Only three of the 39 current members of the state Senate are Republicans. The GOP could literally caucus in a telephone booth. That’s how far the party has fallen, and it’s why a Republican victory might actually mean something.
To the Editor: Many of us were stunned last week when we learned with great sadness of the death of our former colleague and dear friend, Brian J. Donnelly, who passed away surrounded by his loving family at his home in East Dennis on Cape Cod. Thoughts immediately went back to the exciting summer of 1972. This was the year when more than two dozen candidates campaigned hard