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Don’t follow leaders. Watch the parking meters. Monday, May 13, 2024 11:04 AM Calendar CCJ Forum City Council Cambridge InsideOut Charter Review Schools Elections Politics Under Cambridge Journal Issues Links Click to refresh this page or usenecessary. Call 617-349-6794 or e-mail csv@cpsd.us for more details. Robert Winters, Editor ( about me - updated!!) The is an independent newsletter of civic affairs in the City of Cambridge, Massachusetts. It is published as a public service by Central Square Publications. All items are written by Robert Winters unless otherwise noted. [Of course, I do sometimes forget.] Thoughts for these times: Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction.Blaise Pascal This is our fucking city, and nobody is gonna dictate our freedom. Stay strong.”David Ortiz The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.” – Plato Subscribe to the . Specify in your message whether you wish to receive each new e-mail version or if you wish to be notified when the online versions are available at this web site. Under no circumstances will the subscription list be made available to any third party. The Number One thing I would emphasize is that journalists and bloggers would do well to see themselves as partners in the provision of information and that each can benefit greatly from the other . I’ve never seen this as a competition. It is especially true these days that local papers and young journalists are not very well-versed in the communities they serve. Much of the institutional memory has either died out or been bought out.” – Robert Winters, mathematician and creator of the , an online publication about Cambridge, MA ( rwinters.com ) Jorkin: Come, come, Mr. Fezziwig, we’re good friends besides good men of business. We’re men of vision and progress. Why don’t you sell out while the going’s good? You’ll never get a better offer. It’s the age of the machine, and the factory, and the vested interests. We small traders are ancient history, Mr. Fezziwig.” Fezziwig: It’s not just for money alone that one spends a lifetime building up a business, Mr. Jorkin…. It’s to preserve a way of life that one knew and loved. No, I can’t see my way to selling out to the new vested interests, Mr. Jorkin. I’ll have to be loyal to the old ways and die out with them if needs must.” Scrooge: I think I know what Mr. Fezziwig means, sir.” Jorkin: Oh, you hate progress and money, too, do you?” Scrooge: I don’t hate them, sir, but perhaps the machines aren’t such a good thing for mankind, after all.” Memorable scene inA Christmas Carol ” the known universe...