Menu
The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. President Obama said again today that Israel has a right to defend itself against the 1500 missiles Hamas has recently lobbed from Gaza into Israel and tunnel incursions to kill and capture Israeli citizens. But this morning he expressed concern…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. A sovereign nation must be able to control its borders. The United States cannot simply throw open the gates and let anyone come in, even children. That said, there needs to be a humane approach to the nearly…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Who would have thought that so much of Boston would be abuzz about the new music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra? The arrival of director (designate until September) Andris Nelsons at the BSO’s Tanglewood Music Center (TMC), the…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. When the cat’s away, the mice will play. In terms of congressional financing, the cat is public disclosure. Given the do-nothing Congress’ indifference to its abysmal public image, I probably shouldn’t be shocked that the House has just…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. For real escape through summer reading, there’s no substitute for fiction. Here are a few books worth sharing. My top read this past year was The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt. A 13-year-old boy in Manhattan survives a terrorist…
Read More »Here are some interesting facts about July 4th, 1776 and the Declaration of Independence. There were actually 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence. Individual delegates signed the Declaration of Independence at different times, some as late as August 1776. The only three confirmed to have signed on July 4,…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Every summer I offer up some of the books I’ve read in the past year and happily invite readers’ recommendations to me. I’m always on the prowl for a good read. This summer’s book review will be in…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Ann Coulter must have been hit on the head by a soccer ball, and it was no planned header. Her recent column , a screed against the sport and America’s growing interest in it, seems unhinged. She asserts…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Question for gubernatorial candidate Martha Coakley: if you knew that the legitimacy of the casino repeal referendum would end up at the Supreme Judicial Court regardless of how you decided on its constitutionality and you’re supposedly fine with its being…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. photo NY Daily News I rarely agree with (Wisconsin GOP Congressman) Paul Ryan, but in this recent kerfuffle over “lost” IRS emails, he struck a responsive chord. Speaking to Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen at a House…
Read More »