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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. Last year the Supreme Court overturned campaign finance reform that limited how much corporations could spend to influence federal elections. UMass Lowell…
Read More »New Hampshire will be more and more in the news as the “would be” Republicans trek north in search of that momentum that the eventual GOP presidential nominee needs. Editorial space will soon be overcome with their antics and activities. Before the onslaught – please note some exerpts from a…
Read More »On Thursday Vermont became the first state to enact a single payer healthcare system for its citizens. It’s not exactly surprising that one of the country’s most liberal states has become the first state to legislate a fundamental right to healthcare for all of its citizens. And, should the federal…
Read More »A video slideshow from today’s UMass Lowell graduation at the Tsongas Center. All reports indicate it was a well-run, dignified ceremony. Congratulations to all graduates: [youtube]DCZ9YLAY8Q0[/youtube]
Read More »Many calendars already have a big circle drawn around an important time on the Fall Calendar. This time is set aside for what is well-known as the “Big E” – officially known as the Eastern States Exposition. The Big E is billed far and wide as “New England’s State Fair.”…
Read More »Superstitious Bruins fans were startled to spot the above JC Penney ad on page 11 of today’s Lowell Sun. The ad congratulates the B’s for winning the 2011 Eastern Conference Championship. The problem is that the Bruins haven’t yet won that championship. They could have done so last night, but…
Read More »Above: Entrance to St. Mary Cemetery on River Road in North Tewksbury Yesterday – starting earlier than usual this year, Bill and I made our Memorial Day visit to some family graves at three local cemeteries – St. Patrick and the Edson cemeteries in Lowell and St. Mary Cemetery in…
Read More »Mark you calendars for the next gathering of the Greater Lowell blogosphere. It’s Thursday, June 9 from 6 pm till 8 pm at Gary’s Ice Cream, 131 Gorham Street (Rte 3A), East Chelmsford. Everyone – blog writers, commenters and readers as well as those on Facebook and Twitter are all…
Read More »There’s nothing that will match Jack Kerouac bobble head night at the Lowell Spinners, but a mailing I received yesterday with this year’s special event schedule discloses some interesting choices: Carl Yastrzemski (June 18) Rich Gedman (June 27) Bobby Doerr (July 1) Terry Francona (July 20) Ryan Kalish (July 25)…
Read More »I, too, wondered at the dearth of commentary about Speaker Boehner’s commencement speech given at Catholic University and especially the letter written by a group of Catholic academics, including some leading members of the Catholic University faculty. I find Washington Post columist E. J. Dionne’s recent column interesting as he…
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