Current Events

My ability to predict the outcome of elections is as bad as my ability to predict football games. Here’s what I wrote this past Sunday morning: As for tonight’s [Super Bowl] game, I pick the Panthers. Since I’m making predictions, on Tuesday in New Hampshire, I think Donald Trump will…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog.   Suffolk University board members should be ashamed of  themselves. They are passing up the chance to put the school back on the map as a proud and storied urban university and a meaningful player in greater Boston’s civic…

Our electricity didn’t fail last night; neither did our roof. The wind was so violent by 9 p.m. that I didn’t think either would last. The National Weather Service observations from Hanscom Field in Bedford reports gusts up to 40 mph at that time, but from inside the house, the…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Brron’s own blog.   Halfway through his first term, the Mayor of Boston and the city are looking good.  Both Marty Walsh and the city have grown significantly over the past two years, as reflected in his State of the City speech…

Winter is Here Last week’s snow and today’s cold are a reminder that 60 degrees and sunshine are not the norm for winter in New England. The freezing rain on top of a couple of inches of snow created a real clean-up mess. I’ve never minded the cold although as…

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…