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The entry below is being cross posted frtom Marjorie Arons Barron’s own blog. Reading books year-round is life-enhancing, but reading in summertime seems especially to be savored. Here are some non-fiction selections. The First Kennedys: The Humble Roots of an American Dynasty by Neal Thompson will fascinate anyone intrigued by the immigrant experience, Irish…
Read More »The following was distributed earlier today as my weekly Substack newsletter on Lowell politics. If you’d like to receive this weekly update by email in the future, sign up here. **** Tuesday’s Lowell City Council meeting was dominated by the debate over Accessory Dwelling Units. That was the only substantive…
Read More »The efforts of the state of Florida to control the history curriculum being taught in its schools have been much in the news lately. With that in mind, it’s reasonable to ask, why does history change over time? Isn’t it just an account of what happened in the past? Historians…
Read More »During a visit to Washington, DC, earlier this month, I got my first look at the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial which is located south of the National Mall, just across Independence Avenue from the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum. Congress authorized the creation of a memorial to Eisenhower back in…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons Barron’s own blog. There’s nothing like the distractions of summer to make one forget (almost) the news. And, however guilty I may feel about not persevering as the “eat your spinach” part of your weekly communications, I have no intention…
Read More »The following was distributed earlier today as my weekly Substack newsletter on Lowell politics. If you’d like to receive this weekly update by email in the future, sign up here. **** Before I get to the latest Lowell political news, here are two newly scheduled events that may be of…
Read More »The National World War I Memorial is located just east of the White House in Washington, DC, at Pennsylvania Ave and 14th Street. It is immediately across the street from the Treasury Department and, on the other corner, the White House Visitor Center. The official “unveiling” of the park occurred…
Read More »No Frigate Like a Book Stephen O’Connor There was only one thing I hated about my new job at Worcester Associates, a wholesale fashion retailing distributor. They always began the work week with a 7:30 am meeting. And so, there I was, the recently hired Director of the Graphic Arts…
Read More »Catch of the Day By David Daniel They were sitting a few seats away at the lunch counter, three of them, sun-browned, white-walled, wearing civvies. I pegged them as Coast Guardsmen, newly assigned to the station out on the point. I picked up a couple of the accents. One was…
Read More »Boarding School Blues: Ch. 60 By Louise Peloquin Ch. 60: Back? Editor’s Note: With this installment, Boarding School Blues comes to an end. Many thanks to Louise Peloquin for sharing her writing with us. Beginning on December 16, 2020, with Chapter 1, she regularly contributed a new chapter every two…
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