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This past Monday night I traveled to the TD Garden to see the Boston Celtics play the Houston Rockets. The last time I had seen the Celtics in person, the starting lineup consisted of Larry Bird, Kevin McHale, Robert Parrish, Danny Ainge and DJ Johnson, so my pattern of going…
Read More »Kathleen Marcin of the Downtown Lowell Neighborhood Association posted on the group’s blog about the recent shootings in Lowell and the gun culture of America.
Read More »MassMoments reminds us that on this day – January 12, 1912 -the so-called Bread and Roses Strike of workers in our sister city of Lawrence Massachusetts began. On January 12, 1912, workers in the American Woolen Company Mills in Lawrence, Massachusetts, opened their pay envelopes to find that their wages…
Read More »At 5 am, the Massachusetts Trial Court announced that all courts in the Commonwealth will be closed today due to the major snowstorm that struck the region overnight. Since the Middlesex North Registry of Deeds is located within the Superior Courthouse in Lowell, it too is closed for the day.…
Read More »For balance on this snow day, I’m dragging old self-satisfied George Will over here with his thoughts on the Arizona shootings. I don’t like George Will’s opinions but I used to appreciate his writing when he was on the back page of Newsweek for years. In 1987, George Will used his Newsweek…
Read More »While the blizzard blows and snows, boston.com is inviting readers to become haiku writers. Here’s the link. I’ll give mine exclusively to rh.com: . Snow blows right to left, Going somewhere else to stick. My white cat stays curled. . —Paul Marion (c) 2010
Read More »Another icon of the early TV years has passed away: David Nelson of the “Ozzie and Harriet” program. This show was a reality show of its day, with the family playing itself in scripted episodes, but this Ozzie was a world away from Ozzy Osbourne and his family in his recent TV show.…
Read More »Blogger Robert Wright of the NYTimes writes about the fear factor that’s part of the toxic political talk these days. Read his opinion here. His comments relate to Andrew’s latest post.
Read More »I’ve spent the past few days reading media reactions to the shooting in Tucson. There have been many calls for more civility, for more gun control, and better treatment of mental disorders, but I haven’t seen much in the way of accepting responsibility. I am not looking for the Sarah…
Read More »Look for upcoming book reviews and interviews with authors by Malcolm Gregory Love, whose blog is is www.thecurrentreader.com Here’s what he says about the blog and himself: “Hello and welcome to The Current Reader. “If you are an avid reader and I imagine you are, then hopefully you will find…
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