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The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. When the Boston marathon was bombed, we all shared the grief and noted that “We are Boston.”  So, too, when the capital city selects a new mayor, the people of Greater Boston, not just its voting residents, have a stake…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Lieutenant Tim Murray is one lucky dude.  You might say he has escaped with his life.  The affable former three-term mayor of Worcester has never been able to elude the bad karma surrounding his mysterious early morning car…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Brron’s own blog. Senator John McCain is in Boston today to support Republican Gabriel Gomez’ bid for the U.S. Senate race.  Gomez, a former Navy SEAL,  is expected to step up his attacks on Democratic Congressman Ed Markey for being soft…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Today’s Globe story that a deal is near for developer John Rosenthal’s Fenway Center is good news for all concerned.  The idea that this project would have a 99-year lease on air rights over the Turnpike between Beacon Street and Brookline…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. The House has passed a budget.  The Senate has passed a budget.  But we’re not likely to get a budget, Congressman Michael Capuano told Monday’s New England Council breakfast meeting, because Congress is still kicking the can down…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Check it out. A civic or social welfare organization is not allowed to support political candidates of any stripe. Partisan activities are a no-no if a non-profit wants to preserve its federal tax exemption. But the law has…

Nothing like a video bike tour…this video was originally posted by Ratbas on YouTUbe. It is long, but if you skip around you’ll see some interesting views of the city.

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron own blog. It wasn’t enough to decimate the core of what was Al Qaeda in 2001.  The landscape in certain hospitable countries like Yemen and Syria is now dotted with Al Qaeda offshoots and affiliates.  And, for the last eight years,…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. “Our credibility in one place affects our credibility in another,” Secretary of State John Kerry told about 20 members of the Association of Opinion Journalists in a briefing Monday at the State Department. Syria’s use of sarin gas…

Below is a repost of something I wrote on this day last year. While I would never say that I miss the Soviet Union, I do miss the clarity that came with having a single identifiable adversary in the world. May 1st was always a day on which workers celebrated…