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Four years ago, we posed this question in the days after the presidential election: “Is the American experiment in democracy equipped to survive a Trump presidency?” Our conclusion: “The American experiment in democracy will be tested, perhaps to its limits, in the comings weeks and months. But we must resolve that no one individual or administration— however distasteful—can compromise its future. Our republic is built of far sturdier stuff than that.”
Mayor Martin Walsh will be nominated to serve as the Secretary of Labor for the Biden-Harris administration, according to a report from Politico.
The report - which cites sources within the Biden transition team— follows months of speculation that the 53-year-old Boston mayor was a leading candidate for the president-elect's cabinet.
By Sean Smith, BostonIrish Contributor December 30, 2020
Sean Smith, BostonIrish Contributor
BCMFest (Boston Celtic Music Fest) will mark its 18th year this month by bringing some of Boston’s favorite Celtic music and dance performers to homes throughout the world – virtually speaking, that is.
One of the greatest things about the human condition is that we can dream. The past year has certainly seemed like more of a nightmare than a dream, but there is fresh hope as the new year dawns.
By Sean Smith, BostonIrish Contributor December 28, 2020
Sean Smith, BostonIrish Contributor
Boston-area singer Barbara Cassidy takes the big-picture view when it comes to winter: Sure, darkness comes early, the days are short, the weather outside is frightful, etc., etc., but the season has its virtues.