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The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. At least 16 Democrats will not seek reelection to the House of Representatives this fall. No surprise there, given that they are outnumbered 233 to 200 (with two vacant seats), and the Republican majority has no interest in…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Secretary of State John Kerry prompted a diplomatic gasp and a Ted Cruz hissy fit by warning of the dangers of apartheid if Israel and the Palestinians can’t achieve a workable two-state solution. Kerry’s private comment was uncharacteristically…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Reports of rape and sexual assault were up 50 percent last year, according to a Pentagon study released on Thursday. What’s unclear is whether that reflects more reporting or more assaults. And what of the record in bringing…
Read More »Here are two interesting videos of the Lowell Mills originally posted on YouTube by muehog99. Video Description: Lowell, MA was one of the great industrial towns during the American Industrial Revolution. The great mills in the town were water powered. The mills in large part were run by young girls…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. On May 5, the state’s Supreme Judicial Court will take up the question of Attorney General Martha Coakley’s rejection of a ballot referendum to repeal the Massachusetts casino law. She concluded in December, 2011 that the referendum should be a…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. The latest bad news from the Middle East is that the Palestinian Authority (the Fatah faction) has entered a “unity pact” with militant group Hamas, which has pledged never to recognize the right of Israel to exist. The…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Life has taken a Cold War Turn, and I find myself almost missing Ronald Reagan and his willingness to stand up to the Russians. Ten years ago, Ukraine was the third most powerful nuclear power in the world.…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Don’t read this if you’re tired of the non-stop coverage of the Marathon bombing. Don’t read it if you’re not touched in some way by the tragedy that befell individual runners and bystanders or disturbed by the assault on our…
Read More »$ What were you thinking, Big Papi $?… “Cha Ching” Even “Saturday Night Live” is getting its jabs in. Click on the photo to watch “Weekend Update’s” David Ortiz (Kenan Thompson) interview.
Read More »My association with the town of Tewksbury is long, and I like to think deep. Many, many years ago I remember attending an event in which several dignitaries from the town of Tewkesbury, England were the featured guest. Honestly, I was there for political reasons, more than historical. At that…
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