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University of Texas economist James K. Galbraith takes a crack at explaining what is going on with the economy and what Team Obama got wrong in 2009. Read his op-ed piece in the LA Times that I picked up from poet Garrett Hongo on Facebook.
Read More »In today’s NYTimes, financial titan Warren Buffet has some words for the Congressional super-committee as they look for ways to get the nation’s financial house in order. For a start, raise taxes on those people most able to afford to contribute more to the federal pot. He points to the example…
Read More »There is a report on the Boston Globe’s breaking news that the Lawrence City Clerk failed to sign, date and stamp the original petition papers given to the petition leaders at the official beginning of the 30-day process to recall Mayor William Lantigua. Lawyers assisting the “It’s Your Right” recall…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Driving down to Cohasset for a party celebrating Polly Logan, the 85 year old progressive-minded grande dame and happy warrior of Massachusetts Republican politics, on the same day as the Iowa Straw Poll, my husband and I talked…
Read More »Another fabulous night at the Lowell Summer Music Series at Boarding House Park. “Dala” a Canadian folk duo opened for “Red Horse” a folk super group, comprised of Lucy Kaplansky, John Gorka, and Eliza Gilkyson — photos by Tony Sampas
Read More »For a few weeks now there has been lots of activity at a certain Facebook site “You know your from Lowell if….” (It was tempting to break out my English teacher red pencil on the title but it’s not a class assignment!) For the most part it has been interesting…
Read More »There are some interesting things going on this week in the city of Lowell. Here’s a sampling: On Monday, City Councilor Patrick Murphy will kickoff his campaign at the Old Court at 31 Central Street. There will be Irish music and information on how to get involved with the campaign,…
Read More »Frequent contributor Jim Peters shares his thoughts on the departure of Ken Powers from Lowell House: Sometimes things happen that convince me that the Stoic Movement of the 4th. century might have been right. Basically, they believed that government was not necessary because it was riddled with incompetence. That leads…
Read More »The Boston Globe has a follow-up article on the short-fall of certified signatures in the recall effort to oust controversial Lawrence Mayor William Lantigua. The citizen group “It’s Your Right” submitted 5,483 for certification – 5,232 certified signatures were needed to have Lantigua recalled as mayor -4,366 were certified leaving…
Read More »Chaz Scoggins is veteran sports writer for the Lowell Sun having joined the staff in 1970. Sports writing especially covering the Red Sox and baseball in general for Scoggins seems greatly influenced by that history degree he received from Harvard. Going way beyond the “call” of a game, he seems…
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