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In his Washington Post column yesterday Massachusetts native E. J. Dionne posed two questions about the political left and President Obama with some comments on the political right’s monopoly of the narrative. He posits that an engaged left could shown how moderate the President really is and how far to…
Read More »If you’re like me and purged all interest in this baseball season after the disastrous loss by the Red Sox, you haven’t been paying much attention to the playoffs. But true baseball fans can’t stay away for long so I peeked at a few innings last night and consulted the…
Read More »The first poll from the new UMass Lowell Center for Public Opinion is a joint effort with the Boston Herald—and the results show Sen. Scott Brown (Rep.) and candidate Elizabeth Warren (Dem.) in a near tie if voters today had to choose between them. Read the Center’s poll results here. The…
Read More »The dig site on the grounds of St. Patrick’s Church in Lowell, MA Photo by ANNE RUTHMANN PHOTOGRAPH (Irish America magazine, October-November 2011 edition) Checking in at Dave McKean’s LowellIrish blog gave me this bit of news. The story of the collaboration between UMass Lowell and Queens University Belfast on…
Read More »“Lowell Poster” by Richard Marion (c) 2011. See more artwork at www.richardmarion.net The 32nd Annual Textile Regatta on the north bank of the Merrimack River in Lowell is tomorrow, Sunday, October 2
Read More »Pick a Saturday morning to eat breakfast at the Owl Diner on Appleton Street. The scene is a town meeting of locals and yokels and foodie tourists from across the river or down the highway. This morning was no different. Between the narrow booth-and-counter front section and the expansive dining room…
Read More »The Mass Humanities Eighth Annual Fall Symposium has a timely focus on the influence of the internet on our politics, society and culture. The three session symposium will be held at Boston College on Saturday November 19, 2011 from 12:30 – 5pm. Callie Crossley – popular WGBH host and commentator –…
Read More »Mass Humanities, the state agency affiliated with the National Endowment for the Humanities, will host a conference about the internet and democracy at Boston College on Nov. 19. The folks at MH have assembled a set of high-powered speakers with connections to moveon.org, TED, and bigtime media outlets and academia.…
Read More »Boston.com has a bulletin on the latest read on the Mass. economy from the MassBenchmarks group of UMass. Our own Prof. Bob is a contributor to this group, wearing his historian home uniform jersey. He should have been mentioned as UMass Lowell’s scholar in the group with the lights from…
Read More »A week from tonight a lot of people from Lowell and environs will be at the Appleton Mills atrium for the launch of a new book that collects the work of dozens of writers, visual artists, and musicians who live and work in the city. Titled “Young Angel Midnight,” the…
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