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Welcome to the new format for richardhowe.com which is a custom design by Lowell’s own Stellar Web Studios. We will continue to bring you the steady stream of new posts that has characterized the site but the new format will also make it easier to locate and retrieve past content.…

Today is the inaugural edition of the Boston Globe’s new weekly political section called “Capital” which the Globe describes as “the week in politics and the issues.” I’m impressed. The twelve page section is packed with substance including news stories, opinion pieces, graphs and photographs. While there are a few…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Driving past Newtown, Connecticut this past weekend was a reminder of how virtually nothing has been accomplished since the slaughter of little children at Sandy Hook School in Newtown, Connecticut a year and a half ago.  The Stop Handgun…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. A ten-game losing streak.  The worst in decades. A string of injuries as long as your sore arm. Still, it’s too soon to panic.  At least, that’s what I keep telling myself. We’re still weeks away from my…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Former state rep and state senator Warren Tolman, whose bid for state attorney general has the backing of four former AG’s, has always said he was taking candidate Maura Healey seriously, and well he should. While Tolman, who previously ran…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. At least 16 Democrats will not seek reelection to the House of Representatives this fall. No surprise there, given that they are outnumbered 233 to 200 (with two vacant seats), and the Republican majority has no interest in…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Secretary of State John Kerry prompted a diplomatic gasp and a Ted Cruz hissy fit by warning of the dangers of apartheid if Israel and the Palestinians can’t achieve a workable two-state solution. Kerry’s private comment was uncharacteristically…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Reports of rape and sexual assault were up 50 percent last year, according to a Pentagon study released on Thursday.  What’s unclear is whether that reflects more reporting or more assaults.  And what of the record in bringing…