I can see why some of the more thoughtful Republican Party members and leaders around the country are worried about the upcoming presidential election. The collection of candidates you will see debating tonight in New Hampshire is a weak bunch. There’s nobody of the stature of Sen. John McCain, no…
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Seems like everyone in the opinion business has an idea to throw on the table. Today, columnist Joe Nocera of the NYTimes writes about a plan from the New America Foundation that mixes and matches familiar and new proposals in an attempt to influence the policy discussion around economic recovery.…
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Boston.com is reporting that GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney criticized “Wall Street” protesters in NYC and elsewhere for acting in a way that is dividing the country. Read the bulletin here, and get the Globe if you want more. I wonder if he thinks the Tea Party protests were divisive?
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Patricia Leigh Brown of the NYTimes today writes about the refugee farm program that began in the Merrimack Valley with the late John Ogonowski of Dracut, who was killed on September 11 when his plane was hijacked. Read her West Coast-based report that references the origin of the program here. Thanks…
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This item is a cross-post from my recent post on the Lowell Historical Society blog site here. I came across this newsworthy historical tidbit today. The first radio station of note in Lowell was known as WLLH radio. Wikipedia and other sources tell us the story of the origins of…
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Former Lowell Sun scribe and longtime political writer for the Nashua Telegraph, Kevin Landrigan has covered many a New Hampshire Presidential Primary Race cycle – for Democrats as well as Republicans. In his column today Landrigan sees the current GOP race as a “hurry up and wait” season. He describes…
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My favorite Washington Post opinion writer – Massachusetts native E. J. Dionne, Jr – writes today of Elizabeth Warren’s succinctly stated case for liberalism and George Will’s skilled attempt to knock it down. An admirer of both people – both by the way reputedly skilled debaters – Dionne notes that…
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On TV yesterday, I watched parts of various games, and gave the Patriots quite a bit of time. Beating the Jets is always a good thing. I haven’t felt good about that team since Joe Namath stopped playing. Although the Jets got close a few times, the contest was a…
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See bbc.com for a report on a popular and innovative adaptive reuse of an abandoned elevated subway track in New York City. Is this an option for rethinking the Textile Memorial Bridge/University Ave. Bridge if the bridge is not demolished?
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If you are cynical about politicians and politicking, you may want to skip this movie. Not one of the main characters in this story fares well. You definitely do not want to be these people on screen. The story reinforces citizens’ worst assumptions about politics. But politics is only the…
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