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The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Most of us probably find ourselves somewhere around the center of contemporary political thought, whether it’s to the right of center or left of center. Our movement in elections often determine outcomes, and we’re usually out of touch with…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Tonight’s televised benign if mildly tense debate between Charlie Baker and Martha Coakley was clearly a draw, which may have been the defensive  objective of all concerned. Comfortably  moderated by WGBH talk show hosts Jim Braude and Margery Eagan,…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. The best baseball book of 2002 was Boston Herald reporter Howard Bryant’s Shut Out: A Story of Race and Baseball in Boston.  Even growing up with the Red Sox, until reading the book years ago at the insistence…

Ken Kesey’s Electric Cool-Aid Acid Test Bus arrived Wednesday night along with Zane Kesey and his Merry Pranksters.  Photos by Tony Sampas.

Grand Opening, 2.30 pm, Today University Crossing will serve as a hub for the UMass Lowell campus, at the crossroads of North, East and South campuses and the community. The 230,000-square-foot University Crossing student engagement center will celebrate its grand opening on Tuesday, Sept. 16 at 2:30 p.m. Students, faculty,…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Democratic gubernatorial candidate state treasurer Steve Grossman has  narrowed the gap between Attorney General Martha Coakley and him, but it’s unclear if he can make up a remaining 12-point deficit in the last two weeks before the state primary. Right…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barrons own blog. Islamic extremists yesterday posted a video purporting to show the beheading of GlobalPost.com photojournalist James Foley, a New Hampshire native in Syria nearly two years ago.  U.S. intelligence is still not confirming the grizzly death as of 7 a.m. this…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Who would have thought that so much of Boston would be abuzz about the new music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra?  The arrival of director (designate until September) Andris Nelsons at the BSO’s Tanglewood Music Center (TMC), the…