Politics

Earmark Requests for Massachusetts

In today’s Globe:  The Globe has compiled a list of all of the earmark requests from the Massachusetts congressional delegation that are part of the $1.2 trillion omnibus spending bill now headed for a Senate vote. Included are requests from US Senators John Kerry and Scott Brown, and US Reps.…

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Political Theory on the 4:10 Lowell Train

Returning from Boston by train yesterday afternoon, I was seated behind a sixty-something Patriots-sweatshirt wearing white male who was not shy about sharing his opinions on politics with the fellow sitting next to him. Unfortunately for everyone else on that part of the train, his volume required us all to…

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Only a Communications Problem?

I pulled this from www.huffingtonpost.com — a commentary by George Lakoff of UC Berkeley, who for years has been talking/writing about “framing” public statements from a liberal or progressive (I detest these labels now) viewpoint. Read what he thinks about the communications problem that’s damaging President Obama’s policy prospects. What he…

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Farewell, Pat McCarthy

web photo courtesy of gerrynutterslowell.com I worked closely with Pat on Matt Donahue’s two winning City Council races in 1993 and 1995 and was always interested in his political “take” when we’d bump into each other on Market or Central streets, where he always seemed to be coming or going.…

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