunchtime lecture at the UMass Lowell Inn & Conference Center, I ended up at the same table as the main speaker, Professor Karl Case. Besides previewing his remarks to the entire crowd, Professor Case mentioned a singer he enjoys by the name of Loudon…
Read More »Uncle Dave’s ‘Slant’ Take on Improving Ourselves
NYTimes opinion writer David Brooks checks in today with one of his familiar big-picture think-abouts in column form. He’s being contrary today, blaming us collectively for a lack of imagination and daring. He claims we are in an innovation valley and that we better find some mountain climbers soon if…
Read More »“In Chelmsford: Yes on 22, No on 23” by John Edward
John Edward, a resident of Chelmsford who earned his master’s degree at UMass Lowell and who teaches economics at Bentley University and UMass Lowell, contributes the following column. The notorious 9 North Road property caused a huge controversy in Chelmsford. The recall failed, but townspeople seemed to send a clear…
Read More »Glen Johnson on the Elizabeth Warren Debate Answers vs the Brown Remarks
Over on boston.com, politics editor Glen Johnson gets to the heart of the matter of what he calls the recent kerfuffle surrounding the Elizabeth Warren quip during the UMass Lowell debate earlier this week – “I kept my clothes on ” – that went viral and the Scott Brown answering…
Read More »Turning on the heat
At 5 am it was 39 degrees outside and 59 inside. Under normal circumstances I would have turned up the thermostats last night and enjoyed the first hours of a long stretch of forced-hot water temperature comfort within my home. But the weather people all say the coming weekend will…
Read More »Nobel Peace Prize for Leymah Gbowee of Liberia, UMass Lowell’s Greeley Peace Scholar in 2011
bbc.com reports today that Leymah Gbowee is one of three women who this year will share the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize. Leymah was the 2011 UMass Lowell Greeley Scholar for Peace Studies and spent almost three weeks in residence here last April. She led a women’s movement to end a long civil…
Read More »Reflections on Apple’s Steve Jobs
Last month when Steve Jobs resigned as CEO of Apple I wanted to write something about him and what he accomplished. I didn’t. Truthfully, I never felt confident enough that my meager writing ability could do Steve Jobs and his accomplishments justice. I feel the same today as I try…
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