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MIT Prof. Shares Nobel in Economics
October 11, 2010
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Economist Peter Diamond of MIT is one of three co-recipients of this year’s Nobel Prize for Economics. Read the boston.com news account here. (Hey, if these guys are so smart, why can’t they get people to work within a system that is stable and productive and avoids boom-and-bust cycles, a…
Read More »Prof. Bob Shares ‘MassBenchmarks’ View of Mass. Economy
Prof. Bob Forrant of UMass Lowell is a member of the editorial board of ‘MassBenchmarks,’ the highly respected UMass journal that tracks the state economy in the context of regional, national, and global conditions. The board today issued a statement about the “health” of the Massachusetts economy. Here’s the link And here’s…
Read More »E. J. Says ‘the Wealthy’ Are Waging a Class War
E. J. Dionne, Jr., writing in the Washington Post spells out the impact of new campaign finance regulations, thanks to the recent Supreme Court decision that unleashed “third-party” political spending. He says the moneyed interests have declared war on government officials who support policies that attempt to balance the interests of…
Read More »Light and Shadow in Lowell
Tony Sampas shows us how light and shadows can make a photograph
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October 10, 2010
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PaulM
Posted in Culture, Election 2010, History, Lowell, Poetry, Politics
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The whole inside back page of the NYTimes Book Review today has an essay by Lee Siegel comparing the Tea Party with the Beats (Kerouac, Ginsberg, and the other Beat Generation writers of the 1950s and ’60s). The essay is a cultural stretch in many ways, but makes for surprising…
Read More »The Upside of an Electoral Downside for Pres.?
John Merline writing for AOL News has a contrarian take on the possible GOP takeover of Congress and suggests there could be positives for President Obama if the November election puts R’s in charge of the House and/or Senate. Read his column here. Most interesting to me is his comment…
Read More »Dracut High 45, Lowell High 35
In a Saturday night game that was not really as close as the score suggests, Dracut High School won decisively over Lowell High School under the lights at Dracut’s Beaudry Field by a score of 45 to 35. Dracut dominated through the first three quarters, pulling ahead 38 to 6…
Read More »Ted Leonsis ‘On Leadership’ @ Wash. Post
Listen to Lowell favorite son Ted Leonsis, owner of the Washington Wizards and Capitals of professional sports, talk about leadership in a continuing series on the website of the Washington Post. Here’s the link. In the video, Ted says he blogs every day.
Read More »All-John All Day
Here’s the link for the Paul McCartney fan-site that today is playing John Lennon songs on its “Macca Radio” feature all day. On the right side of the page select the music listening tool that you prefer. There’s a John Lennon YouTube channel loaded with content. Look for the clip…
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