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The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles (author of A Gentleman in Moscow) follows Emmett Watson, an 18-year-old just released from a juvenile work farm for accidentally causing the death of a fellow who had been bullying him. Having survived his…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. With spring, we’re all getting out more. But even with yard cleanup and planting, and longer walks to enjoy, there’s still time for the pleasures of reading. Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe is a full accounting of Purdue…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. The handwriting has been on the wall. We shouldn’t be surprised, but it’s still enraging. A draft SCOTUS opinion, written by Justice Samuel Alito and leaked to Politico, shows that the Supreme Court is poised to overturn the Roe…

In this short video from France, Kate Rex explores the French roots of Jack Kerouac’s mother.

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Some of you have read “The Greek Connection: The Life of Elias Demetracopoulos and the Untold Story of Watergate” by James H. Barron. Receiving critical acclaim internationally, my husband’s book, the product of ten years of research and writing, was…

In 1969, Tim Trask returned from the Vietnam War and took a job as a guard at Massachusetts Correctional Institute (MCI) Concord. The following post, and part 2 which follows tomorrow, are taken from his memoir about that experience. The first chapter of that work, Odysseus Wandering, appeared on this…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons Barron’ own blog. When was the last time that mainstream media paid this much attention to black-on-black violence? For much of the past week, the Academy Awards historic incident has been the top story in broadcast and print media. The…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. “Will no one rid me of this meddlesome priest?” King Henry II is said to have muttered out loud, grumbling about Thomas a Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury. Henry wasn’t ordering anyone to whack the troublesome Becket, but four…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. The hypocrisy of Senate Republicans is breathtaking. They give standing ovations to Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s heroic battle for democracy in Ukraine, they line up to take selfies with Ukrainian Ambassador Oksana Markarova in the Capitol, they’re moved to tears…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Joe Biden was elected President for many reasons, among them simply that he wasn’t Donald Trump. Compared to his predecessor, Biden was a decent, honest, homespun guy with a strong background in foreign relations, a belief in America’s…