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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. Some of my predictions for 2012 came true (President Obama re-elected); others did not (the Supreme Court upheld “Obamacare”). In my own…
Read More »Listening to some national commentators this morning, at first I thought they were discussing the Mayan prediction that the world would end today but it soon became clear they were discussing the so-called “Fiscal Cliff” that will be dominating political news over the next two weeks. Back in 2011 when…
Read More »Here’s Google’s excellent year in review video: [youtube]xY_MUB8adEQ[/youtube]
Read More »More than 50 people gathered this evening at a snow-dusted Tyler Park for a candlelight vigil for the victims of Friday’s mass shooting in Connecticut. With sleet lightly falling, most huddled under the three small canopy tents someone had brought and shared a flame from candle to candle. A couple…
Read More »Everyone in America was touched by Friday’s tragedy in Connecticut. Sorrow abounds but so do strong emotions about the role of guns in our society. I have strong feelings on that topic but I think it best to delay writing about them for a while. The debate over guns will…
Read More »Dave McKean, keeper of the Lowell Irish blog and a graduate of St Patrick’s School in Lowell, recently paid a visit and learned that besides all the other things needed by this inner-city school that does great work, the facility is in need of a new roof. The sisters who…
Read More »On Facebook I just noticed a post by Kathleen Marcin of the Downtown (Lowell) Neighborhood Association in which she copies an email she sent to the city manager’s office this morning about the residue of nighttime violence in downtown. While the publicity about it has faded, the late night weekend…
Read More »Thanks to the Pawtucketville Citizens Council Facebook page for this heads-up on the “Chronicle” coverage of the American Textile History Museum’s lastest exhibit. The American Textile History Museum in Lowell, Mass., will be featured on “Chronicle” on Channel 5 (WCVB-TV) next WEDNESDAY, December 19, at 7:30 p.m. The segment will include…
Read More »With UN Ambassador Susan Rice withdrawing her name for consideration as Hillary Clinton’s successor as Secretary of State, the odds that our own US Senator, John Kerry, will be named to that post by the President have increased substantially. Republican Senators quoted in this Globe article and elsewhere seem giddy…
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