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While looking for something else on my computer, I came across this article I wrote back in January 2010 in the aftermath of Scott Brown’s election to the United States Senate. In the aftermath of Brown’s defeat this past Tuesday, I thought it might be worth a trip down memory…
Read More »The entry below is being cross-posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Massachusetts finally did it! It elected a woman to the U.S. Senate. And what a woman she is! After a miserable campaign start, in which she turned off even her supporters by appearing too prim, preachy, professorial and sometimes suffocatingly earnest,…
Read More »The following entry is being cross-posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. It was originally post on November 7, the day after the election. Last night’s outcome was clearcut and gratifying, but the future is as complicated as ever. President Obama performed beyond many expectations in the electoral votes, garnering nearly 100…
Read More »It was on this day, November 8, 1960, that John Fitzgerald Kennedy of Massachusetts was elected as the 35th President of the United States. He won against Republican candidate and then- Vice President Richard Nixon. Elected at the age of 43, Kennedy was the youngest man elected President; he was…
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