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On this day last year as the Kennedy legacy got a renewal with Ted Kennedy, Jr. elected to the State Senate in Connecticut and great-great grandson Joe Kennedy, III re-elected to his 4th CD seat in the US House of Representatives…we looked at the maternal side of the family to remember the life and…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Charlie Baker couldn’t be elected dog catcher as a Republican in wide red swaths of our country. For evidence, look at just the last 24 hours. Our Republican governor is expanding diversity in businesses contracting with the state, widening…
Read More »Greater Lowell Area Democrats (GLAD) always eager to talk politics, strategies and grassroots efforts– will meet tomorrow ~ Saturday October 17, 2015 at 8:00am in the Independence Grill of the Radisson Hotel in Chelmsford. Greater Lowell Area Democrats Regular Breakfast Meeting Saturday October 17, 2015 at 8:00 AM *At the Independence…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Hillary Clinton is back, in large part because debate preparation matters. And she does it well. The woman who has been dogged by questions about her failure to use separate servers for official and personal purposes…
Read More »It’s official! Greater Lowell Area Democrats announce that the 2015 Distinguished Democrat will be Roger Lau. Well-known to Democrats – especially Democratic activists across the Commonwealth and beyond – Roger currently serves as State Director for U. S. Senator Elizabeth Warren. Lau has served as a congressional and senate staffer as well…
Read More »Here’s a voting season special event. Be reminded of the legacy of civic involvement by the progeny of the founders of democracy in old Greece. “Politics in the Polis: Greek-American Participation in Lowell Elections” is a public program set for Thursday, Oct. 8, 7 pm, in the auditorium, room 222,…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. No news here: People are increasingly fed up with Washington, with the political parties and with politicians. Three quarters of the American people disapprove of Congress, and the favorability rating of that august body ranges from 14 percent to…
Read More »On behalf of my colleagues at the richardhowe.com blog, I want to share our condolences and thoughts today with our senior editor and publisher, Dick Howe, Jr., and his entire family. Mr. Howe, Sr., will be remembered as an exemplary family man, excellent attorney, Lowell champion, star baseball player, and…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Would Donald Trump tone down his junior high school playground bombast? Or, for that matter, would he say anything substantive in response to a policy question? Would Jeb Bush show some “cojones” in confronting Trump? Would Carly Fiorina…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. When late CBS newsman Daniel Schorr was asked about his move from radio to television, he reportedly observed, “If you can fake sincerity, you’ve got it made.” It’s in that spirit, and mindful of her declining poll…
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