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From the archive: After serving for 35 years as a Member of Congress representing the Massachusetts Fifth Congressional District, Edith Nourse Rogers died on this day September 10, 1960 – in the midst of her nineteenth Congressional campaign, three days before the primary. Mrs. Rogers – at the urging of…
Read More »Driving through the city you can’t help but notice the proliferation of new pavement markings like the one shown above that suddenly appeared in the middle of many streets. An explanation was offered in this week’s City Council packet: New Bicycle Pavement Markings Many people have noticed the new pavement…
Read More »Watching the Patriots opener yesterday was a lot of fun, especially in light of the ever-worsening performance of the Red Sox. As much as I enjoy watching football, I now have mixed feelings about the sport because I’ve come to believe that the long term effects of getting one’s head…
Read More »Our friend, faithful reader, and occasional contributor Tom Sexton is driving across the continent with his wife, Sharyn, headed from Alaska to Maine for the fall and winter. He will send us dispatches from the road while they are out there. Following is the first report. Tom is on the list of…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Check it out too. Should a murderer in prison for life be entitled to an elective surgical procedure at taxpayers’ expense? Fifty state legislators have asked the state Department of Corrections to appeal Judge Mark Wolf’s decision that…
Read More »Catherine Tumber, author of “Small, Gritty, and Green: The Promise of America’s Smaller Industrial Cities in a Low–Carbon World,” will be the featured speaker on Monday, Sept. 24, at 11:45 am, in the UMass Lowell Inn & Conference Center Lunchtime Lectures series. This series is a UMass Lowell Center for Arts and…
Read More »After the summer break, Greater Lowell Area Democrats (GLAD) resume their schedule of breakfast meetings tomorrow! The regular agenda will include: plans for the Fall Brunch; impact of yesterday’s primary on the field of Democratic nominees; first-hand account(s) from the Democratic National Convention; campaign activities in the races for President, US Senate and Congressional…
Read More »Over this past weekend I mentioned to at least a dozen people that there was an election on Thursday – the state primary – and not one seemed to know about it. Standing outside the Daley School yesterday, I had to conclude that my sample was representative because not a…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. When Elizabeth Warren walked out on the convention stage last night, smiling and waving, ebullient, she seemed to radiate personality and warmth. That sparkle dissipated when she got into her stump speech, slightly expanded for the occasion. Except…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barrons own blog. It was originally posted on her blog on August 31. Mitt Romney’s vision of America is right out of Norman Rockwell and the 1950′s. It’s out of step with the complexity of today’s world. His best line last night…
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