“All the President’s Men” is one of my favorite movies, and I believe the dynamic duo of “Woodstein” should be remembered with a statue on the mall in Washington, DC, some day, but I’m not a fan of the Washington insider books that Bob Woodward has been churning out for…
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Meg Whitman, the former president of eBay who has spent in excess of $140mil of her $1.6 billion net worth running for governor of California as the Republican nominee, recently commented that the reason she came to California thirty years ago because back then so much was getting done in…
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It’s hard to remember back to last year when we were blanketed with ominous warnings of a devastating strain of influenza that put us all at risk. At the same time, the vaccine for the expected strain was difficult, nearly impossible, to find. Fortunately we all made it through that…
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This Wednesday night (October 27), Saints Medical Center will host a presentation at the Lowell Memorial Auditorium beginning at 7 pm. The featured speaker will be Rosalind Wiseman, an internationally recognized expert on children, teens, parenting, bullying, social justice and ethical leadership, who is the author of Queen Bees and…
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The Nashua Telegraph is reporting that former president Bill Clinton is coming to Nashua to campaign for Governor John Lynch. The Telegraph’s senior political writer and columnist Kevin Landrigan has confirmed that Clinton will will hold a campaign rally for Gov. John Lynch at Nashua Community College on Sunday –…
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Locally, we know how touchy the subject of public art can be. Over the years various public art installations in Lowell and environs while generally praised have sometimes raised eyebrows and caused comments. When a certain 1980s City Councilor saw a model for a bronze sculpture proposed for downtown, he said it…
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The Boston Globe not surprisingly endorsed all the Democrats running for re-election for the state’s Congressionals seats along with the one Democrat seeking an open seat. The editors’ reasoning is a good summary case for keeping the Democrats in the majority in Washington, DC. Read the endorsements here, and get…
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Columnist Maureen Dowd in today’s NYTimes reviews the origins of Justice Thomas and reminds us that bad decisions do have consequences. She also points out the conservative activism seen recently at the Supreme Court may be a lot more damaging to regular folks than the liberal activism of the past that…
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In today’s USAWeekend distributed with local Sunday newspapers including the Lowell SUN, film critic Claudia Puig and her colleagues rate movies as “the best of the season.” Puig has an interesting take on her pick for “surprise hit” of the season. In choosing “The Fighter” she writes: The Fighter (12/10)…
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Gay marriage may be legal in New Hampshire but the state’s largest newspaper – the Union Leader – will not publish gay marriage announcements. According to an Associated Press story by Kathy McCormack published in tomorrow’s Nashua Telegram: “The New Hampshire Union Leader of Manchester said it has a constitutional right to choose…
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