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The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. It’s good to know that, when we’re tired of the political vitriol and the rantings of Sarah Palin as she insists she is being “blood libeled,” we can turn for sport to the most recent iteration of the…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. People continue to cast about to identify lessons learned and take-away “to do” agenda items in the wake of last Saturday’s shooting rampage in Tucson. The overarching theme has been the need to dial back the hatred that…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Is this a wakeup call? Is it wrong to look at the unspeakably tragic shootings in Arizona as an opportunity to call for the toning down of political rhetoric and the return of civility to public discourse? I…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Check it out. Often, elected officials vote yea in committee and nay on final passage of a bill so they can have it both ways. How many officials, elected or appointed, can you name who have done a complete,…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Governor Deval Patrick is nothing if not a good speaker, and his inaugural address today was no exception. It was sobering, as appropriate to the times, yet inspiring, as appropriate to the occasion. He touched on, but didn’t…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. My colleague Tom Waseleski, editorial page editor of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, always prepares for New Year’s Day an aspirational list of headlines from which we could all benefit. Here, with my own imprint, are the headlines I’d like…

Maybe its me…but I got a kick out of this “music video” posted by a man sitting in his Dracut home alone while his wife is out shopping. Here is how the poster, raygoshay1400 describes the video: What’s a guy to do when his woman abandons him to go shopping?…

Here is a video of a large Christmas light display in Tewksbury taken by Citizen Journalist ammoguy5.

Saturday Night Live opened last weekends show with this hilarious skit about Christmas wishes.

Last night I watched the Charlie Rose Show and saw a great interview with Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale and David O. Russell talking about The Fighter. All three had some interesting observation about the City of Lowell and the real life characters in the movie. Rose skillfully put the three…