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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…
Read More »Gay marriage may be legal in New Hampshire but the state’s largest newspaper – the Union Leader – will not publish gay marriage announcements. According to an Associated Press story by Kathy McCormack published in tomorrow’s Nashua Telegram: “The New Hampshire Union Leader of Manchester said it has a constitutional right to choose…
Read More »I can’t link to the full text of this week’s article by Lauren Collins (“All Together Now!”) in the New Yorker about efforts to reshape the civic culture in the United Kingdom because it is restricted to subscribers. Following is a link to the summary version that is available online. Those interested in more can…
Read More »In the wake of the controversial firing of senior analyst Juan Williams, are you looking for some information about NPR – its origins and funding? Calls and threats are being made from some quarters to have the Congress “de-fund” public radio and televison. NPR – National Public Radio – was created…
Read More »The latest Newsweek poll shows the President’s approval rating has jumped up and that the Democrats while late to the starting line are showing some momentum. Read the results here. And Newsweek columnist Jonathan Alter rings the alarm about a possible GOP takeover of Congress and the state houses. Read…
Read More »Boston.com today has a slide show of images of an ambitious new public art installation in Dorchester’s Everett Square. Artist Laura Baring-Gould’s bronze objects all refer to elements of the community’s history and culture. See the slide show here. (Web photo by Cara Bayles courtesy of boston.com)
Read More »“Creating Books for Young Readers,” a talk by widely known children’s book illustrator and author David Macaulay. Monday, Oct. 25, 1 pm to 3 pm, in O’Leary Library auditorium, Room 222, 61 Wilder Street, UMass Lowell South Campus. Visitor parking is available in the visitor lot on Wilder Street, but visitors…
Read More »Strings of Autumn . The New England Orchestra and Lowell Youth Orchestra with the Arezzo String Trio as special guests offer a colorful palette of music that evokes the transitory beauty and color-shifting wonder of the season plus a dose of haunting Halloween mood. Kay G. Roberts conducts. Sunday, October…
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