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Switching to unenrolled
Taking advantage of the adhesive-weakening sunlight this weekend, I switched my car’s party affiliation from Democrat to unenrolled. Removing bumper stickers is also easier when the candidates won.
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“Uncertainty” by John Edward
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. The 2012 elections are finally over. Over $4 billion spent and it is not clear anything changed. The uncertainty as to what…
Read More »Frank Rich Lives
November 10, 2012
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PaulM
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Frank Rich, illustration by Gary Bedard (web image courtesy of garybedard.blogspot.com) Read this New York magazine analysis of the election and national political culture by Frank Rich, former columnist at the NYTimes. His acute observations are refreshing compared to the misleading neutrality of so many mainstream media types. To give my Facebook friends…
Read More »The Honorable Benjamin F. Butler Born On This Day ~ November 5, 1818
On this Day November 5, 1818 – Benjamin F. Butler – a lawyer and politician who represented Massachusetts in the United States House of Representatives and later served as the 33rd Governor of Massachusetts and served as a major general in the Union Army during the Civil War – was…
Read More »Ballot Questions
Besides all the elective offices, there are three ballot questions that will be decided in Massachusetts tomorrow. I’ve made up my mind about two but am still struggling with the third. Question One -“Availability of Motor Vehicle Repair Information” – Full info on this question from the Secretary of State’s…
Read More »Half-n-Half, Still
November 5, 2012
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PaulM
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A while back I wrote about the perplexing “half-n-half” character of the American electorate. On Morning Joe today the hosts ran through the polls in battleground states and nationwide, showing a virtual tie between the President and his challenger. This, after two years of the Republicans making a case against…
Read More »“I love to come to Lowell”
[youtube]5IjtDlEbzfw[/youtube] “I love to come to Lowell” were the words Elizabeth Warren used to open her remarks last night at an enthusiastic get-out-the-vote rally at Arthur Ramalho’s West End Gym on Lawrence Street. The room was packed and the podium inside the ring and the boxing paraphernalia covering the walls…
Read More »More on ‘Working People’ from President Obama
November 3, 2012
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PaulM
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I picked this up from MoveOn.org
Read More »Elizabeth Warren endorsed by Lowell elected officials
A group of current and former elected officials from the city of Lowell gathered in front of City Hall recently to endorse Elizabeth Warren for the U.S. Senate. Pictured above from left are Register of Deeds Richard Howe, Jr. (me), Former Mayors Brian Martin and Richard Howe, Sr., current Lowell…
Read More »‘Bam!’
November 1, 2012
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PaulM
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This is what Americans want to see, the leaders working together for the common good. As Patty Coffey likes to say, “Bam!”
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