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The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Brilliant Irish satirist Jonathan Swift was said to have loved individuals but loathed mankind. Specifically, he wrote, “I hate and detest that animal called man, although I heartily love John, Peter, Thomas, and so forth.” In that…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Each year, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette editorial page editor Tom Waseleski prepares for the New Year an aspirational list of headlines. Each year, I shamelessly borrow the idea and herewith present my own suggestions, with precious little expectation that we will see…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. It’s that time of year: movie time. The industry wants its best products out before the New Year to compete in the Oscars. The only question for my husband, my sister and me is whether to go to…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Check it out. Sometimes the answer to who wins a debate lies in what sticks with you two days after the event. In the case of Tuesday’s CNN GOP Presidential debate out of Las Vegas, there were…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Members of the media may finally be falling out of love with Donald Trump. For months, they have been conduits for every outrageous hateful thing he has said, providing him millions of dollars worth of airtime for free…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. It has been nearly a century since the New York Times published an editorial on its front page. It didn’t do so during the Great Depression, the Holocaust or the Vietnam War. Today, in the wake of…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Finally, the bird gets even. This is clearly a step beyond the President’s annual commuting of the Thanksgiving turkey’s death sentence. “Turkey shoots down Russian warplane near Syrian border.” But no, it’s not the revenge of the…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Our friends in Paris are safe: “shocked, sad, anxious, but safe.” But also angry, en colère. A lot of their children’s friends and school mates were injured; a university friend, 21 years old, is dead. Here at home,…
Read More »This entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Tom Brady, who can execute with finesse virtually any move a quarterback could dream of, apparently can’t make the most basic of all moves, standing up and taking a position against domestic abuse. Asked in his weekly…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. The future lies ahead, but which candidate will embrace it? I want to share some analysis laid out this week at The New England Council. That venerable business organization has, with bipartisan support, lobbied for years for practical solutions to…
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