Education

Lowell in the Civil War – Lowell Historical Society Program March 27, 2011

  Massachusetts Militia Passing Through Baltimore, an 1861 engraving of the Baltimore riot. Lowell Historical Society Presents a Series on Lowell’s Sixth Regiment in the Civil War and Beyond  Richard P. Howe Jr., the Middlesex North Register of Deeds and a former President of the Lowell Historical Society, will present a two…

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Secretary Clinton Calls on Some Sister Colleges

Erica Noonan writes  from the Globe MetroDesk of  Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s initiative with five women’s liberal arts colleges – Barnard, Bryn Mawr and the Massachusetts colleges – Mt. Holyoke, Smith and Wellesley – now known as “The Sisters.” The focus of this partnership is “to increase the participation of…

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Self & Society: Uncle Dave Finds a Rat Behind the Baseboard

David Brooks in today’s NYTimes wonders out loud if the contemporary American behavioral trend of heightened self-approval may be weakening the national civic culture. He often asks such “community” questions as he tries to puzzle out the workings of our democratic-republic system. He makes a comment on the connection to toxic partisanship in…

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