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Spinning through the radio dial yesterday I came upon a national political talk show and caught a caller from Texas proclaim that Jon Huntsman was no conservative because he “flunked all four tests” which were (1) he supported same sex marriage (when the host interjected that Huntsman only was for…
Read More »Warren Buffett got the ball rolling in this country with his NYTimes op-ed piece calling for higher taxes on the super-rich—really, going back to brackets that existed not long ago. And now bbc.com is reporting that some ultra-wealthy citizens of France are calling on their government to tax them more…
Read More »The office of Lowell Mayor James Milinazzo issued a press release today announcing the commemoration and remembrance of the tenth anniversary of the September 11th with a ceremony at City Hall on Friday September 9, 2011. This flag raising will be a remembrance ceremony held by City of Lowell with…
Read More »The new Martin Luther King Memorial opened today. Located south of the National Mall – across Independence Ave from the Korean War Memorial – and along the banks of the Tidal Basin which is also home to the Franklin Roosevelt and Thomas Jefferson Memorials, this newest addition to our capital’s…
Read More »In his new column, opinion writer E. J. Dionne, native of Southeastern Mass., urges President Obama to roll out a BIG Plan for jobs and real economic recovery that reaches everyone up and down the socio-economic ladder. Read his column here, which I picked up from the Washington Post, a…
Read More »The very popular Lowell Spinners bobblehead giveaway promotion – with over 60 dolls in their hall of fame – has honored the likes of Carton Fisk in 2001, Jack Kerouac and Jay Leno in 2003, Paul Revere in 2005, Jonathan Papelbon in 2006, Johnny Pesky in 2007 and 2010, Rep…
Read More »Both the BBC and Al Jazeera are reporting that Muammar Gaddafi, who has ruled Libya since 1969, is still at large and that his forces still control at least 20% of Tripoli, the nation’s capital. Still, it seems that the end of Gaddafi’s rule is near which is indeed a…
Read More »Here’s the latest POTUS vacation dispatch from the Vineyard by our faithful, far-flung correspondent, Ray LaPorte. Air Force One flew over Vineyard Haven harbor last evening on a glide path to Otis Air Base. Its shimmering light-blue hull and contrails in the fading sun at 10,000 feet signaled that within…
Read More »Check out this rant by Allan Sloan of Fortune from cnn.com I spent July on family leave, not writing columns, and watching with increasing horror as market-illiterate know-nothings, abetted by the craven leaders of the Republican Party (from which I’m about to resign) and the unspeakable ineptness of Obama and…
Read More »Room installation Harmony in Blue and Gold: The Peacock Room James McNeill Whistler, 1834–1903 Oil paint and gold leaf on canvas, leather, and wood Gift of Charles Lang Freer A note in today’s Lowell Sun tells us that the famed and now restored “Peacock Room” in the Freer Gallery of…
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