News & Views of Phillips Since 1976
Tuesday December 16th 2025
Jim Stewart honors Dave Moore and Linnea Hadaway 25 years, 75-plus cartoon creation called “Spirit of Phillips
Jim Stewart, Wendell Phillips biographer, was an unannounced speaker who surprised Dave Moore and Linnea Hadaway by honoring their 25 years, 75-plus cartoon creation called “Spirit of Phillips. Stewart”'s spoke about the significance of political cartoons and exclaimed that the genius of Dave and Linnea”'s creation is a wonderful treasure to the community. A large poster board was given to them with greetings from many of the over 100 in attendance. Earlier in the evening Dave Moore showed his creative dexterity of venues with an empassioned, rhythmic reading of his poem “A Son of Boston~Agitator.” While Dave”'s style is not akin to the classical oratory of Phillips it has similar results of dynamic interchange with the audience.
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LIFE OF JOHN
Today NPR plays John”'s songs ”” the ones
guaranteed to get you, “In My Life,” “Beautiful
Boy,” “Starting Over” ”” and I say to Krista,
“This grief will be with us as long as we live.”
John was finally such a sane person
not because he was free of neuroses and
contradictions ”” he wasn”'t ”” but because
he so clearly wanted to be sane, adult, decent.
He could have coasted the rest of his days
on the Beatles godhead, but chose not to,
put himself in J. Edgar”'s sights for the sake
of peace. He leveled with us how it felt
to be a working class hero. He got right
with the goddess on the subject of women,
and with tender attention and humility
gave years to fathering little son Sean.
“We have grown,” he sang to Yoko. The last
morning of his life he told an interviewer
he hoped to be around for a long time.
Then from the crowd the cold gun nosed forward.
John, we were watching and listening and
planning to grow old with you. (I know, “Life
is what happens ….”)Â Ah, but you were a red
comet burning in the night of possibility!
It was all taken away so quickly.… Read the rest “LIFE OF JOHN”
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