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When I began contributing to this blog many years ago, I often would post links to opinion pieces in national media that I believed were worth sharing locally. I shared a lot of David Brooks’ columns, which may have surprised people. He’s on the NY Times commentary list as a…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barrons own blog. For people who believe in the inevitability of the progress of civilization, the last two to three years have been a tanker truck full of cold water. Global trends toward narrow-minded, border closing, mind numbing bigotry have been…
Read More »Two years ago eleven Lowell residents sued the city on the grounds that the current method of electing members of the city council and school committee violates the Federal voting rights act and the U.S. Constitution by diluting the votes of minority residents of the city. After many months of…
Read More »This week’s City Council agenda is dominated by a series of votes required in preparation for the vote on the FY 2020 budget. MOTION RESPONSES No Left Turn Gorham: Motion (5/14/19) by Councilor Karen Cirillo “Request 5/14 City Manager have the proper department replace the ‘No Left Turn’ sign for…
Read More »Yesterday at the Lowell Memorial Auditorium, I delivered the following remarks at the Greater Lowell Veterans Council Memorial Day service. For the past several years on Memorial Day and Veterans Day, we’ve made frequent mention of World War I in recognition of the centennial observance of that conflict. That war…
Read More »If You See Something, Say Something It’s Memorial Day weekend. My father, Marcel Marion (1919-1982), born in Lowell, fought the Nazis on the ground in Germany with the US Army in the brutal winter of 1945, the final months of the war in Europe. He knew a fascist when he…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. First, it was the slurs against Mexicans; then the attempted ban on Muslims and the attack on all immigrants. Now it’s war against women. The latest salvo came in Alabama, with a virtual ban on abortions. Other red…
Read More »After reading today’s New York Times article about Ohio supporters of President Trump who are staying the course with him despite all the chaos associated with his presidency, I’m re-posting my thoughts about his victory that appeared on this blog on Nov. 16, 2016. It would be a mistake for…
Read More »This week’s City Council agenda begins with the continue discussion and public hearing on the establishment of an ordinance creating a “Monument Committee.” It ends with another Executive Session. “The Monument Committee shall establish policies governing the naming or dedication of public spaces, whether they be inside public buildings or…
Read More »Tooch Van, a friend and a member of Lowell’s Cambodian-American community, shared the following poem: When Khmer Rouge Soldiers did not kill me was a mistake of their mission that night, this what I believe of it. I am in debt to my parents/ family and other Cambodians and their…
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