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Several years ago I heard Chief Justice Margaret Marshall speak at the then DoubleTree Hotel in Lowell. It was right around the time of the historic “interpretation” of the state’s constitution that legalized Gay marriage in Massachusetts. She was truly brilliant. She spoke of her days as a student leader…
Read More »If you’re interested in historic election results, please visit our “Elections” page which contains a vast amount of data but is still a work in progress. Thus far, it contains the results of every Lowell City Council election from 1965 to 2009 and today I’ve added our first state election…
Read More »Timothy Egan checks in with his latest NYTimes column, this one about heat waves, extreme weather, the reality of global warming, and the desperate need for smarter federal policies on energy. Read his views here, and consider subscribing to the NYT if you appreciate the writing. My household gets the…
Read More »While nobody was looking, writer-actor-director-baseball wiseman-cultural commentator-allied blogger Jack Neary packed his stuff and moved from Lowell to southern New Hampshire, just over the border in Derry. After Robert Frost trying to run a farm in that town many years ago, this is probably the biggest literary news in Derry. Jack’s…
Read More »The ritual has been going on since the late ’80s now, but anyone with a feeling for the pulse of the city can feel the urban heart pumping at a faster rate starting mid-week of Lowell Folk Festival weekend. It’s always the last full weekend of July—full weekend—which is why…
Read More »Robert Scheer in the online Huffington Post says the GOP will pay politically for their double-standard on demanding pay-as-you-go for jobless benefits but not for their standard proposed upper tier tax cuts. Read his rant here, which I picked up from realclearpolitics.com
Read More »E-mail from the Massachusetts Democratic Party Executive Director: I want to send you some great news: Our chair, John Walsh, is home and feeling fine. As you may have heard, he had what his doctors are calling a ‘mild” heart attack. He was released from South Shore Hospital today and…
Read More »Hillary Rodham Clinton speaking in Beijing, China in 1995 I would like to thank the Secretary General of the United Nations for inviting me to be part of the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women. This is truly a celebration – a celebration of the contributions women make in every…
Read More »It’s not a scene from the 1966 movie “The Russians are Coming The Russians are Coming!” – it’s 1918 and there really was a submarine – a German U-boat – off the shores of Cape Cod. From today’s Mass Moments: ON THIS DAY… in 1918, people in the Cape Cod…
Read More »I just received the email below…Believe it or not, I have had other opportunities like this but have ignored them. Shame on me! Dear Sir/Madam RE: INSTRUCTION TO CREDIT YOUR ACCOUNT WITH THE SUM OF £5,500,000.00. We wish to congratulate and inform you that after thorough review and evaluation of…
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