FROM UMASS LOWELL PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE AND CENTER FOR PUBLIC OPINION 11/06/2011 By Christine Gillette, (w) 978-934-2209, (c) 978-758-4664, Christine_Gillette@uml.edu If you have trouble viewing the charts in this release, please e-mail Christine_Gillette@uml.edu. Nov. 6, 2011 Backers of Opposing Groups Largely Share Dislike of Government, Corporations; UMass Lowell Holds Forum…
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Frequent contributor Jim Peters shares his thoughts on national politics: I have been trying to make sense of Facebook, and I am getting nowhere. It says that I have something like 182 friends, but I do not even know that many people, let alone as friends. One friend I would…
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Frank Phillips – veteran Globe writer and longtime observer of the political scene in Massachusetts – writes today about the redistricting stand-off over the Fifth Congressional District seat currently held by Niki Tsongas. The point at issue is – as I blogged about yesterday – the House plan to cut…
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Class of 2011 – Lowell High School Distinguished Alumni It was time again to honor that special group of people that have been declared “Distinguished Alums” of Lowell High School. The group that gathered last night is the eighth class of alums so honored. The first class was in 2005…
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A hot rumor out there this morning has the state “House-side” Congressional Redistricting plan slashing the city of Lawrence from the Fifth District. The city seems to be on the wish list of 6th District Congressman John Tierney in order to fill out his expanded district numbers! It seems he…
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In The Nation magazine online, journalist and public intellectual Bill Moyers shares his view of where and when America started going down the wrong road. The essay is taken from a speech he gave in October and which has been making the rounds on the web. Read his analysis and…
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FYI: Nov 6 US Senate Candidate Forum POSTPONED Due to Technical Difficulties WALTHAM, MA – The Third Middlesex Area Democrats are sad to postpone their US Democratic Senate Candidate Forum originally slated for Sunday, November 6, 2011. “We were just informed that there are audio and visual feed technical issues…
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There are two things that caught my eye in today’s personal post from Arianna Huffington on HuffingtonPost.com. The first a remembered line that Larry Summers often spoke – “that the important thing is just to be caught trying.” She then goes on to question the seriousness of the Obama economic…
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In the category of “The More Things Change”—While cleaning in the home office last weekend, I found a batch of old news clippings, including one from the Christian Science Monitor of August 3, 2006. In his first big speech, Bush administration Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson listed growing income inequality as one…
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At 1pm today Community Teamwork (CTI) is holding a press conference at Lowell City Hall about the 2011 Fuel Assistance program. This year’s Fuel Assistance starts today – November 1. From the CTI press release: Lowell– As the region struggles to return power and heat to the many families left…
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