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The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. It took more than two centuries for the United States to have its first woman representing a major party as its presumptive presidential nominee. Last night, when it happened, when history was made, it was deeply affecting. To…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Jim Braude and Barbara Anderson Supporters and opponents of the late anti-tax advocate Barbara Anderson gathered Sunday in Randolph to remember her good natured individualism, civic activism, political savvy, professionalism and not insignificant success in lowering the tax burden…
Read More »Shootout for Soldiers uses lacrosse to connect local veterans with their community and to support their healthy and successful transition into civilian life. This year’s Shootout for Soldiers Boston will take place this coming weekend, Friday, June 3, and Saturday, June 4, at UMass Lowell’s Cushing Field. The event will…
Read More »Lowell Walks will do two separate evening tours next week: Wednesday, June 1, 2016 at 5:30 p.m. at Lowell Community Health Center, 161 Jackson Street as part of the JAMBRAREE celebration. This tour will be of the Jackson, Middlesex and Appleton Street district. The tour will be co-led by me…
Read More »This is the second of a series of columns by John Edward, who teaches economics at Bentley and UMass Lowell, on economic issues related to the upcoming presidential election. The first column, “The 100 Percent,” appeared on May 16, 2016. Here is the simple formula for “making America great again.”…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Gonzalo Gallegos Polls make it clear that the American public is way ahead of Congress in supporting normalization of relations and reopening trade with Cuba. But positive numbers from several polls don’t mean that the normalization process will be easy or fast. That…
Read More »This is the first of a series of columns by John Edward, who teaches economics at Bentley and UMass Lowell, on economic issues related to the upcoming presidential election: Quiz question: What percentage of Americans pay taxes? Remember presidential candidate Mitt Romney writing off the “Forty-seven percent of Americans [who]…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons Barron’s own blog. Massachusetts is a world-class laggard when it comes to public support of the arts, and things could get even worse. The Massachusetts House just cut funding for the Mass. Cultural Council (MCC) by $2 million, to $12.2 million. (Originally, House…
Read More »The entry below is being cross-posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Storm clouds gathered over Serengeti, New York. The weaver birds and bee-eaters stopped their day’s work and gathered nervously in the limbs of the acacia trees. Even the flamingos out on Lake Nakuru stopped their soaring flight and…
Read More »The enter below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron. Secure the checkpoints. Close the borders. Keep all Muslims out. Is anyone surprised to hear such calls from Donald Trump? The unspeakable horrors of the terrorist bombings today in Brussels strikes fear in all our hearts. We’re coming up on…
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