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Northern Canal in winter
With these views of the Northern Canal, Tony Sampas reminds us that spring remains beyond the horizon
Read More »Archive for February 11th, 2011
BeatleJuice at Middlesex Community College
I’m excited and here is why…BeatleJuice is coming to Middlesex Community College. I must admit I love the Beatles. On February 9, 1964, they began what became known in music circles as the “British Invasion”. The Rolling Stones, The Dave Clark Five, and Gerry and the Pacemakers joined the Beatles…
Read More »Third Annual Community Haiku Project: Coming in April
All writers, non-writers, and anti-writers, please take notice. This estimable hyper-local blog will host the Third Annual Community Haiku Project in April as one of Lowell’s contributions to National Poetry Month. Start your creative engines, and put on your haiku shoes because we’ll be looking for the choicest of the…
Read More »MassMoments: Birth of the Gerrymander
MassMoments tells us that on this day – February 11, 1812 – the political weapon known the “gerrymander” was born with the stroke of Massachusetts Governor Elbridge Gerry’s pen. The practice of gerrymandering in America predates the invention of the term, but it was this Massachusetts law that gave rise to the…
Read More »Uncle Dave on the Real Terror Threat: the Nat’l Debt
NYTimes columnist David Brooks today has a stark warning for all readers: We are on track to be financially consumed by our own federal government debt. I’m copying a large chunk of his column below because he spells out the situation clearly. Reading this, I’m reminded of the late Paul…
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