I’m stating the obvious here, but I’m interested to read what people might write about this: If you watched Ken Burns’ latest American history film this week on PBS, you probably noticed familiar themes from the Prohibition era: religious extremism, wealth concentrated at the top, organized crime violence (like Mexico today),…
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In the wake of the Governor Christie final denial – the editorial in today’s Nashua Telegraph questions “is this it?” Is this the field of Republican candidates for President in 2012? It seems that way to our friend in a state very close to setting one of the earliest dates…
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For those who missed the excellent talk by housing expert Karl Case at the UMass Lowell Inn & Conf. Center on Monday, the Sun’s Dan O’Brien covered the well-attended event. Read his article here, and get the Sun if you want more. The Lunchtime Lectures are presented by the Moses Greeley Parker…
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Reporter Abby Goodnough of the NYTimes wrote in today’s paper about the US Senate Democratic candidates debate tonight at UMass Lowell, emphasizing that this is the first big campaign test for Elizabeth Warren. Read the article here, and get the NYT on your porch or online if you want more.
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Back in April the Springfield Republican launched a series aiming to tell of Springfield’s role in the Civil War and of how the community and environs weathered the difficult years of the War. Springfield native and local historian Wayne Phaneuf – who is in charge of all editorial operations at…
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Congresswoman Niki Tsongas and US Senate Candidate Elizabeth Warren answer questions at endorsement event in Lowell today canal-side in downtown Lowell. After teaching a class at Harvard this morning , Elizabeth Warren made her way to Lowell early this afternoon to accept an important endorsement of her candidacy for the…
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In his Washington Post column yesterday Massachusetts native E. J. Dionne posed two questions about the political left and President Obama with some comments on the political right’s monopoly of the narrative. He posits that an engaged left could shown how moderate the President really is and how far to…
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The first poll from the new UMass Lowell Center for Public Opinion is a joint effort with the Boston Herald—and the results show Sen. Scott Brown (Rep.) and candidate Elizabeth Warren (Dem.) in a near tie if voters today had to choose between them. Read the Center’s poll results here. The…
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In today’s Boston Globe correspondent Scott Kirsner speculates on the viability of start-up clusters created outside university-rich Boston hub. Citing the recent start-up seeds sown in Lowell and Fall River, Kirsner notes: The hope in Lowell is that a new incubator, dubbed M2D2, will attract medical device start-ups and spur…
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Jonathan Phelps has a story in the Eagle-Tribune about a difference of opinion among two Merrimack Valley legislators – Senator Steve Baddour (D-Methuen) and Barry Finegold (D-Andover) and former State Senator Sue Tucker. Tucker – who did not seek reelection – is a longtime opponent of casinos and slots and…
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