This is interesting. . . and rings familiar, but not exactly, of course. Historians often refer to the period from the end of the Civil War to the turn of the 20th century as “the Gilded Age,” a term credited to Mark Twain and Charles D. Warner for a book…
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In his latest commentary, E. J. Dionne of the Washington Post group tries to buck up the Democrats who got whacked around on November 2. He points out that the GOP fiercely attacked and stubbornly opposed President Obama for most of the past two years, and came back with a…
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Columnist David Brooks in today’s NYTimes lays out his vision of how to get the nation back in gear. I won’t link to the column, but I will link to the Readers’ Comments, which are the better part of the discussion. Read the readers here, and get the NYT if…
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Cut from American Cloth (4) Congresswoman (“Mrs. Rogers”) Rogers was in the middle of a line of Republican U.S. Representatives from the Lowell area who controlled the seat from 1859 to 1974, with the exception of a single two-year term for Democrat John K. Tarbox (1875 – 1877). It took…
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The nationally recognized website Politico carries a story today with this headline: “Midterm elections offer grim omen for Scott Brown’s future.” The story quotes UMass Lowell Chancellor Marty Meehan (“Obviously, the results show that Massachusetts is, at its core, a Democratic state – It has been a reliable Democratic state…
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Those of us in the pews are used to the annual collection for the Catholic Campaign for Human Development on the Sunday before Thanksgiving. My CCHD envelope for November 21st notes: “Your gift will help groups of low-income Americans address the causes of poverty in their communities. Your generosity will secure…
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“Not in our backyard” – With the New Hampshire State Turnpike Bureau about hold a series of public hearings about options for placing “tolls” on the Everett Turnpike – with one scheduled Nov. 17 in Nashua – the Nashua Board of Alderman took a stand last night. According to an article…
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David Paul Kuhn of www.realclearpolitics.com talks to Sen. Jim Webb of Virginia about why the “Reagan Democrats” are leaving or have left the party. Read his article here.
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HuffingtonPost.com advises us that on this 50th anniversary of the election of John F. Kennedy as President of the United States, LIFE.com published today never-before seen photos of JFK from the archives. Fifty years ago today, on Nov. 8, 1960, John F. Kennedy was elected the 35th president of the United States.…
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The BostonHerald.com is reporting that the long-awaited sale of the Caritas Christi Health Care sysytem – formerly owned by the Archdiocese of Boston – to Cerberus Capital management has been completed. The sale was dependent – among other things – on the approval of Attorney General Martha Coakley, licensure of the…
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