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Fred Nutter Reviews ‘The Fighter’
Over at Gerry Nutter’s place, he has a ripped-from-the-headlines review of “The Fighter” by his younger brother, Fred, who is a TV sports producer at Channel 7 in Boston. Read Fred’s take here.
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Krugman, Now Rich, Bail on the Prez
December 5, 2010
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PaulM
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Writing for today’s paper, columnist Frank Rich vents his frustration about the President to try to wake up what Rich hopes is the inner Obama and get the President on the policy offensive against a resurgent GOP that is measuring the drapes for a re-do of the Oval Office. Economist Paul Krugman blasted…
Read More »Lowell Blogger Meet Up a Big Success
[youtube]dWxYu5cUTuA[/youtube] Thanks to everyone who gathered at Top Donut this morning for our Blogger Meet Up. To those who couldn’t make it, don’t worry: everyone who was there wants to do it again, so maybe you’ll make it next time. As I’ve written before, Greater Lowell has a very active…
Read More »Timothy Egan Sizes Up Hitchens & Richards
December 4, 2010
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PaulM
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NYTimes op-ed contributor Timothy Egan sizes up the memoirs of author/political commentator Christopher Hitchens and musician Keith Richards. Read his column here, and get the NYT if you want more.
Read More »SNL TSA
I am sure we’ll see this skit many more times. It will surely make the best of Saturday Night Live shows in coming years.
Read More »Lowell “Boxer’s Life” – Micky Ward and “The Fighter”
Irish Micky Ward and Mark Wahlberg Boston Herald sports and boxing writer Ron Borges has a timely interview with Lowell’s Irish Micky Ward in today’s edition. In a few days Paramount Pictures will release the long-awaited, shot-in-Lowell movie about Ward and his fighting career culminating (in the movie) with his victory…
Read More »Interesting Stories from Recent Newspapers
Catching up on accumulated dead-tree newspapers from the past few days, I found a greater-than-usual collection of interesting stories. Here’s a sampling: Fox versus Fox The New York Times reports on how the animated Fox television program, The Simpsons, has taken several shots at its corporate companions, Fox News. One…
Read More »The State of Science
The media has been full of stories today about the press conference held by NASA to announce a paper published in Science. They haven’t done a very good job of explaining what scientists have found, so I’d like to try to clear some things up. I’d also like to use…
Read More »UMass Lowell Field Hockey Team Going to Nat’l Title Game
December 2, 2010
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PaulM
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With a win over Stonehill College in Kentucky today, the women field hockey players of UMass Lowell earned a place in the national championship game on Saturday. Get the details on today’s game and info on the championship game coming up here courtesy of UMass Lowell Athletics. UML’s Katie Enaire…
Read More »Blogger meet-up this Saturday
This Saturday (December 4) anytime between 9 am and 11 am, everyone is invited to stop by Top Donut at 700 Aiken Street in Lowell (at intersection with VFW Highway, just across the river from Lelacheur Park) for a Greater Lowell Blogger Meet-up. It’s just an opportunity for folks who,…
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