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St Patrick’s Church
Tony Sampas shows us some of the stained glass windows in St Patrick’s Church in the Acre neighborhood of Lowell
Read More »Civil War Centennial Stamps (full set)
Damn the Facts. Full Speed Backward.
I haven’t dragged economist-columnist Paul Krugman over here for a while because he’s been so ticked-off about everything in Washington, DC, but his NYTimes column today deserves a mention. He blows the whistle on Republican members of a commission charged with investigating what caused “the current financial and economic crisis in the…
Read More »Is Obama Just Being a Grown Up in a Room of Whiners?
December 17, 2010
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PaulM
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Matt Bai of the NYTimes analyzes the compromise tax bill that is headed to the President’s desk today. Read the opinion piece here, and get the NYT if you want more. Such compromises, ideal or not, are the building blocks of responsible governance. If that makes Mr. Obama some kind of…
Read More »Surviving a Nuclear Explosion
What to do in case of a nuclear attack 1. Stay clear of all windows 2. Stand away from lamps, tables, chairs and other furniture 3. Loosen all restrictive clothing 4. Remove glasses, empty pockets of all sharp objects such as pens, pencils, etc 5. Immediately upon seeing the brilliant…
Read More »Mayor Bloomberg and the Two Party System
In Tuesday’s New York Times, Matt Bai wrote about the possibility that New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg may run for president in 2012 as an independent. Bloomberg recently spoke at the launch of a new group called “No Labels” which “aspires to build a grass-roots movement for political independents…
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Globe Lists 10 ‘Most Educated’ Mass. Communities
See the slide-show list from www.boston.com.
Read More »Hot Art Market in Lowell; Creative Economy Shows Strength
LZ Nunn of the City’s Office of Cultural Affairs and Special Events reports that the art market in Lowell is surprisingly strong even as the Great Recession holds back the economy in general. Lowell has hundreds of artists of all kinds. Each one is a small business even if that’s…
Read More »Lowell’s Micky Ward Part of Long-term Brain Study
The Arturo Gatti – Micky Ward fight trilogy took place in 2002 and 2003. On WBUR’s “HubBub” Benjamin Swasey writes today of Lowell fighter Micky Ward and his participation in a long-term study conducted by BU’s Center for the Study of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE). Eventually Ward will donate both…
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