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Mike Luciano formerly taught political science at UMass Lowell and occasionally offered posts and comments on this site. Now he is a Senior Editor at PolicyMic which describes itself as “the first democratic online news platform to engage millennials in debates about real issues.” Here’s some of an article he…
Read More »Congratulations to UMass Lowell for hosting tonight’s US Senate debate between Scott Brown and Elizabeth Warren. I was fortunate to be in attendance and very much enjoyed the carnival atmosphere outside the arena before the debate as supporters of both candidates filled every open space, holding signs, wearing t-shirts, and…
Read More »The debate tonight. Massive crowd. UMass Lowell looked fabulous. Five years of Chancellor Meehan came together in a national event. It was major league. Bigger than Division 1 hockey, as much as I like hockey. The building looked super in the red-hot media spotlight. Marketing videos on the jumbotron catalogued…
Read More »I don’t usually comment on anything contained in the Sunday Lowell Sun “Column“, but one item this week caught my attention. It wasn’t that developer David Daly employed former city manager John Cox as a “consultant” on his proposal for a housing development on Westview Road, although that did explain…
Read More »It’s strange to read some of the commentary about the presidential election as it looks at the end of September. To read some of the analysts, especially on the anti-government side of the spectrum, you would think that Gov Romney’s only problem is in the tactics. If only he had…
Read More »The autumnal equinox heralds the start of Fall which in 2012 begins here in the Northern Hemisphere today September 22 at 10:49 A.M. EDT. The word equinox comes from the Latin words for “equal night.” The fall and spring equinoxes are the only days of the year in which the…
Read More »For the past couple of years, there has been a political critique in the air that was especially favored by national Republicans. The charge was (is) that the economy is lagging because of deep “uncertainty” in the “business community” about what to expect in the areas of taxation, regulation, monetary…
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Read More »After the summer break, Greater Lowell Area Democrats (GLAD) resume their schedule of breakfast meetings tomorrow! The regular agenda will include: plans for the Fall Brunch; impact of yesterday’s primary on the field of Democratic nominees; first-hand account(s) from the Democratic National Convention; campaign activities in the races for President, US Senate and Congressional…
Read More »Over this past weekend I mentioned to at least a dozen people that there was an election on Thursday – the state primary – and not one seemed to know about it. Standing outside the Daley School yesterday, I had to conclude that my sample was representative because not a…
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