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This week, I’ve been posting Year in Review posts. Monday, I combined 2007, 2008, and 2009 into a single post, there is no 2010 article, Tuesday was my 2011 year in review , Wednesday was 2012, yesterday was 2013. Today, the highlights from Lowell in 2014: Top Ten Lowell Political…
Read More »Documentary filmmaker Errol Morris in 2002 captured businessman, now president-elect, Donald Trump talking about his favorite movie, “Citizen Kane.” Here’s an interview with Morris and a film clip. Thanks to lithub.com for the source material.
Read More »Economics scholar Bill Lazonick, who teaches at UMass Lowell, contributes to the global discussion about money, labor, and ownership. Here is his latest, co-written for the Korea Times. “Disappearing Act of the U.S. Middle Class.” While pressing for restructuring, value extractors and academics who justified this activity argued that…
Read More »This week, I’ve been posting Year in Review posts. Monday, I combined 2007, 2008, and 2009 into a single post, there is no 2010 article, Tuesday was my 2011 year in review and yesterday was 2012. Today, the highlights from Lowell in 2013: Lowell Political Year in Review: 2013 With…
Read More »I’m not insensitive to the condition of the White Working Class today, which as an identity politics category seems accepted by chin-stroking pundits in comparison to Environmentalists, now some kind of No Go Zone for political strategists if you listen to the opinion writers (Don’t pander to those Green people).…
Read More »As we approach the end of 2016, I am reposting past year in review articles. Yesterday, I reposted my 2011 year in review and on Monday, I combined 2007, 2008, and 2009 into a single post (there is no 2010 article). Here is a reposting of my Lowell Year in…
Read More »As we approach the end of 2016, I am reposting past year in review articles. Yesterday, I combined 2007, 2008, and 2009. For some reason, I did not write a year in review article for 2010, so here is a reposting of my Lowell Year in Review for 2011: Top…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s blog. As befits the season, here are some little gifts, selected headlines I’d like to see next year. I have little expectation they will top newspapers or tease newscasts. Still, a gal can dream. Please add your own in the comments section…
Read More »The Year in Review Blog post has been a tradition on richardhowe.com since its inception in 2007. As I begin writing my 2016 version, I thought a trip down memory lane might be worthwhile, so this week I will repost past Year in Review articles. Today features a trifecta: 2007,…
Read More »With Christmas falling on a Sunday this year, I’ll skip my regular week in review column and instead share a very upbeat message from Anita Walker, Executive Director of the Massachusetts Cultural Council (of which Lowell’s own Rosemary Noon is a board member). This city is rich in culture, and…
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