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President Barack Obama and Sen. Ted Kennedy walk down the South Lawn sidewalk at the White House April 21, 2009. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) Senator Edward M. “Ted” Kennedy died on this day August 25, 2009. Rest in Peace
Read More »The United States Capitol Building, Washington D.C In an oh so metaphoric situation, the dome of the iconic United States Capitol building is in distress! The roof is leaking – and there is no money to fix it. The roof is cracked and dinged – rusted, corroded and decaying – the…
Read More »Yesterday’s Globe carried one in a series of lengthy profiles tracing the background of the two candidates for United States Senate in Massachusetts this year. This article was about Elizabeth Warren and her career as a law school professor. It’s an important article in that – in my opinion –…
Read More »From The Saturday Evening Post: “It is 1913 and about darn time for equal rights for women! This “young suffragette” is putting aside her dolls and taking her brother’s turn at bat. Alas, many of our terrific covers were by artists long forgotten. Violet Moore Higgins was an illustrator for…
Read More »There was some compelling local cable TV yesterday. At 6am on City Life hosts John McDonough and George Anthes were visited by their regular every-other-Monday guest, former City Manager and School Committee member Bill Taupier. They ended up with a second, unexpected guest: Mayor Patrick Murphy who arrived at about…
Read More »President Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act into law – August 14, 1936. (Among those at the signing – Frances Perkins, appointed Secretary of Labor in 1933, making her the first woman to hold a cabinet-level position; Senator Robert LaFollette, a progressive Senator from Wisconsin; and Senator Robert Wagner, former Mayor of New…
Read More »On the occasion of the sixth anniversary of his hiring as Lowell City Manager, Bernie Lynch invited members of the media, mainstream and new, to appear with him for 90 minutes on Lowell Telecommunications last evening and discuss the issues of the day. Joining the manager from City Hall were…
Read More »John Edward, a resident of Chelmsford who earned his master’s degree at UMass Lowell and who teaches economics at Bentley University and UMass Lowell, contributes the following column: In this column, I will explain how the Commonwealth of Massachusetts can: 1. Reduce property taxes, 2. Increase funding for local educational…
Read More »President Lyndon Johnson signing the Medicare amendment. Former President Harry S. Truman and his wife Bess are on the far right. Truman recieved the first Medicare card. On this day July 30, 1965 President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Medicare bill into law. Congress created Medicare under Title XVIII of…
Read More »A reprise: MassMoments reminds us that on this day – July 23, 1846 – Henry David Thoreau after walking from his Walden Pond cabin to do an errand – found himself in the Concord town jail for refusing to pay his back taxes. His was just an over-night stay –…
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