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The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. GOP Governor Charlie Baker’s decision to opt out of a third-term election he’d probably have won is part of his appeal to the Massachusetts electorate. His disdain for the all-too-familiar despicable aspects of today’s political discourse has been…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons Barron’s own blog. Elections matter, and nowhere has this been clearer than in Wednesday’s Supreme Court hearing on abortion. Donald Trump (you remember the erstwhile lothario who was loudly pro-choice when he was openly sleeping around) pledged to name Supreme…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons Barron’s own blog. People are on the move this weekend, eager to celebrate what the pandemic prevented last year. Friends and families gather, grateful that they have survived, much as popular history recounts how the Pilgrims survived their first winter…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons Barron’s own blog. Boston’s mayors have influenced my life since I was four years old. A May baby, I had missed eligibility for kindergarten by a few days. Early on the first day of school, my mother learned that Mayor…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons Barron’s own blog. Friday’s job numbers and dip in unemployment to 4.6 percent might have made it easier for Democrats running in Tuesday’s elections in Virginia and New Jersey.  So, too, might earlier passage of the infrastructure bill and tentative…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons Barron’s own blog. The good news for Democrats is that the mid-term elections are still a year away. More troubling is how they will  respond to Tuesday’s wake-up call. Early signs are that the moderates and progressives in Congress, organized…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Baron’s own blog. If you’re feeling down, don’t read today’s blog.  After 35 years in journalism and still longer as an inveterate news junkie, I can barely read or watch the news these days.  I delayed posting, hoping for a shred…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons Barron’s own blog. Congressional Democrats appear to be circling the wagons and shooting inward. Their recent behavior is outrageous, worthy only of a schoolyard brawl, the result of which is far less tasty than a well-made legislative sausage. Many newly…

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…

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…