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The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Some fans are burning jerseys to protest San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick’s decision to sit and not stand for the National Anthem to protest inequitable treatment of blacks in America. He wants to call attention to racial injustice and police…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. With Labor Day around the corner, I’m indulging in reading rather than writing. In my last blog posting, I shared some of the fiction I’ve read this summer. In today’s blog are some non-fiction suggestions, a mixed bag.…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Campaign 2016 has become intolerable, even for this confirmed political junkie. I won’t go into why. You know what I’m talking about. So, in the interest of sanity, it has become increasingly important to savor the baseball, books…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. “How many parents here want their kids to grow up to be welders?” House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer asked yesterday morning’s gathering of The New England Council. Not a hand went up. But Hoyer had a point to make.…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. It’s staggering that millions of voters are prepared to vote for Donald Trump with less information on what’s under his hood than they would ever accept from a used car salesman. Since Watergate days when Richard Nixon sought to…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons Barron’s own blog. If you’re an executive for one of the big guys, like EMC or Boston Scientific, or if you depend on the support of the big guys, as does the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, you’re probably pretty happy…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Last night’s historic moment almost seemed anti-climactic. I had shed my tears at the historic milestone when Hillary Clinton had clinched the Democratic nomination. I held my breath for weeks thereafter until Bernie Sanders had endorsed her, making it…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Will Hillary Clinton get the post-convention bump she needs to reassure even her anxious supporters and would-be donors that she can win in November? Tonight will determine that. Days one through three have set the table, but they won’t necessarily matter…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Stock market and share prices are near record highs. At the same time, Republicans and Democrats alike bemoan a sluggish recovery that has left too many behind. As delegates gather in Philadelphia this week, I wonder how…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons Barron’s own blog. Bernie Sanders has been saying for eight months that the Democratic National Committee rigged the primary system. He also has long said that, in the interest of fair play, DNC Chair Florida Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz should…
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