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The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons Barron’s own blog. Most Vice-Presidential debates are a two-day story, quickly forgotten. I hope that this one follows suit. Viewers who appreciated the largely civil tone of the debaters appear to rate it  largely a draw, with a slight edge…

The entry below is b eing cross posted from Marjorie Arons Barron’s own blog. Fresh Water for Flowers by Valerie Perrin, translated from a 2018 French publication, is a delicately developing mysterious story about people who are a little offbeat but emerge as complex and interesting characters. The principal character, Violette Toussaint,…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons Barron’s own blog. Jack Rennie, Chairman and CEO of Pacer Systems, Inc, was a genial and successful businessman in Massachusetts who found his purpose in life not infinitely expanding his corporate interests but in educating the workforce necessary to grow…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons Barron’s own blog. Tuesday night’s debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President (and convicted felon) Donald Trump put a smile on the face of anyone who has ever felt degraded or dismissed as weak, inconsequential or otherwise put…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons Barron’s own blog. The nights are cool, but the days are warm enough to still qualify as summer. So here are two novels to tempt you. Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon is an historically inspired and riveting novel about Martha Ballard, a…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons Barron’s own blog Kamala Harris easily achieved her minimalist goal of responding to those wondering whether she could do an unscripted interview, without the benefit of a teleprompter, the hoopla of the national convention, backup pop stars, cascading balloons, and…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons Barron’s own blog. Kamala Harris may have started her speech Thursday night as the little girl inspired by her mother to be anything she wanted to be, urged on by mommy to “do something” to challenge injustice, but the Democratic…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons Barron’s own blog. I have covered Republican and Democratic national conventions from New York to Kansas City, but I’ve never seen a first night as electric as that which I viewed on television last evening.  I did not take notes,…