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The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Did we really shift from a Biden-someone to a Warren-Castro to Harris-Buttigieg “winning” ticket overnight? Unlikely. We are at a blip in time. There’s a long way to go. Remember the lack of poll and pundit support Donald…
Read More »This post is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. So now, in time for the July 4th celebration of our democracy, the Supreme Court has ruled that elected officials shall pick their voters rather than the other way around. It’s probably a worse decision that Bush v. Gore…
Read More »A Lowell Story By Kendall Wallace LOWELL—This is a Lowell story about three guys who grew up in different Lowell neighborhoods, came from different backgrounds, pursued different careers, had a love for the city and have remained friends for more than 60 years. It struck me last week as the…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Despite our desire for a Trump-free ten days in Ireland, our President was on too many minds over there. Landing at Shannon Airport, we had to pass the VIP Lounge where just days before Trump and Irish Prime…
Read More »The summer meeting schedule of once every two weeks combined with end of the fiscal year administrative transfers have helped make this week’s City Council agenda one of the longest in a while. Although the City has reached an agreement on the voting law suit, the Executive Sessions, at the…
Read More »Today June 23, 2019 marked the opening of the 49th Annual Celebration Lowell Franco-American Week. Founded in 1970, the celebration emphasizes the Franco-American contributions to the City of Lowell. A variety of events from the City Hall flag raising and traditional dancing to a supper, family Bingo and a Soiree…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s blog. We hadn’t even finished unpacking from a vacation in Ireland when we were accosted by headlines that the Environmental Protection Agency has finalized its plans to undo years of modest progress on climate change, especially the Obama Clean Power Plan. The…
Read More »What happens in the nation’s capital does matter on the local level, in myriad ways. Peter Wehner served in the Reagan and two Bush presidential administrations. In the Washington Post newspaper, Peter Wehner offers his view of the lying liars occupying the White House at this time.
Read More »From the Facebook page of the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi: “Senate Majority Leader McConnell is so obsessed with blocking votes on commonsense solutions passed by the House, he’s taken to calling himself “the Grim Reaper.” But Americans are tired of waiting – they want action…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Tension grows between those clamoring to impeach President Trump now and those believing that, however warranted such a move is as a way to increase accountability, it could end up helping Donald Trump to a second term if…
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