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The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. The initial images of the Sochi winter Olympics – tap water the color of urine, treacherous unfinished sidewalks, bathroom doors that wouldn’t open, failed opening night electronic display – have given way to images of skiers doing death-defying summersaults…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Shirley Temple was three years old back in the 1930′s when she started her performance career. She achieved major league stardom between the ripe old ages of six and 11. With her curly hair and twinkly eyes, she…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Claps for the Boston Sunday Globe’s photojournalism spread by Mary Beth Meehan showing the pattern of violence in New Bedford against Mayan Guatemalans. They fled the war in Guatamela and came here for peace and opportunity, but they’re being beaten…
Read More »Fifty years ago on February 9, 1964 the Beatles appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show. Their performance is a part of music history. Two years after the Sullivan performance, the Beatles came to Massachusetts. It was 1966 and I was fifteen years old…and I loved the Beatles (as I still…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. We believe in informed consent. What about informed dissent? The New Hampshire Union Leader recently reported that Granite State legislators will consider a proposal to allow voters unhappy with their choice of candidates to mark their ballots for…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. No mistake about it. Woody Allen’s latest movie, Blue Jasmine, was deserving of an Oscar nomination, especially for Cate Blanchett’s performance. Allen also recently won lifetime achievement recognition in the Golden Globes. This is more troubling. Allen is…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted fromMarjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. If Boston Mayor Marty Walsh can avoid giving away the store in the next rounds of union negotiations, he’ll save some money to help fund some of his promised initiatives. He avoided discussion of the challenge of union money demands this morning when he laid out his…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Women have always played an important role in service to the community and to the Catholic Church. They are at the helm in various Catholic hospital systems, universities and foundations. The great unanswered question for many women is whether they…
Read More »On January 29, 1963, Robert Frost, my favorite poet died. Many years ago, in a 9th grade Literature class, a football coach/English Teacher “forced” me to memorize one of his poems ….I thank that man even today, since the poem has been my favorites ever since. I hope you enjoy…
Read More »The enter below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. The media have taken the measure of the man: Chet Curtis was a prince. Smart, caring, funny, calm and comfortable. No argument there. Chet had many “princely” trappings – a huge salary for the time, what seemed to…
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