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The latest trend in sneaker sales is toning shoes – athletic footwear that has an other than flat sole. The Globe reports today that the sky rocketing sales of these shoes has revived the sagging sneaker industry. The theory is that the oddly shaped bottom – some are curved like…
Read More »Globe staffer James Reed delves deeper into what the Lowell Folk Festival is really all about in today’s edition. It’s an obvious but overlooked fact about folk festivals: In the truest sense, they’re not just about singer-songwriters wielding acoustic guitars or dancers kicking up their heels to Cape Breton fiddlers.…
Read More »One of the biggest questions in studying modern (post 1600) global history is why it was Europe and not China or India that became the dominant world power. From a purely statistical standpoint, the best money was on China up until even as late as 1800; it simply had greater…
Read More »Lowell is in the Universe. This stuff just blows my mind. The latest cosmic discovery will make anyone pause and consider his or her own place in space. A little more humility would go a long way among the inhabitants of Earth. Makes you wonder why it took so long to…
Read More »Timothy Egan checks in with his latest NYTimes column, this one about heat waves, extreme weather, the reality of global warming, and the desperate need for smarter federal policies on energy. Read his views here, and consider subscribing to the NYT if you appreciate the writing. My household gets the…
Read More »Robert Scheer in the online Huffington Post says the GOP will pay politically for their double-standard on demanding pay-as-you-go for jobless benefits but not for their standard proposed upper tier tax cuts. Read his rant here, which I picked up from realclearpolitics.com
Read More »Hillary Rodham Clinton speaking in Beijing, China in 1995 I would like to thank the Secretary General of the United Nations for inviting me to be part of the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women. This is truly a celebration – a celebration of the contributions women make in every…
Read More »While visiting Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry (an amazing place that’s entitled to a future post all its own) I saw a 3D Printer in operation. I’d previously read about the amazing things these printers can do and how they will radically change our lives in the not-to-distant future,…
Read More »As the trustees of the University of Massachusetts commence a nationwide search for a new president to replace the retiring Jack Wilson, the Springfield Republican on Sunday weighed in with its candidate: Former U.S. Rep. Martin M. Meehan, now chancellor of UMass-Lowell, has worked diligently to transform his alma mater…
Read More »Because a mother – back in 1935 – thought her two sons needed a summer job – Friendly’s Ice Cream Corp is celebrating its 75th anniversary as a family restaurant “where ice cream makes the meal.” From that first shop opened in Springfield, Massachusetts the business now has 12,000 employees in a chain of 508 restaurants concentrated…
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