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The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Not much has changed with the Supreme Court ruling that the challenge to Texas’ affirmative action policy should go back to the lower court for “strict scrutiny” to be applied.  Strict scrutiny means that universities will have to…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. It was originally post on June Last night’s Senate debate between Democrat Ed Markey and Republican Gabriel Gomez was a schoolyard scramble to see who could make the “old and stale” label stick. Gomez says it’s Markey who’s old and stale because…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. There was a time when former Congressman Barney Frank said you couldn’t pay him enough for sitting on a panel with Karl Rove.  As it turns out, he mused, “you can.”  Frank is doing well on the speaking…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s on blog. The last time I reviewed a Huntington Theatre production,    it was M for miserable.  The current play is T for terrific.  Run, do not walk, to see Rapture, Blister, Burn, the Huntington Theatre production at the Calderwood Pavilion at the…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Check it out. It’s easy to think of ourselves as thoughtful deliberative voters with no single litmus issue for judging a candidate, but that theoretical criterion came up short last night in the final moments of the Senate debate…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Shootings, muggings, fires, crashes, sports and weather–  all the stuff of local television.  Then there are the Kirby Perkins A+ scholarship segments. Kirby was a Channel 5 reporter who especially  loved politics and sports. The station’s “High Five” series…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Former State Senate President Billy Bulger used to joke that, when he died, he wanted to be buried at St. Augustine’s because he could still remain politically active.  Now, thanks to State Auditor Suzanne Bump and Tuesday’s report on…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. When the Boston marathon was bombed, we all shared the grief and noted that “We are Boston.”  So, too, when the capital city selects a new mayor, the people of Greater Boston, not just its voting residents, have a stake…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Lieutenant Tim Murray is one lucky dude.  You might say he has escaped with his life.  The affable former three-term mayor of Worcester has never been able to elude the bad karma surrounding his mysterious early morning car…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Brron’s own blog. Senator John McCain is in Boston today to support Republican Gabriel Gomez’ bid for the U.S. Senate race.  Gomez, a former Navy SEAL,  is expected to step up his attacks on Democratic Congressman Ed Markey for being soft…