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The last time I remember rioting in the streets in the Middle East, it was 1979 and the people of Iran overthrew the Shah. Islamic fundamentalists seized control, the US Embassy was seized and its staff taken hostage, and the world became a much more dangerous place. Could the same…
Read More »Lowell-rooted poet Joe Donahue is one of the subjects of an essay titled “Apocalypticism: A Way Forward for Poetry” in the Chicago Review. Read the essay by Peter O’Leary here. Donahue has spent years mastering long serial poems that combine elements of mysticism, esotericism, protest, and the alienation of the…
Read More »American Kennel Club lists most popular dog breeds in the nation. This one looks like our guy at home. Read about it on boston.com.
Read More »By Tony Sampas: Above is dusk in the Acre; below is dusk in the Highlands.
Read More »In today’s Globe Robert Weisman profiles James Roosevelt, Jr. the would-be CEO of a proposed new non-profit healthcare insurer to be formed by the merger of Tufts Health Care and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care. Roosevelt with deep political roots – grandson of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, longtime general counsel of the…
Read More »Death Comes Home in the Morning . Rosemary said the Shuttle had exploded. Donna turned on the office radio. News came in the same tone as the spoken news From Dallas when President Kennedy was shot. The pub TV played without commercials. The flying machine shattered. It wasn’t the biggest loss…
Read More »UMass Lowell Chancellor Marty Meehan talks about the schools recent acquisition of St Joseph’s Hospital, to be renamed University Crossing. These videos were originally posted by umasslowell.
Read More »Last fall, local environmental attorney Matt Donahue was forced to contemplate (and live) life without a car. He wrote about his experience here and here. As 2010 drew to a close, Matt assessed his experiment and shares his observations below: Well, here is my year-end review (through December 23rd). To…
Read More »The Hubble Space Telescope has produced another wonder, a view of what may be the oldest galaxy in the universe yet to be seen by humans. Read the NYTimes article here, and get the paper if you want more. It is a smudge of light only a tiny fraction of the size of…
Read More »Tewksbury’s State House delegation at the School Committee meeting – Rep Paul Adams (R-Andover), Senator Barry Finegold (D-Andover), Rep Jim Miceli (D-Wilmington) While attending the Tewksbury School Committee meeting last night, the state house delegation led by State Senator Barry Finegold put the brakes on the notion of Tewksbury getting an…
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