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TIME magazine is no far-out political rag. Nancy Gibbs is a serious American writer and observer of its civic culture. We are far down the line of political trouble when Nancy Gibbs in TIME offers this analysis of the current White House occupant. What Donald Trump “knows” derives from the…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Since becoming president Donald Trump has given members of Congress ample reasons to deem him unfit for office. Time and again his behavior has clearly met the Constitutional standard of high crimes and misdemeanors worthy of an impeachment…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. photo Jonathan Brady Photos and videos of about four million people around the world rallying last week to urge action on climate change were inspiring. Thankfully, global warming is no longer a marginal issue. From a quarter of…
Read More »This coming Thursday, September 26, 2019, at 6:30pm at Lemon & Thyme Bistro, 491 Dutton Street (the former American Textile History Museum), DIY Lowell will host its annual Community Ideas Summit. This event is free and open to the public. DIY Lowell is a community-led initiative that allows ordinary citizens…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Six months ago, I agreed with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi‘s disinclination to impeach President Trump. As she put it, “unless there’s something that’s so compelling and overwhelming and bipartisan, I don’t think we should go down that path,…
Read More »The city of Lowell will hold its preliminary election for the city council this Tuesday, September 24, 2019. Polls will be open from 7am until 8pm. A list of polling places is available on the city website. Lowell Votes, a nonpartisan, grassroots organization that seeks to increase turnout in local…
Read More »Our friend in Lowell, D-Tension, the writer, performing artist, record producer, and all around-er, recently shared this appreciation of Arthur Ramalho, icon of the city’s boxing scene on his Facebook page. With his permission, we are cross-posting the piece here. The image of the famed trainer is by Danielle Levitt,…
Read More »The author of two novels and a collection of short stories, Smokestack Lightning, Stephen O’Connor of Lowell is a past contributor to this blog whose writing in included in History As It Happens: Citizen Bloggers in Lowell, Mass. (2017), a collection of the best of the RichardHowe.com blog in its…
Read More »Remembering those persons who perished on 9/11 today, especially those with local connections. This entry is cross-posted from my blog at paulmarion.com Posting this on 9/11/2019 in memory of John Ogonowski of Dracut, Mass., where I grew up, and the other persons affiliated with the University of Massachusetts-Lowell who perished,…
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