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The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons Barron’s own blog. Score Boston Mayor Tom Menino:1; Boston Globe:0  on the proposal to bring the Olympics to Boston in 2024.  Opined an editorial, a chance to host the Olympics is “too rare to pass up without further consideration.”  Really? As…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Check it out. The announcement yesterday that the Boston Phoenix is ceasing publication marks the end of an era, an era of substantive, long-form journalism.  Jim Barron and I wrote for the paper back in the 1970′s.  It was…

St Patrick’s Church Bell Tower – Joe Connors playing “Danny Boy”. This video was origially posted by StPatrickLowell

I know this isn’t a sports blog, but I want to help ease the pain felt by some of my fellow New England Patriot fans caused by the departure of Wes Welker. I know, I may be in the minority, but I for one think it was time for the…

  OK …by now we all know that if the Cardinals fail to elected a new Pope, “black smoke” rises from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel and when they come to a consensus and select the new Pope “white smoke” rise from the famous chimney. But exactly how does…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Governor Patrick’s hopes for Massachusetts, delivered in his state-of-the-state address in January were big-picture, visionary, limitless in their possibilities – especially in transportation, education and tax reform. They were so big, in fact, they took your breath away.  His proposals focused…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. One need look no further than Joe Fitzgerald’s column in today’s Boston Herald to know why City Councillor John Connolly’s mayoral bid is such an uphill race.  Fitzgerald looks at Menino through his wife Angela’s eyes.  Angela is…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Senator Elizabeth Warren, in office for less than two months, remains a breath of fresh air.  She comes to the body with experience, intellect and relative sophistication for a newcomer to the club.  She has been there before but is now calibrating…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. It’s hard not to think positively of Cardinal Sean O’Malley’s being mentioned as a contender to succeed Pope Benedict.  Media interest (see Vatican reporter John Allen’s recap in the National Catholic Reporter about how Italian media have fueled…