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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…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Two down, two to go. Days, that is, of the Republican National Convention. I’m not watching gavel to gavel. I have a life. But, as a political junkie, I’m drawn to watch the evening activities, as deplorable…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was way out of line in her scathing criticism of Donald Trump. Three times in the last week, she let it be known she can’t imagine this country under a president Trump, She called…
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