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Columnist Says Calm the Heck Down

June 9, 2010 by PaulM Posted in Culture, Current Events, Election 2010, History, Lowell, Politics 2 Comments

Columnist Froma Harrop from the Creators Syndicate via the Providence Journal advises critics on the Right and Left to take their criticism of President Obama down about ten notches below sputtering mad. Read the column here, which I picked up from www.realclearpolitics.com.

Jobs, Jobs, Jobs

June 8, 2010 by PaulM Posted in Politics, Current Events, Election 2010, History Leave a Comment

If Bob Herbert of the NYTimes went to the Smithsonian Institution and borrowed the late Tim Russert’s famous “Florida white-board,” he’d take out his black Sharpie and write on it: jobs, jobs, jobs. Again today, Herbert pounds the President for not making jobs “Job 1” at the White House. Read Herbert’s…

Lincoln Monument Re-Dedication, 6/10

June 6, 2010 by PaulM Posted in Culture, Education, History, Lowell, Politics, City Council 1 Comment

Please join Mayor James L. Milinazzo for a Ceremonial Re-Dedication of the Lincoln Monument Thursday, June 10, 2010, at 11 a.m. LINCOLN SQUARE 2 Lincoln Street (corner of Chelmsford Street) The monument was “Erected by The School Children of Lowell” in 1909 as a memorial to our 16th President, Abraham Lincoln.…

In Honor of the D-Day Generation

June 6, 2010 by PaulM Posted in Politics, Education, Election 2010, History, Lowell Leave a Comment

Out of respect for the D-Day generation, Pam Platt of the Courier-Journal of Kentucky and Indiana wrote a column about “earning” what those who sacrificed gave us. Read her column here, which I picked up from the political news aggregator site realclearpolitics.com.