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Note: This 18th-century portrait could be one of the earliest depictions of baseball in America. The location of the original oil painting is unknown. (The image was originally featured in Apollo.) There’s a fascinating story by Doug Tribou on the WBUR website that originally ran on the station’s show –…
Read More »As Dick posted last night AP reporter Glen Johnson uncovered a memo written in 1998 by gubernatorial candidate Charlie Baker, then Governor Paul Cellucci’s Director of Administration and Finance. Here are several astounding quotes taken directly from Johnson’s article: As he concluded his tenure as budget chief in Massachusetts, Republican…
Read More »The Associated Press has come into possession (in the person of former Lowell Sun reporter Glen Johnson according to Blue Mass Group) of a memo written while Baker was the state’s Secretary of Administration and Finance that documented for his then boss, Governor Paul Cellucci, the runaway spending of the…
Read More »The Boston Globe not surprisingly endorsed all the Democrats running for re-election for the state’s Congressionals seats along with the one Democrat seeking an open seat. The editors’ reasoning is a good summary case for keeping the Democrats in the majority in Washington, DC. Read the endorsements here, and get…
Read More »Columnist Maureen Dowd in today’s NYTimes reviews the origins of Justice Thomas and reminds us that bad decisions do have consequences. She also points out the conservative activism seen recently at the Supreme Court may be a lot more damaging to regular folks than the liberal activism of the past that…
Read More »Author and CNN contributing writer Bob Greene gives us a look into an earlier attempt on the life of President – then President-elect – John F. Kennedy in an on-line story today. He tells of the New Hampshire postal clerk who planned to kill JFK in Florida in December, 1960:…
Read More »The Greater Lowell Area Democrats honored State Senator Steve Panagiotakos with the group’s “Distinguished Democrat Award” today. Three Democrat candidates, all on the ballot a week from Tuesday and all veterans of the 2007 special election to fill the Fifth Congressional seat, began the succinct speaking program. First up was…
Read More »You hear in the ads. “I’m a mom.” You see it on the campaign trail. You hear in the speeches – as a virtue for a certain candidate and an accusation against an opponent. Out in Oklahoma – marriage and motherhood seem now to be the dividing line of competence and qualification…
Read More »In today’s USAWeekend distributed with local Sunday newspapers including the Lowell SUN, film critic Claudia Puig and her colleagues rate movies as “the best of the season.” Puig has an interesting take on her pick for “surprise hit” of the season. In choosing “The Fighter” she writes: The Fighter (12/10)…
Read More »In today’s New York Times – writer Robert Pear presents the Massachusetts and Utah plans as what he calls the “book ends” of state health insurance exchange models. High on the agenda when state legislatures convene next year, health insurance exchanges hold the key to health care overhaul. Read his full article here in…
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