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Dubus Debuts @ #13 on NYTimes Best Seller List
13 TOWNIE, by Andre Dubus. (Norton, $25.95.) In this memoir, Dubus explores his attachment to violence and his relationship with his famous father. 1
Read More »Middlesex Community College Setting Up Tsunami Support Centers for Student, Staff and Community Members
Middlesex Community College is responding to the natural disaster in Japan by setting up support and information centers for students, staff, faculty and community members on both the Lowell and Bedford Campus. This morning the college posted details on its blog in the following post. Tsunami Information Center The devastating…
Read More »Archeological Dig Presentation
Last evening at UMass Lowell’s O’Leary Library, Dr. Colm Donnelly of Queen’s College, Belfast, Ireland, gave a presentation on the results of the archeological excavation that was conducted last August on the lawn in front of St Patrick’s Church. The historical dig, a joint effort of Queen’s College and UMass…
Read More »Self & Society: Uncle Dave Finds a Rat Behind the Baseboard
David Brooks in today’s NYTimes wonders out loud if the contemporary American behavioral trend of heightened self-approval may be weakening the national civic culture. He often asks such “community” questions as he tries to puzzle out the workings of our democratic-republic system. He makes a comment on the connection to toxic partisanship in…
Read More »“The White Hurricane” – Blizzard of 1888 Shuts Down Massachusetts
Some of us have vivid memories of the “Blizzard of 1978” and the harsh toll it took on our lives, our property, our schedules and our peace of mind. Imagine back nearly a century before when another blizzard hit Massachusetts. Mass Moments remind us that on this day – March…
Read More »“Getting crude oil wrong” by Mike Luciano
Mike Luciano reacts to a recent Lowell Sun editorial on domestic oil production: Tuesday’s Lowell Sun featured an editorial about how America can control and drive down the cost of oil and gasoline by producing more oil domestically. But like many Americans, the Sun’s editorial writer does not understand the…
Read More »Merrimack rising – March 9, 2011
Tony Sampas shows us that the Merrimack River continues to rise, even before the next patch of rain arrives.
Read More »Glen Johnson on David Broder With a Lowell Connection
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 »Newt Gingrich’s Patriotism Leads to Infidelity
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 »Union counter-proposal on health insurance falls woefully short by Marjorie Arons-Barron
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…
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