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On Monday, October 3, 2011, economist Karl “Chip” Case, recently retired from Wellesley College, spoke at the UMass Lowell Inn & Conference Center as part of this year’s Moses Greeley Parker lecture series. Along with Robert Shiller and Allan Weis, Case developed the Case-Shiller index, a widely respected and quoted…
Read More »Apple Computer founder Steve Jobs past away last night at the age of 56. Jobs was a true revolutionary, a genius that changed the way people communicate all over the world. In 1984 Apple introduced the Macintosh Computer to the world. Below is a video of Steve Jobs (29 years…
Read More »Video clips follow of each candidate’s closing statement in the order they gave them. Elizabeth Warren went first and so is displayed below. Links to the other candidate’s statements follow that: [youtube]yy9qHbtQKB8[/youtube] Alan Khazei closing statement Herb Robinson closing statement Marisa DeFranco closing statement Tom Conroy closing statement Bob Massie…
Read More »One of the questions asked of the candidates during last night’s debate among the candidates in the Democratic primary for the US Senate was whether young Americans should be required to serve their country in some capacity and whether women should be permitted to serve in combat in the infantry.…
Read More »Watching a bit of the ballgame tonight. The Cards are facing elimination, but are leading the Phils 3 to 2 about mid-way through the game. Reminds me of watching the Game of the Week on one of the three big TV networks when I was young. It was the only…
Read More »I’m stating the obvious here, but I’m interested to read what people might write about this: If you watched Ken Burns’ latest American history film this week on PBS, you probably noticed familiar themes from the Prohibition era: religious extremism, wealth concentrated at the top, organized crime violence (like Mexico today),…
Read More »The Lowell Historical Society has recently gone live with a blog site. This is a cross post of an entry I just wrote for the Society’s blog. Hopefully, we will continue this relationship! Marie Clerk, LHS The Lowell Historic Board has resumed publication of a quarterly newsletter – “Presence from…
Read More »In the wake of the Governor Christie final denial – the editorial in today’s Nashua Telegraph questions “is this it?” Is this the field of Republican candidates for President in 2012? It seems that way to our friend in a state very close to setting one of the earliest dates…
Read More »Regular reader and sometimes contributor Mike Luciano attended last night’s US Senate debate at UMass Lowell and offers the following observations: After witnessing firsthand the Senatorial debate among Democratic candidates at UMass Lowell’s Durgin Hall, I compiled the following assessment. Although I hate the fluffy, personality-driven aspect of American politics…
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