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The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Check it out. Mike Capuano is not apologetic about his belief in government. He doesn’t try to  cast himself as a progressive or any other adjective that cloaks his unabashed liberalism as anything other than what it is-…

Yesterday marked former president George H W Bush’s 88th birthday. The elder Bush is known as 41, since he was the 41st president as opposed to his son, 43.  Currently, Bush is staying at his summer home in Kennebunkport, Maine.  A close friend of Bush’s, film director Jeffrey Roth produced…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Check it out. Shortly after my blog criticizing New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s proposed ban on sugary drinks in containers of more than 16 oz, I read the Boston Globe’s Yvonne Abraham piece offering an alternative solution, and…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Aaron Deveau was only 17 when he crossed the center line while texting and killed Daniel Bowley, Jr. of New Hampshire, the father of three grown children. Deveau, now 18 years old, is the first person to be…

From the video description: The Mill City Triathlon is a great event held at the Lowell Beach on the Merrimack River in Lowell Massachusetts. The swim is an out and back in the Merrimack River. The bike course is a rolling course in Lowell and Tyngsboro followed by an an…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Be sure to check it out too. NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg yesterday urged the decriminalization of small amounts of marijuana.  This follows on the heels of last week’s move to ban the sale of sugary drinks in cups…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Check it out too. In 1978,  I was covering Republican U. S. Senator Ed Brooke’s reelection campaign for the Boston Phoenix.  Both on primary and election day,  I was glued to him. Where he went, I went.  Sometimes…

Here is another video taken during the recent shooting in Tewksbury of the new Adam Sandler movie, Grown Ups 2. This one shows Actor/Comedian Peter Dante signing autographs at Stadium Plaza. Danta is a friend of Sandlers who has been in most of the “Happy Madison” movies. This video was…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Check it out. Former football star Brian Banks of Long Beach, California got a really raw deal.  What happened to him is shocking and outrageous.  A stupid, unthinking woman accused him of rape. Except in 2003, Wanetta Gibson,15, was a stupid,…