Ron Paul Punching Hard
Here is an example of the heavy punches Ron Paul is throwing at Newt Gingrich… and they seem to be landing. The latest CNN poll in Iowa shows Gingrich has slipped from 33% to 14%.
Read More »Here is an example of the heavy punches Ron Paul is throwing at Newt Gingrich… and they seem to be landing. The latest CNN poll in Iowa shows Gingrich has slipped from 33% to 14%.
Read More »My dad was elected to the Lowell City Council in 1965 and served continuously until 2005 – a term of service that spanned 40 years, 20 elections and 20 inauguration ceremonies. I think I made it to 18 of the inaugurations, missing 1980 and 1982 while stationed in Germany during…
Read More »In November and early December, I posted a new haiku almost every day on my Facebook page. I gathered up the first batch and posted them here on rh.com about a month ago. For those who do not use Facebook and may be interested in the poems, following is another…
Read More »Today from 3 pm to 7 pm at the Lowell Health Department, 341 Pine Street (the old Brady/Pine Street School), the city of Lowell Health Department will hold an unwanted medication drop-off event. Take a few minutes to search through your medicine cabinet and elsewhere for prescription (and over-the-counter) medications…
Read More »A holiday message from Lowell. Photos by Tony Sampas.
Read More »Reporter Patricia Cohen in today’s NYTimes described how folksinger Woody Guthrie will finally get his due in the place of his roots, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Local activists kept the tribute flame alive for the past many years, and now the Kaiser Foundation, based in Tulsa, has put up $3 million to…
Read More »Those of you politicos who thrive on cross-boarder trips into New Hampshire during the presidential political season – might be interested in a Forum on the Future presentation scheduled for January 9, 2012 at the NH Institute of Politics at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, NH. The discussion – “Renewing America’s Political…
Read More »Controversial Canadian author Steve Marche shares his view “That we are not all created equal” in his monthly column – “A Thousand Words about Our Culture” – in the January 2012 of Esquire magazine. Here is a taste of his view – then read on for the reasons behind the view. He assails both the…
Read More »Under the title “Dissolves,” the new sections of Joe Donahue’s long poem “Terra Lucida,” are due in January from the publisher Talisman House in New Jersey. Joe is on long-term leave from Lowell, based at Duke University, where he researches eternal questions. The reading public rarely catches up to a visionary poet in…
Read More »CNN analyst and Kennedy School big-wig David Gergen offers his latest take on the President’s prospect for re-election. Like many other commentators, Gergen feels that he must throw in a side whack at the Washington DC Democrats for balance as he makes the case about GOP failings on national and…
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