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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…
Read More »Earlier today on Facebook, Chath Piersath, a writer, poet, teacher, activist, and artist (and farmer in the region), posted a ringing statement about his optimism as a man in America. Chath has contributed to this blog in the past, so I asked him if I could reprint his thoughts here.…
Read More »The memories of the Kennedys are touched today on this anniversary of the wedding of Jacqueline Lee Bouvier and John Fitzgerald Kennedy. The couple was married in 1953 in historic St. Mary’s Church in Newport, Rhode Island in a ceremony presided over by Richard Cardinal Cushing, Archbishop of Boston. The…
Read More »This morning I attended the Inaugural Lowell House, Inc. “Celebrating Recovery” Breakfast at the UML/Inn & Conference Center. The nearly 400 attendees heard Lowell House CEO Bill Garr and from both Governor Charlie Baker and Department of Public Health Commissioner, Dr. Monica Bharel. Garr made it clear that the Lowell…
Read More »Greater Lowell Area Democrats (GLAD) back from a summer break, anticipating the Mass Dems convention next week and eager to talk politics – will meet this coming Saturday morning September 12, 2015 at 8:00am/SHARP in the Independence Grill of the Radisson Hotel in Chelmsford. Please note this is earlier in…
Read More »Here we go again. Labor Day is near, and the four-year presidential election cycle will shift into high gear. For months, we had media reports of candidates tromping through the hills and valleys of our neighbor state New Hampshire. I’ve written about this before, but I have to repeat that…
Read More »Senator Edward M. “Ted” Kennedy of Massachusetts died on this day – August 25, 2009. Known as the “Lion of the Senate,” Democrat Ted Kennedy was a staunch liberal who was elected to Congress nine times, spearheading many legislative reforms. From the U. S. Senate History: “Elected at age 30…
Read More »We’re well into the contest for a new president, who will be selected in about 15 months. With a two-term president wrapping up his term and his vice-president apparently not going to run, the scene is pretty much a free-for-all, which we don’t often see. There’s no presumptive nominee among…
Read More »Religious intolerance is often fanned by fear and falsehood. We need to know the history, learn from the mistakes… from our archive… Convent Sacked and Burned in Charlestown, Massachusetts ~ August 12, 1834 August 12, 2013 by Marie Posted in History, Politics Leave a Comment Whatever our religious leanings or lack…
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