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The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Check it out. Often, elected officials vote yea in committee and nay on final passage of a bill so they can have it both ways. How many officials, elected or appointed, can you name who have done a complete,…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Governor Deval Patrick is nothing if not a good speaker, and his inaugural address today was no exception. It was sobering, as appropriate to the times, yet inspiring, as appropriate to the occasion. He touched on, but didn’t…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. My colleague Tom Waseleski, editorial page editor of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, always prepares for New Year’s Day an aspirational list of headlines from which we could all benefit. Here, with my own imprint, are the headlines I’d like…

Maybe its me…but I got a kick out of this “music video” posted by a man sitting in his Dracut home alone while his wife is out shopping. Here is how the poster, raygoshay1400 describes the video: What’s a guy to do when his woman abandons him to go shopping?…

Here is a video of a large Christmas light display in Tewksbury taken by Citizen Journalist ammoguy5.

Saturday Night Live opened last weekends show with this hilarious skit about Christmas wishes.

Last night I watched the Charlie Rose Show and saw a great interview with Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale and David O. Russell talking about The Fighter. All three had some interesting observation about the City of Lowell and the real life characters in the movie. Rose skillfully put the three…

These are videos of a committee meeting on the issue of changing the voting age to 17…posted by UTECLOWELL

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Boston Mayor Thomas Menino this morning delivered one of the best speeches of his political career, and it brought the crowd of several hundred at the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce breakfast to their feet in an enthusiastic…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog…Be sure to check it out. In the wake of a proposed tax package deal, there’s plenty of finger-pointing, especially by Democrats, about how Obama caved to the Republicans on tax cuts for the rich. There’s even whispering about…