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Sumner Needham grave in the Bellevue Cemetery Lawrence, Massachusetts In rememberance of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, the Eagle Tribune is running a nine-part series exploring the important Merrimack Valley connections to the war and honoring the local soldiers who served. Today’s entry remembers Sumner Needham who along…
Read More »Just back from Boarding House Park and what some audience members described as a “life-changing experience” after 2.5 hours of musical immersion in the art of Bela Fleck and the fabulous Flecktones. I don’t know the vocabulary of the banjo, but Mr Fleck coaxes out of it a sophisticated sound…
Read More »According to Lawrence City Clerk William Moloney, the petition to recall Mayor William Lantigua will be ready today. The citizen group “It’s Your Right” led by activist Reverend Edwin Rodriguez with help from others like Wayne Hayes – need to gather at least 5,232 signatures or 15 percent of the…
Read More »From AOL/Huffington Post, here are comments by ultra-wealthy Warren Buffett on the political game being played by national Republicans in Congress concerning the national debt limit. The clip is from a CNBC interview. In May, Buffett stated at a Berkshire Hathaway shareholder’s meeting that if the Congress failed to raise the debt…
Read More »During my recent trip to Washington, I visited the National Portrait Gallery which shares space with the American Art Museum. Since both are part of the Smithsonian system, they are absolutely free to visit – a noble example of our tax dollars at work. Besides viewing the art inside the…
Read More »As long as this new museum would include everyone’s roots, then I think it has merit. If it comes from a backlash against national museums for Native Americans and African Americans, then it’s not starting with a positive spirit. I’m picking up more than a whiff of complaint in this news. There…
Read More »Cy Twombly was an artist, is an artist, whom I’ve long been aware of, but I never “got” him. Nevertheless, I always appreciated his creative project. The work is distinctive and ambitious. The handmade writing-like gestures in so much of the work exude a humane vibe. I like that…
Read More »Trolley wires, by Tony Sampas
Read More »If the debt ceiling talks fail, independents voters will see that Democrats were willing to compromise but Republicans were not. If responsible Republicans don’t take control, independents will conclude that Republican fanaticism caused this default. They will conclude that Republicans are not fit to govern. And they will be right.…
Read More »CIO organizing poster, circa 1935 On this day July 5, 1935 – President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the National Labor Relations Act, which among other provisions, allowed labor to organize for the purpose of collective bargaining. The National Labor Relations Act or Wagner Act (named for its sponsor, Senator Robert…
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