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On today’s “Political Intelligence” page of the Boston Globe, senior political writer Glen Johnson tell us of his meetings and inaction of the recently deceased writer and columnist David Broder. The site posts the actual note from Broder to Johnson – a longtime admirer – who was seeking a position with him at…
Read More »Lately, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich talks more and more about a possible run for president in 2012. Early on, one of the major issues candidate Gingrich will need to address is his past infidelities. Recently, Gingrich sat down with David Brody of the Christian Broadcasting Network and…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Check it out. It’s hard not to think “fox in the chicken coop” in response to the public workers union proposal that, if the union were to agree to receiving its health insurance coverage through the state’s Group…
Read More »The front cover of today’s Globe food section carries a picture of a young man munching on a delicious-looking chocolate frosted doughnut that made me want to run out and buy a half-dozen. The accompanying story discusses the “best” independent doughnut shops in Greater Boston which got me wondering which…
Read More »On this day March 9, 1862 – one of the most famous naval battles in history took place. This batlle between the iron-clads – the U.S.S. Monitor and the C.S.S. Virginia (formerly the U.S.S. Merrimack*) “ushered in a new era in naval warfare.” History.com offers this account of the battle…
Read More »This painting fascinated President Barack Obama yesterday during his visit to the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. Thomas Sully of Philadelphia painted this scene of George Washington preparing his men to cross the Delaware River on a frigid December 25, 1776 night. The original painting measures 17X12 and weighs…
Read More »Tony Sampas provides a night-time view of the Boston and Maine locomotive that’s permanently parked on Dutton Street near Merrimack.
Read More »Prof. Margaret Knight, UMass Lowell The hugely successful Lunchtime Lectures series at the UMass Lowell Inn & Conference Center resumes on Monday, March 28, at 12 noon, with Prof. Margaret Knight of the UMass Lowell Dept. of Nursing taking a close look at “Diversity in Health Care Professions,” an important topic…
Read More »Who says most people don’t care about History? In France, there’s a public argument going on about President Sarkozy’s proposal to create a new museum about his nation’s history. The crux of the debate seems to be a struggle over the story line. Read about it in the NYTimes here,…
Read More »Last August a team of archaeologists from Queen’s University, Belfast, Northern Ireland, traveled to Lowell and joined with a group of students from UMass Lowell to conduct an excavation in front of St Patrick’s Church. The purpose of the dig was to search for artifacts left by the city’s earliest…
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