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GRANDPARENTS ARE US! – Marilyn Armstrong

By Marilyn Armstrong on 07/07/2019 • ( 13 )

A Photo a Week Challenge: Grandparents 9-12-2013 Quincy, Mass 450 guests attended Seventh Annual Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall of Fame Luncheon held at the Boston Marriot Quincy Hotel. L. to R. are Marilyn Armstrong and her husband Hall of Fame former Channel… Read More ›

BEING AGAINST FORCED BUSING DOESN’T MEAN YOU OPPOSE INTEGRATION – Garry Armstrong

By Garry Armstrong on 07/02/2019 • ( 15 )

I was in the middle of what I honestly call the Boston busing fiasco. On center stage, it played as a racial divide between Boston’s white and minority communities. It played well in the media – especially national and international… Read More ›

BUSING FAILED. IT’S ABOUT TIME WE SAY SO – Marilyn Armstrong

By Marilyn Armstrong on 07/02/2019 • ( 22 )

Watching the Democratic riots (aka “debates”) the other night, I was surprised that Biden didn’t tell the real truth about busing. Because this is a subject with which we are intimately familiar here. Garry covered Boston’s busing crises and has… Read More ›

TOO EARLY TO BE DRINKING? – Garry Armstrong

By Garry Armstrong on 06/13/2019 • ( 35 )

I heard these lines recently in a movie. They made me laugh. “Isn’t it too early to be drinking?” he said. “No,” she said. ” I’m awake.” The line had stayed with me many years after the laughter faded, replaced… Read More ›

DITTO IN THE STATEHOUSE – Garry Armstrong

By Garry Armstrong on 05/15/2019 • ( 14 )

If you are a fan of John Ford’s movies, maybe you remember “Ditto” Boland (actor Edward Brophy), the funny character wearing a Hamburg hat in the “The Last Hurrah.” The real-life Ditto Boland, after the James Michael Curley years, became… Read More ›

TOM ELLIS: A TRIBUTE by George K. Regan, Jr.

By Garry Armstrong on 05/08/2019 • ( 9 )

Tom Ellis was a pillar in the media community. It’s hard to believe he’s gone. In celebration of his life, we are hosting “Tom Ellis, A Tribute,” tomorrow at The Seaport Hotel, Plaza Ballroom from 2-4 pm. I hope you… Read More ›

Meet William Barr, The Man You Never Got To Know

By Marilyn Armstrong on 04/09/2019 • ( 5 )

Originally posted on THE SHINBONE STAR:
William Barr during his 1991 confirmation hearing before the Senate Editor’s Note: First of two parts on U.S. Attorney General William Barr and his secret life with the CIA leading up to his first…

THE ” WAR OF THE WORLDS ” MYTH – BY ELLIN CURLEY

By Ellin Curley on 10/29/2018 • ( 26 )

I went to a presentation celebrating the 80th anniversary of Orson Welles’ 1938 radio broadcast of H.G. Wells’ “War of the Worlds”. The reason this particular broadcast has lived on in history and is still remembered and talked about today… Read More ›

A SURREAL DAY – Garry Armstrong

By Garry Armstrong on 10/12/2018 • ( 59 )

“This has to be one of the most surreal days in a surreal administration,” CNN Anchor Jake Tapper offered this assessment, opening the late afternoon segment of his newscast. Tapper was referring to rapper Kanye West’s bro-mance visit to the… Read More ›

There’s a new demographic, and you better pick a side – REBLOG – SHINBONE STAR

By Marilyn Armstrong on 10/05/2018 • ( 12 )

Originally posted on THE SHINBONE STAR:
Here in the United States of America, we’d grown accustomed to surveys and seeing our beliefs broken down demographically. We would eagerly pore over the results, which usually compared women vs. men; blacks vs.…

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