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We’ve been posting my brief Christmas essay long enough that it has become a tradition on the blog, along with Henri Marchand’s essay about making fruitcake for the holidays. The piles and bags of oranges are prominent in the produce sections of local groceries and supermarkets this month. If you…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Congressional leadership of the Democratic Party is going to change. It’s not a question of whether but how and when. Despite the best efforts of North Shore Congressman Seth Moulton, who is spearheading the movement to depose former…
Read More »Today I’m thinking of Thanksgiving eves past – the hustle and bustle of setting up three dinner tables, the dishes, decor, who was expected, who would sit where, who got to sit in the dining room – never any question about where Papa and Bill would sit – even as…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. The following are suggestions from when I wasn’t fleeing the daily news into real fiction, as noted in my previous blog. I Was Told to Come Alone: My Journey behind the Lines of Jihad, a memoir by Washington Post…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. “I’m a capitalist to my bones,” Senator Elizabeth Warren this week told a New England Council audience of business leaders, adding, “We have to make markets strong so everyone can do better.” Addressing an arcane and often dry…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Massachusetts voters voted in 2016 to allow the growing and sale of marijuana for recreational purposes, and last week the state’s Cannabis Control Commission issued its first permit for a retail outlet. The doors are not yet open…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. The nickname for any Massachusetts Secretary of Administration and Finance is “Deputy Governor.” Jay Gonzalez, A & F Secretary under Governor Deval Patrick, wants to remove the “deputy.” He’s working hard to defeat lifelong activist and minister Bob…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. The creepiest image from Donald Trump’s announcement that he was withdrawing from the Iran deal was new NSA chief John Bolton’s looming presence as the president exited the podium. It’s too soon to tell whether Bolton will get…
Read More »I’ve always been a fan of former Lowell Mayor/ Lowell City Councilor Bill Martin. So, this Chris Scott interview with Bill in this current edition of LTC News was of interest. Twenty years ago he ran for State Rep to replace retiring Rep Ed LeLacheur… it was a crowded field…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. President Trump hints he wants the death penalty for drug traffickers. (He’s an unabashed admirer of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte.) Is the President calling for the death penalty for doctors prescribing Oxycontin, Percocet, morphine, and other pain killers? After all,…
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