Welcome to the New Cambridge Observer: News and Views from Cambridge, Massachusetts
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HIP STAFFERS LAUNCH KICKSTARTER TO PRESERVE 1970s ALTERNATIVE NEWSPAPER FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS
Before Watergate, before Woodward and Bernstein, before the Internet and before the current President’s attacks on the free press, author Anita Harris helped found a weekly independent newspaper. She urges you to contribute to a Kickstarter to preserve that newspaper for future generations.
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Ceramics-painting dialogue makes Lacoste/Keane Gallery an artwork in itself
Anita Harris writes that the dialogue between ceramics and painting established in Lacoste Keane’s new exhibit makes the gallery a work of art in itself.
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Vietnam Vet & author Dick Pirozzolo says vets are good hires
For Veterans Day, 2018, author and Air Force Vet Dick Pirozzolo explains why people who have served in armed forces make great employees–and urges employers to hire them.
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Boston’s vigil for Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life community “heartening”
Cambridge writer Anita Harris felt heartened by the outpouring of support for Pittsburgh Synagogue shooting victims at a vigil held October 28, 2018 on the Boston Common.
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“Creature Comforts” at Cambridge Art Assn a “must-see”
For anyone who loves animals, mythology, feminism, fishing and/or nature, the current exhibit at the Cambridge Art Association is a must-see.
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Human controls, standards needed for artificial intelligence, experts say
Artificial intelligence is likely to transform the public sector by automating many government tasks—including making combat decisions. But, according to experts at a recent symposium held at Harvard University, this “over-the-horizon” technology can only guide and inform government leaders. There will always be a need for human decision making—and for clear ethical standards to prevent…