Read columnist E. J. Dionne’s take on the mid-term elections. He warns Dems/Progressives/Liberals/Sensible People about letting themselves be defined by the other side.
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In honor of Veterans Day, each day this month we will post the story of a soldier from Lowell who died during the First World War. Thanks again to Eileen Loucraft for providing us with this content: Body of Private Buk Arrives in Lowell The body of Priv. Charles Buk,…
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Since we referenced the San Francisco Chronicle yesterday about the Giants’ World Series win, I thought we’d check it out for the Jerry Brown win. It’s a walk down memory lane for some of us. Former Gov. Jerry Brown – defying both a crushing conservative wave sweeping the nation and…
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Not only because Lowell historian Mehmed Ali and others from the city, the Merrimack Valley, and beyond are on duty in Iraq, but also because the death and destruction goes on every day in that world turned upside down, we must remember there’s a war there. Each day in November,…
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Read columnist Eugene Robinson’s opinion piece in today’s Washington Post. He wonders what’s really got the anti-Democrat, anti-federal government crowd so worked up, and concludes that it is because President Obama is “different.”
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Outgoing Democratic Senator Evan Bayh of Indiana writes in the NYTimes that Democrats at the national level must be more aggressive about rebuilding the economy and controlling the federal budget in order to address the main concerns of the public and regain political momentum. Read his opinion here, and get…
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Here’s the San Francisco Chronicle story about Willie Mays’ response to the World Series win.
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Does the joy in San Francisco today remind you of Red Sox Nation in 2004? Check out the San Francisco Chronicle and note these reactions: It took the Giants 19,193 days to bring a World Series championship to San Francisco, five decades of pent-up hope passed through generations that erupted…
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Each day this November, thanks to Eileen Loucraft, a native of Chelmsford, who while researching her family history, became interested in remembering those from Greater Lowell who fought and died in the First World War, we will present a contemporary news story of one such soldier. Today, we learn about…
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