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The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. “All politics is loco,” Senator Ed Markey told a gathering of the New England Council on Monday, paraphrasing a favorite saying of House Speaker Tip O’Neill of Cambridge. Just part of the craziness this week is the President’s…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Sitting at Fenway Park last week got me to thinking about the mystique of what used to be American’s #1 pastime. The beloved image is of a warm summer night, a gentle breeze blowing the American flag in…
Read More »Poems for Today by Chath pierSath These four poems by Chath pierSath, a past contributor to this blog, were written in response to recent headlines and the larger global conversation about means and ends. Chath is known for is writing about current affairs and historical matters. As an engaged artist,…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. The azaleas, daffodils and hyacinths are blooming; Passover and Easter celebrate rebirth. Spring blooms, however, are evanescent. We look for more lasting signs of hope, especially in the chaotic political world around us. Dare we see this as…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. I’ve never been a fan of Chuck Schumer. I find him frequently ineffectual and sometimes fatuous. But in the current intraparty squabble among Democrats about advancing this week’s Continuing Resolution, I regret to say he and nine other…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. A Woman of No Importance by Sonia Purnell is a wonderful biography about an extraordinary woman who played a key role in the defeat of the Nazis in the 1940’s, a woman of courage and powerful leadership skills, a woman…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons Barron’s own blog. January 20, 2025. The sun is shining, but it gives no warmth. The air is frigid, and we’re told that it’s going to be getting much colder. Irrespective of changing seasons, things might be consistently unpleasant for…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Majorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Polls show that two thirds of Americans are mentally exhausted and taking a break from a steady diet of news consumption. Count me among them, at least aspirationally. Since the election, mainstream newspapers, cable and network news have bled readers…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons Barron’s own blog. Former Massachusetts Attorney General Francis X. Bellotti is dead at 101. One of my first interviews with him, shown to the left, with my six-year-old son Daniel Arons looking on, was in 1973 at a local political…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons Barron’s own blog. Sorry, folks, but I just don’t buy the argument that it was fine for Joe Biden to have pardoned son Hunter not just for the tax evasion and gun charges for which he was convicted but for…
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