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SUN Keeps Up With Pawtucket Falls Dam Issue
SUN reporters continue to track the Pawtucket Falls Dam issue. Read today’s front page story here, and consider subscribing to the paper if you appreciate the reporting.
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Jane Brox @ Andover Bookstore, Sept. 9
Author Jane Brox will be reading from her new book, “Brilliant: The Evolution of Artificial Light,” this Thursday, Sept. 9, at 7 p.m., at the Andover Bookstore, 89 Main Street. She is a marvelous writer, and in this book she takes on a subject that so surrounds us that most…
Read More »Kennedy, Catholicism and the 1960 Election: the Lowell View
September 5, 2010
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Marie
Posted in Current Events, Education, Election 2010, Greater Lowell, History, Lowell, Politics, Culture
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“I Believe in an America Where the Separation of Church and State is Absolute” Don’t miss David Pevear’s story in today’s Lowell SUN on the role of Catholicism in the 1960 Presidential election – it includes an interview with Lowell Attorney and life-long Democratic operative, activist, advisor and…
Read More »Rich Rants, But Praises UML-Bound Andrew Bacevich of B.U.
What to say about political and cultural commentator Frank Rich in today’s NYT? He’s on a tear against Left, Right, and Center. The only satisfaction he finds in our messed up world today is Jonathan Franzen’s new and already-blockbuster novel “Freedom,” which Rich says nails the psyche of the time like…
Read More »More from Rbt Reich: the ‘Great Jobs Depression’
Here’s Robert Reich’s blog post from this past Friday, written after the latest jobs figures were released.
Read More »Creative Economy Thought for the Week
Following is a quote from a former director of Canada’s national arts agency. I would differ slightly in saying what he did because artists don’t have a monopoly on dreaming or creativity. Engineers, scientists, teachers, nurses, detectives, parents, soldiers, public administrators—people in all positions in life, old and young, are capable of…
Read More »Robert Reich: Economic Analysis & Proposals
September 3, 2010
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PaulM
Posted in Current Events, Election 2010, History, Lowell, Politics
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I met Robert Reich in Lowell in 1981. Anyone who attended the annual Lowell Conference on Industrial History (LCIH) that year, when he was invited to comment on one of the scholarly papers, remembers how he stole the show with his brilliant, insightful, brief remarks about the relationship of government and…
Read More »In Praise of National Parks and Public Land
NYTimes columnist Timothy Egan today writes about the “summer home” owned by all Americans, by which he means the vast tracts of public land and majestic national parks around the country. Lowell’s national park is about a place held in common by Americans, too, as well as an idea: the…
Read More »Postcards Tell a Story – From Lowell and Elsewhere
A note in today’s Globe about a vintage postcard exhibit at the Boston Public Library, reminded me of the value of post cards as historical and cultural documents. While this exhibit focuses on early 2oth century Boston, the millions of cards in the hands of private collectors and in local…
Read More »UMass Lowell Convocation Features ‘Genius Grant’ Speaker
From the UMass Lowell Office of Public Affairs: “First-year students are officially welcomed to the university community at Convocation on Tuesday, Aug. 31 at 10 a.m. at the Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell. The keynote speaker is Bill Strickland, winner of a MacArthur Foundation ‘genius grant’ and more than 10…
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