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The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. The following are suggestions from when I wasn’t fleeing the daily news into real fiction, as noted in my previous blog. I Was Told to Come Alone: My Journey behind the Lines of Jihad,  a memoir by Washington Post…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. “I’m a capitalist to my bones,” Senator Elizabeth Warren this week told a New England Council audience of business leaders, adding, “We have to make markets strong so everyone can do better.” Addressing an arcane and often dry…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Massachusetts voters voted in 2016 to allow the growing and sale of marijuana for recreational purposes, and last week the state’s Cannabis Control Commission issued its first permit for a retail outlet.  The doors are not yet open…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. The nickname for any Massachusetts Secretary of Administration and Finance is “Deputy Governor.”  Jay Gonzalez, A & F Secretary under Governor Deval Patrick, wants to remove the “deputy.”   He’s working hard to defeat lifelong activist and minister Bob…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. The creepiest image from Donald Trump’s announcement that he was withdrawing from the Iran deal was new NSA chief John Bolton’s looming presence as the president exited the podium. It’s too soon to tell whether Bolton will get…

I’ve always been a fan of former Lowell Mayor/ Lowell City Councilor Bill Martin. So, this Chris Scott interview with Bill in this current edition of LTC News was of interest. Twenty years ago he ran for State Rep to replace retiring Rep Ed LeLacheur… it was a crowded field…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. President Trump hints he wants the death penalty for drug traffickers. (He’s an unabashed admirer of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte.)   Is the President calling for the death penalty for doctors prescribing Oxycontin, Percocet, morphine, and other pain killers? After all,…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Boston Herald photo Every time you renew your driver’s license in Massachusetts you have a chance to say whether you’d donate an organ upon your death. Waiting lists for cadaver transplants can be six to eight years, far…

  Asst CM Conor Baldwin introduces James Doneson, new leader of Department of Public Works. Mayor Samaras next introduces the three finalists for the position of city manager: Eileen Donoghue of Lowell; Linda Milsap of North Carolina; and James White of Marshfield, Mass. Councilors set 5pm next Tuesday night interviewing…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons Barron’s own blog. Since the evacuation of the HMS Birkenhead in 1852, “women and children first” has been the code of conduct to protect the most helpless among us from impending disaster. Today we look to them not only to…