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John Wooding, a professor of political science at UMass Lowell, shares some thoughts on the May 7, 2015 British election: Britain went to the polls on May 7 to elect a new government. Despite the opinion polls predicting another very tight race, with a possible “hung” parliament, the Conservatives won…

John Edward, who teaches economics at Bentley and UMass Lowell, frequently contributes columns on economic issues. Here are his views on the possibility of the Olympics coming to Boston. Coincidentally, today’s Globe has an editorial urging Olympic organizers to include Gateway Cities like Lowell in the Olympic planning process: The…

John Edward teaches economics at Bentley and UMass Lowell. He’s a frequent contributor of columns on economic issues. A low-risk security with a 4 percent yield is a good return on investment. Using the money to pay off credit-card debt with a 20 percent interest rate is a better investment.…

  The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Check it out too. I long ago gave up my belief in the Easter bunny. (The rabbits who regularly destroy my garden took care of that.) Santa Claus is a relic of a decades-past childhood. But now,…

  The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Just 119 days into his first term in Congress,  Salem’s Seth Moulton, who upset longtime incumbent John Tierney in the Democratic primary last fall, brought his distinct perspective to The New England Council for the first time. …

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. At the risk of sounding immodest, I want to share with readers how deeply moved I am to be receiving an honorary doctor of letters from Regis College, a dynamic and growing university in Weston, MA.  Last night…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Back in the 1990’s,  new House Speaker Newt Gingrich made me furious with his Contract with America, which critics dubbed the Contract on America.  It was an era of slash-and-burn, anti-government GOP ascendancy, when in 1995 the Republican Party took over…

The entry below is begin cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. photo South Boston Today It’s great fun to see two outstanding Boston Globe opinion writers going at a subject hammer and tong, in total disagreement about the Olympics, Boston 2024 and the psychic state of the organizers as…