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“From the low-lit fastnesses of my study, I looked solemnly at the newspaper headlines. On my desk, its brown pigeon-holes stuffed with ledger, manuscripts, sheet, inkwell, sentimental token . . . . on this desk of mine I lay the screaming visage of a Hearst tabloid—it said: JAPAN DECLARES WAR…
Read More »Read Shaughnessy’s giddy account of the Monday night game from boston.com. web photo courtesy of boston.com and Jim Davis, Globe
Read More »I spent $40 this morning to fill up with regular gas at about $3 per gallon at the XtraMart on Gorham Street, near the courthouse. Humorist Lewis Black might say, What the F#&*%! Did I miss a new oil embargo, or did China buy up all the crude last week for…
Read More »Tony Sampas gives us a couple of shots of the fence cordoning off the construction site of the Emerging Technologies and Innovation Center on UMass Lowell North Campus.
Read More »I just returned from the Lowell Memorial Auditorium where I saw comedian Lewis Black perform. My face still hurts from laughing so hard. I’d seen a prior Black performance on DVD and have caught him many times on The Daily Show, but this was my first in-person experience. He did…
Read More »Following a tip from Gerry Nutter, I looked up the Herald’s George Kimball and his Boxing Notes in today’s paper and online. For a skunk-at-the-garden-party take on the movie and the principals involved, read Kimball’s column and get the Herald if you want more.
Read More »An editorial in today’s Boston Globe touts commuter rail as part of the solution for revitalizing the Commonwealth’s so-called “Gateway Cities.” The gateways include the cities of Lowell, Lawrence, New Bedford, Fall River and Springfield. Citing transportation as a key element for policymakers to consider, the editorial notes: FOR THE state’s gateway…
Read More »Over at Gerry Nutter’s place, he has a ripped-from-the-headlines review of “The Fighter” by his younger brother, Fred, who is a TV sports producer at Channel 7 in Boston. Read Fred’s take here.
Read More »Today’s Globe and boston.com feature more coverage of “The Fighter” and actor Mark Wahlberg. Get the Globe if you want more after reading Lynda Gorov’s article. Lowell, its architecture, its accent, and its hairstyles circa 1990, is in many ways another costar of “The Fighter.’’ To hear the brothers’ mother…
Read More »Writing for today’s paper, columnist Frank Rich vents his frustration about the President to try to wake up what Rich hopes is the inner Obama and get the President on the policy offensive against a resurgent GOP that is measuring the drapes for a re-do of the Oval Office. Economist Paul Krugman blasted…
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