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The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Philando Castile. Alton Sterling. Lorne Ahrens. Michael Krol. Michael Smith. Brent Thompson. Patrick Zamarripa. Seven men shot and killed last week. Seven senseless deaths, all speaking in one way or another to the racism laced through relations…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. As one analyst put it, Hillary was not indicted but she was convicted in the court of public opinion. Of extreme carelessness in handling emails. Of setting up a private, nonsecure server in her home and using it…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Bill Clinton makes me want to tear my hair out. He often makes me want to take a shower. Hillary can’t fire him, but can someone put him under adult supervision? For many, the choice in 2008 between…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. It’s hard not to be elated by the Supreme Court’s five-to-three ruling today on the Texas abortion law H.B.2. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said it all in her one paragraph concurring opinion. The law dictated that an…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons Barron’s own blog. Fasten your seatbelts. The ride’s going to get even bumpier. A word that few on this side of the pond had heard six months ago may portend greater troubles in the United States. Brexit, shorthand for the…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. photo LA Times It’s hard to get one’s mind around the horror of the worst mass shooting in the nation’s history. There seems to have been a perfect storm, with multiple factors coming together to carry out this…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Tom Menino, the self-styled urban mechanic, held the office of Boston Mayor an historic 21 years by making the city work for people, at least for most people. Charlie Baker, whose favorability ratings as governor of Massachusetts reach…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. It took more than two centuries for the United States to have its first woman representing a major party as its presumptive presidential nominee. Last night, when it happened, when history was made, it was deeply affecting. To…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Jim Braude and Barbara Anderson Supporters and opponents of the late anti-tax advocate Barbara Anderson gathered Sunday in Randolph to remember her good natured individualism, civic activism, political savvy, professionalism and not insignificant success in lowering the tax burden…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons Barron’s own blog. All three presidential candidates are pandering to voters on trade rather than educating them to the complexity of the issue. Demagoguing it, Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders simplistically blame trade pacts for disappearing jobs and dimmed future prospects. Back…
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