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The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Donald Trump has left the White House. For 17 days. For a vacation in New Jersey. Is it safe to come out? Initially, I thought so. After Senators John McCain, Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski stood tall to…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. This is Old Home Week in Freedom, New Hampshire, population 1500. The town was incorporated in 1832 after it seceded from next-door Effingham in a dispute over whose taxes would pay for a bridge between the two. Freedom…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. History is often best revealed through the personal stories and relationships of individuals. So it is with these non-fiction books I’ve read of late. An Invisible Thread is a deeply personal memoir of two lives brought together by…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. On a rainy October-like day, there’s nothing like settling in with good fiction to escape from the Trumpian travails of our time. Here, in no particular order, are some of the books I’ve been reading over the past…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Finally, a good Russian story. No, not Vladimir Putin or lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya, who met with DJT, Jr. Instead, it was Daniil Trifonovv, the brilliant young pianist who thrilled audiences last week at Tanglewood Music Center, the summer…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons Barron’s own blog. photo Boston Globe Welcoming summer’s glories with friends in Ogunquit, listening languidly to waves lapping the rock-strewn sandy beach, long walks on the Marginal Way, lobster and steamers – life’s pleasures endure, despite the despicable political environment.…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. A wonderful reunion was held Thursday, a celebration of the 20-year history of John and Diddy Cullinane’s stewardship of Black & White Boston Coming Together. They have published a book commemorating the contribution of that organization and of…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Kirby Perkins was a Channel 5 reporter with a breadth of interests who especially loved politics and sports. The station’s “High Five” series of profiles has long celebrated high school athletes. But Kirby thought that academic performance…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Both House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Speaker Paul Ryan issued stirring calls to unity following the horrific shooting this week of Republican Congressman Steven Scalise and several others at an early morning softball practice in Virginia. At…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Majorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. I’ve written often that college students need to hear more, not fewer controversial points of view, that they need to learn how to function in the marketplace of ideas. That’s what college is all about and how kids…
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