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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…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Today’s Globe story that a deal is near for developer John Rosenthal’s Fenway Center is good news for all concerned.  The idea that this project would have a 99-year lease on air rights over the Turnpike between Beacon Street and Brookline…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. The House has passed a budget.  The Senate has passed a budget.  But we’re not likely to get a budget, Congressman Michael Capuano told Monday’s New England Council breakfast meeting, because Congress is still kicking the can down…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Check it out. A civic or social welfare organization is not allowed to support political candidates of any stripe. Partisan activities are a no-no if a non-profit wants to preserve its federal tax exemption. But the law has…

Nothing like a video bike tour…this video was originally posted by Ratbas on YouTUbe. It is long, but if you skip around you’ll see some interesting views of the city.