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The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons Barron’s own blog. It started with three sites. Now there are three dozen more places where auto workers have gone on strike, seeking a better contract. They follow by months the many writers and actors striking the entertainment industry for…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons Barron’s own blog. Facing 2024 elections, GOP strategists have come to understand the widespread anger spurred by their opposition to letting women control their own bodies. The issue is galvanizing voters, so Republicans want to seek a new name for the pro-life…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons Barron’s own blog. Yes, it’s past Labor Day, but it’s still summer weather. And, while the calendar is getting more cluttered, it’s still easy to cling to the image of long walks in the sunshine, leisurely reading and cold soups…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons Barron’s own blog. Going Back to T-Town: The Ernie Fields Territory Big Band by Boston journalist Carmen Fields is a memoir of her father, trombonist, pianist, music arranger and band leader of the Ernie Fields Big Band. The saga covers many of…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons Barron’s own blog. He wasn’t there in person, but Donald Trump was the big winner at the GOP’s 2024 primary debate. In a display of cowardice and moral corruption, six of the eight candidates said that they would vote for…
Read More »The entry below ia being cross posted from Marjorie Arons Barron’s own blog. met Benjamin Netanyahu some 40 years ago at a small dinner at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. I saw him again at a larger event, an impassioned speech on terrorism. It was just after he founded an…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons Barron’s own blog. The Nazi’s Granddaughter: How I Discovered My Grandfather was a War Criminal by Sylvia Foti was the fulfillment of a pledge Foti made to her dying mother to write a memoir of the author’s highly esteemed grandfather, Lithuanian general…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons Barron’s own blog. This week marks the 50th anniversary of hip hop music, and many platforms, including National Public Radio and the New York Times, are celebrating the phenomenon. For those of us immersed in or more comfortable with Beethoven, the…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Trump and his acolytes are whining across media platforms that Tuesday’s grand jury indictment of Donald Trump is a violation of his First Amendment rights. The villains, they complain, are the weaponization of the Department of Justice and…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted frtom Marjorie Arons Barron’s own blog. Reading books year-round is life-enhancing, but reading in summertime seems especially to be savored. Here are some non-fiction selections. The First Kennedys: The Humble Roots of an American Dynasty by Neal Thompson will fascinate anyone intrigued by the immigrant experience, Irish…
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