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The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Don’t believe the hype: Ted Cruz and Tea Partiers weren’t big losers. Most other people were. The recent partial shut-down and near default of the US government led by rogue  deficit hawks cost American taxpayers at least $24…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Boston mayoral candidates Marty Walsh and John Connolly met in their first debate Tuesday and discussed issues to a draw. No surprise.  There’s little that separates them on matters of policy.  Rep. Walsh did what he had to…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Local writers (e.g., Dan Shaughnessy) have reveled in the image of Boston Police Officer Steve Horgan raising his arms in a celebratory pose as Tigers outfielder Torii Hunter fell over the bullpen wall chasing David Ortiz’ grand-slam homer. …

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Ronald Reagan. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Clint Eastwood. Sonny Bono, Al Franken.  All actor/ entertainers who won roles as politicians in real life. Now here comes Alec Baldwin.  His MSNBC show , Up Late, which debuts tonight, may be the next…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. The Red Sox move on to the ALCS, Gronkowski may play for the Patriots on Sunday, a Newton-based foundation is poised to save Boston’s First Night Festival, the school buses are rolling in Boston after an illegal one-day…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Massachusetts Republican Party grande dame Polly Logan, 88, died on September 30, a day when the national GOP showed again how it has become the antithesis of what she stood for. Polly, who lived on the South Shore,…

  The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Political junkie alert! You can get a fix in Breaking Bad’s Bryan Cranston’s portrayal of Lyndon Johnson at the American Repertory Theater. (We were lucky to be taken, along with two other couples, by dear friends celebrating…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Baron’s own blog. Please pass the salt and pepper.  I’m about to eat some crow.  Last July, I wrote how nervous I was when the Red Sox were in first place at the All Star break.  Looking back over 20 years’…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Boston’s mayoral election is still up for grabs, but the selections may be crystalizing. Four days with no computer has left me grappling impressionistically with the 12-person field, but things are looking slightly more clear.  Thanks to Davcoh…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Like so many, I have been struggling with the Syrian dilemma of strike/no strike, reflected in my previous blog .  Congressman John Tierney, speaking to the New England Council yesterday morning, spoke of his own struggle to “do the right…