The death of Steve Jobs at 56 brings to an end the life of an extraordinary American inventor. Ironically, the I-Phones held by so many millions across the face of the earth announcing his death were designed by him. He was an artist in a way. He chose to work outside the box, was...
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Columbus Day 2011
At the time he lived and sailed during the 15th Century there was no man dead or alive who was more gifted at navigating the seas than Christopher Columbus. When speaking or writing about him, the same things have been chronicled about him throughout the centuries. He was brave. He was bold. He was...
Down the Beach
Here we are, now into October, and the weather remains unusually warm and balmy. Yet Lynn/Nahant Beach Reservation remains unbelievably empty – and if you want it to walk on or to wind surf or to just do nothing but sit down and to think – you’ve got it to yourself. After Labor Day,...
David Solimine
There are a very few men of the stature of David Solimine in this city today. He has stature because he is a great guy who tends to do the right thing and who always has something positive to contribute about the great and minor issues of the day in this city where he...
When the Weather Sends Your Mind Wandering
There is nothing quite like walking on Lynn/Nahant Beach on a late September day when the temperature is in the 80’s? Or how about taking a trek with the family in Lynn Woods late in September when the leaves are falling, the sky is blue and you’re wearing a t-shirt? In this topsy turvy...
Lynn Showing Its Multicultural Strength
The Primary Election last week proved a number of things about politics in this sprawling city. First, the outcome proved that it does not matter if you are black or white or Cambodian – you can find voters enough to qualify to run for the city council at large position. This is, obviously and...
Get Out and Vote
Tuesday is primary day in this city. If you care about who leads this city, then you’ll get yourself down to your precinct voting location and cast a vote. Granted, the primary is not so important or compelling as the election. But it is the primary that weeds out the rocks from the chafe....
Expanded Gaming Bill Passes
Steven Walsh and Robert Fennell, our representatives on Beacon Hill, both voted in favor of the expanded gaming bill passed by the House last week. They did the right thing. Casino gambling is not panacea, and they both know this. It does not solve all of our present economic ills. They know this, two....
After the Memorial
Many of us are left with the palpable feeling that we are a good and decent nation, with a good and decent people, following the dignified nationwide slate of memorials that were held to commemorate the lives of the dead and the sacrifice they made on September 11, 2001. Lynn’s full slate of memorials...
The President’s Speech and Its Meaning to the People of Lynn
The president’s speech last week marked a moment in his administration when he seemed very much more like a leader than a politician. The speech he gave reminded us how leadership has been missing from the American equation in Washington for quite some time. Here in Lynn, the unemployed suffer because companies are not...