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The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Did we really shift from a Biden-someone to a Warren-Castro to Harris-Buttigieg “winning” ticket overnight? Unlikely. We are at a blip in time. There’s a long way to go. Remember the lack of poll and pundit support Donald…
Read More »This post is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. So now, in time for the July 4th celebration of our democracy, the Supreme Court has ruled that elected officials shall pick their voters rather than the other way around. It’s probably a worse decision that Bush v. Gore…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Despite our desire for a Trump-free ten days in Ireland, our President was on too many minds over there. Landing at Shannon Airport, we had to pass the VIP Lounge where just days before Trump and Irish Prime…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s blog. We hadn’t even finished unpacking from a vacation in Ireland when we were accosted by headlines that the Environmental Protection Agency has finalized its plans to undo years of modest progress on climate change, especially the Obama Clean Power Plan. The…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Tension grows between those clamoring to impeach President Trump now and those believing that, however warranted such a move is as a way to increase accountability, it could end up helping Donald Trump to a second term if…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barrons own blog. For people who believe in the inevitability of the progress of civilization, the last two to three years have been a tanker truck full of cold water. Global trends toward narrow-minded, border closing, mind numbing bigotry have been…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. First, it was the slurs against Mexicans; then the attempted ban on Muslims and the attack on all immigrants. Now it’s war against women. The latest salvo came in Alabama, with a virtual ban on abortions. Other red…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. I emerge from three weeks of flu, bronchitis and related maladies on World Press Freedom Day and want to take more than a moment to hail the work of so many journalists who put themselves on the line…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Baron’s own blog. Some of Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar’s comments are disconcerting at best, damaging and divisive at worst. Equally troubling, she is allowing herself to be used as a tool by Donald Trump to drive a wedge in the Democratic…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Apparently having their unvaccinated children barred from school since December wasn’t enough to persuade some New York area parents to get their kids inoculated against measles, mumps and rubella. So Rockland County, just north of Manhattan, has now…
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