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A week ago tonight big clumps of heavy wet snow were falling from the sky, weakening tree limbs that would eventually fall onto electrical wires and leave us in cold and darkness for five days. I’ve already shared my opinion on why it took so long to restore power. Tonight…
Read More »Frank Phillips – veteran Globe writer and longtime observer of the political scene in Massachusetts – writes today about the redistricting stand-off over the Fifth Congressional District seat currently held by Niki Tsongas. The point at issue is – as I blogged about yesterday – the House plan to cut…
Read More »Class of 2011 – Lowell High School Distinguished Alumni It was time again to honor that special group of people that have been declared “Distinguished Alums” of Lowell High School. The group that gathered last night is the eighth class of alums so honored. The first class was in 2005…
Read More »A hot rumor out there this morning has the state “House-side” Congressional Redistricting plan slashing the city of Lawrence from the Fifth District. The city seems to be on the wish list of 6th District Congressman John Tierney in order to fill out his expanded district numbers! It seems he…
Read More »A new YouTube video by the Patrick Murphy campaign: [youtube]efF_nrOL72Y[/youtube] As was the case two years ago, Patrick Murphy is setting the standard in the use of video as a campaign tool in a local election. With the cost of display of $0 and the cost of production being a…
Read More »Somehow I thought the moment of power restoration would be more dramatic. Instead, I received a hurried phone call at work. “National Grid trucks are on our street now.” I hopped in my car with its “collision wrapped” rear window (see below) and zipped home, happy that all the traffic…
Read More »In The Nation magazine online, journalist and public intellectual Bill Moyers shares his view of where and when America started going down the wrong road. The essay is taken from a speech he gave in October and which has been making the rounds on the web. Read his analysis and…
Read More »The argument for saving primary materials such as notebooks is strengthened by recent news that an old notebook in the archives of Choate prep school confirms the source for what may be the most famous quotation associated with President John F. Kennedy. Associated Press reporter Michael Melia in a boston.com…
Read More »A scene from Back Central. “Greenwood Bros.” by Richard Marion (c) 2011 See more artwork at www.richardmarion.net
Read More »In the category of “The More Things Change”—While cleaning in the home office last weekend, I found a batch of old news clippings, including one from the Christian Science Monitor of August 3, 2006. In his first big speech, Bush administration Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson listed growing income inequality as one…
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