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The following entry is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. It may not be politically correct to support the exclusion of Jill Stein from the WTTK gubernatorial debate, as in, who are the media to determine that a candidate doesn’t cross the threshold of credibility. Remembering how soft…
Read More »Bob Herbert of the NYTimes has been consistent in his effort to call attention to the economic devastation at the ground level of our society. People at the low end of the income ladder have taken and continue to take a beating in this unsettled economy. Read his column today, and…
Read More »George Parks, the dynamic 57-year old leader of the UMass Minutemen marching band for the past 33 years, died suddenly Thursday night while en route to Michigan with the band for today’s UMass at Michigan football game. The 400 member band had just performed at a high school in Ohio…
Read More »Our comrade (he won’t like me calling him that, heh heh) in blogging Kad Barma over there on Choosing a Soundtrack mentioned something called 15 for 15 going around on Facebook. The idea being for people to take 15 minutes and list the 15 “record albums,” no matter what technology I guess…
Read More »Throwing the bouquet at Hammersmith Farm in Rhode Island after the September 12, 1953 Kennedy nuptials. Twitter has become an opportunity to pull history – whether at the daily event level or with weighty moments – into the 21st Century. In 1960 when the Senator John F. Kennedy was running for President,…
Read More »As part of its annual 9/11 observance, UMass Lowell today presented a lecture by Andrew Bacevich, a professor of international relations and history at Boston University. Bacevich, a retired Army officer with a PhD from Princeton, has been a frequent critic of recent American foreign policy, especially our actions in…
Read More »Despite slings and arrows from her detractors and weak-kneed worry about her confirmability, President Obama finally – today – appointed Harvard faculty member Elizabeth Warren to serve as an Assistant to the President and Special Advisor to the Secretary of the Treasury on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Her biggest task…
Read More »There is an announcement posted on the “One Lowell” website and noted on Facebook that Victoria Fahlberg, the founder of ONE Lowell, will be leaving her position as Executive Director effective Sept. 30th 2010. Victoria Fahlberg, the founder of ONE Lowell, will be leaving her position as Executive Director effective Sept.…
Read More »Another Tony Sampas photograph
Read More »In today’s edition Globe writers Shanahan and Goldstein take a quick look at the trailer for “The Fighter” which – as Dick posted earlier – is up and ready for your perusal. It’s great to have the Globe play-up this movie based on the come-back of Lowell fighter Mickey Ward. But give us a break…
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