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The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Wanted: Smart, courageous,  savvy individual for temporary posting. Location: United States Senate. Experience: track record of experience in complicated political settings with record of success in achieving goals.  Education: longtime immersion in complicated policy challenges with particular expertise…

Last night I had the honor of attending the ceremony at the State House in Boston in which Secretary of State. William Galvin swore into office Middlesex North Register of Deeds, Richard Howe, Jr. I have been in the State House numerous times before yet its beautiful design and architecture…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Check it out too. That clanking sound you hear is that of the proverbial can getting kicked down the road.  That can is the much-needed solution to the federal debt.  This week’s “solution” was not a solution at all. At…

Here are a three views of Lowell during Saturday’s snow storm which created slippery driving and walking conditions. These videos were originally posted by memorize67.

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Watching dysfunctional Washington is profoundly, naggingly depressing, leaving one having to work hard to count our blessings, of which there are assuredly many. Typically, those blessings are related to home, hearth and health, family and friends. Against the…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Check it out. Long-term Congressman Ed Markey’s announcement that he’ll run in a special election to fill Senator John Kerry’s Senate seat (once Kerry is confirmed for Secretary of State) starts the new campaign season (did the old…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. The NRA’s Friday press conference revealed the powerful organization to be utterly tone deaf when it comes to how to reduce violence and protect children. Do we need any more evidence of that than NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre’s…

The movie “It’s a Wonderful Life” has become so ingrained on our holiday culture that it is difficult to believe this delightful movie saw little success at the box office when it was first released in 1946. In fact in its initial release the film didn’t come even close to…

The entry below is being cross-posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. A WBUR poll this morning about who might run to fill John Kerry’s Senate seat if/when Kerry becomes Secretary of State showed an overwhelming preference for Scott Brown over former Governor Bill Weld for the GOP nomination.  A valedictory…