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The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons- Barron’s own blog. Remember their daring performances on the bars or balance beam, in the vault or on the floor. All championship accomplishments. But their Olympic gold medal-winning performances are nothing compared to the bravery shown by Simone Biles, Aly…
Read More »In recognition of the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, here are some items on those events that have appeared on this website: Notes from September 11, 2001 By Richard Howe (on Sept 11, 2011) Within days of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, I sat down with a pencil…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. In the early morning of September 11, 2001, a small group of lawyers, engineers, contractors, developers, and architects gathered for a communications seminar on crisis management at the Seaport Hotel in downtown Boston. Their objective was to consider…
Read More »The Lowell Review Several writers featured in Trasna (2020) have been included in a new annual publication, The Lowell Review. Copies of The Lowell Review are available for purchase, or online through Richardhowe.com. Below are selections from those Trasna pieces included in the 2021 edition with selections from 2020. We…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons Barron’s own blog. Nat King Cole’s “lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer” linger on, offering precious time for reading and musing. Today I offer some non-fiction selections. Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest by Suzanne Simard is…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons Barron’s own blog. Summer remains the perfect time to kick back and experience the pleasures of reading. There’s still plenty of time to extend the season. The Four Winds by Kristen Hannah packed a huge emotional wallop. By the author of The…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. There is no pretty way to lose a war, but the chaotic exit from Afghanistan over the past week has been particularly disturbing, especially for short-term political optics and long-term shameful treatment of those who risked their lives to help…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons Barron’s own blog. Andrew Cuomo’s well crafted resignation speech proves once again you can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear. The speech was outwardly everything a PR person could recommend when spinning such a deplorable situation, except…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Any-reason absentee voting, expanded early voting, drop boxes, all designed to limit exposure to COVID-19, all worked to enhance Massachusetts voter turnout for the 2020 election. 3.7 million – 76 percent of those registered – turned out, the…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. When it comes to securing voting rights, rhetorical flourish will go only so far. At his eulogy for civil rights icon John Lewis last year, former President Obama waxed eloquent in support of comprehensive legislation. Last week in…
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