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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…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. President Barack Obama’s state-of-the-union speech was as much a liberal manifesto as I’ve heard in decades.  Not surprising then that so many of the talking heads take the speech as evidence that Obama is trying to move the…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons Barron’s own blog. City plows have made a token pass down our street, scooping out a rut the width of a sedan.  It will probably be tomorrow before we’re plowed and shovelled out. For now, the neighborhood is breathtakingly beautiful. Tranquil. Pristine.  No distant sounds from Route…

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As we sit and wait to see the full impact of today’s expected “Blizzard”, below is a look back at the storm of the century. The storm that those of use that lived through will never forget. In 1978 I was living on the first floor of a three family…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. I can remember the day when many, if not most, major Broadway shows opened in Boston for a test run.  West Side Story and South Pacific are just two that spring immediately to mind. (Others opened in Philadelphia or…

  Here are some of the reasons I think Scot Brown decided not to run in the special election to fill John Kerry seat in the US Senate: This would have been Browns third Senatorial campaign in two years.  Candidate energy, family strain and most importantly fundraising would have been…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons Barron own blog. Mea culpa.  On December 4, this very blog expressed the sense that Boston Mayor Tom Menino should hang it up. Quit while he was ahead. Yield to diminished physical capacity and rest on his laurels.  Accept congratulations…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. You’ll find it here. The scion of a multi-generational political dynasty, Massachusetts’ new fourth district congressman is youthful, charming, and unpretentious. He reflects an honest humility appropriate to someone who has been in Congress for just three weeks.  Speaking to this morning’s meeting…