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The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. When I was eight years old, I knew my family, my neighbors and some of my elementary school classmates. I knew we lived in Boston, scarcely understood Massachusetts and had no sense of nations or nation-states. If my…
Read More »I joined dozens of early movie goers at the 11:10 a.m. showing of “The Fighter” today. The movie is fantastic. If “awesome” was part of my vocabulary, that’s also how I’d describe it. When articles began dribbling out that the movie or at least some of the actors in it…
Read More »Read the NYTimes report on the historic vote in the Senate. Having already been passed by members of the US House of Representatives, the bill will now go to President Obama for his signature. Let’s remember the early leadership role played by former Congressman and now UMass Lowell Chancellor Marty Meehan on…
Read More »Earlier today Governor Patrick signed into law a major revision to the state’s Homestead statute that was enacted by both houses of the state legislature a short time ago. With the governor’s signature, the new law will take effect 90 days from today. I’ve previously written about some of the…
Read More »I haven’t dragged economist-columnist Paul Krugman over here for a while because he’s been so ticked-off about everything in Washington, DC, but his NYTimes column today deserves a mention. He blows the whistle on Republican members of a commission charged with investigating what caused “the current financial and economic crisis in the…
Read More »Matt Bai of the NYTimes analyzes the compromise tax bill that is headed to the President’s desk today. Read the opinion piece here, and get the NYT if you want more. Such compromises, ideal or not, are the building blocks of responsible governance. If that makes Mr. Obama some kind of…
Read More »What to do in case of a nuclear attack 1. Stay clear of all windows 2. Stand away from lamps, tables, chairs and other furniture 3. Loosen all restrictive clothing 4. Remove glasses, empty pockets of all sharp objects such as pens, pencils, etc 5. Immediately upon seeing the brilliant…
Read More »The Arturo Gatti – Micky Ward fight trilogy took place in 2002 and 2003. On WBUR’s “HubBub” Benjamin Swasey writes today of Lowell fighter Micky Ward and his participation in a long-term study conducted by BU’s Center for the Study of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE). Eventually Ward will donate both…
Read More »This video was originally posted by Kenkinna. It is extremely well made, integrating candid clips of the actors with great music and real footage of Micky ward in the ring. This is excellent. Here is the video description by the poster… B-Roll Films, Boston: Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale and David…
Read More »To call The Climate War “a riveting tale,” as the cover quotes Bill Clinton as saying, would be an understatement. There have been many books written about current events in the past few years that deserve a large amount of praise, but Eric Pooley’s is the first to talk about…
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