Monthly Archives: August 2015

Name the victims; shame the Congress

Posted on August 30, 2015 by aronsbarron

Slain WDBJ reporter Alison Parker’s father, Andy Parker, has become the latest grieving parent calling for gun control. We are all seduced by the notion that simply understanding the impact on real people of the failure to create meaningful universal … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Media, Politics | Tagged Adam Ward, Alison Parker, Andy Parker, background checks, Brady Center, Columbine, gun deaths per year, gun registration, National Rifle Association, Newtown shootings, This Week with George Stephanopoulos | 1 Comment

Summer reading: there’s still time, pt. 2 – fiction

Posted on August 24, 2015 by aronsbarron

Summer reading 2015 would not be complete without Go Set a Watchman, the book that Harper Lee reportedly wrote before she published To Kill a Mockingbird. It is told from the perspective of Atticus Finch’s daughter Scout (now Jean Louise) some 20 … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Uncategorized | Tagged A God in Ruins, Anita Diamant, Atticus Finch, Back Bay, Elizabeth Alexander, Go Set A Watchman, grief memoir, Harper Lee, Kate Atkinson, The Boston Girl, The Light of the World, The Red Tent, The Space Between Us, Thrity Umrigar, To Kill a Mockingbird, White Citizens Council, William Martin | Leave a comment

Summer reading: there’s still time, pt. 1 – non-fiction

Posted on August 23, 2015 by aronsbarron

A late Labor Day and temporary physical disability have extended my usual orgy of summer reading, with both non-fiction and fiction offerings to share with you. Because time is running out, I’ll keep the list short. In the first category, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Media, Politics | Tagged Amazon bruising workplace, Anne Sinclair, Barney Frank, Barton Swaim, Eugene O'Neill, Frank, Harry Kozol, Jonathan Kozol, Mark Sanford, memoir of gay Congressman, My Grandfather's Gallery, Patty Hearst, Paul Rosenberg gallery, The Boston Strangler, The Speechwriter A Brief Education in Politics, The Theft of Memory | 1 Comment

Kerry Havana speech: clear-eyed, optimistic

Posted on August 16, 2015 by aronsbarron

Friday morning, a glorious day in Havana with the sun sparkling on the water along the Malecon sea wall, marked an historic event for the United States and Cuba. After 54 years of enmity, the U.S. Interests Section (for half a … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Tagged Assistant Secretary of State Roberta Jacobson, Castro mismanagement of Cuban economy, Congress and Cuban embargo, Embassy on the Malecon, Normalizing US/Cuba relations, Opening Embassy in Havana, Secretary of State John Kerry, U.S. Interests Section | Leave a comment

Fox big winner in the debate

Posted on August 7, 2015 by aronsbarron

The big winner in last night’s “big boy” (top ten Republicans in polls, all male) debate was Fox News itself. While the network isn’t my default choice, the moderators, stalwart defenders of Republican orthodoxy, and the format wrung the most out of … Continue reading →

Posted in Media, Politics, Uncategorized | Tagged Ben Carson, Brett Baier, Carly Fiorina, Chris Christie, Chris Wallace, Donald Trump, Fox News debate, Hillary Clinton, Jeb Bush, John Kasich, Marco Rubio, Megyn Kelly, Rand Paul, Scott Walker, Tea Party, Ted Cruz | 2 Comments

David Mofenson stood tall, reached down to help others

Posted on August 5, 2015 by aronsbarron

Most weekend mornings, a small group of men gathers at the front table of Peet’s coffee in Newton Center to gab about breaking news, politics and whatever else catches their fancy. It’s hard to imagine the gathering without one of its regulars, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 1980 Democratic congressional primary, Bob Drinan congressional seat, Caryn Mofenson, Cong. Barney Frank, David Mofenson, Former Newton State Representative, The Newton Times | 5 Comments

The Holocaust through a child’s eyes

Posted on August 3, 2015 by aronsbarron

In 1990, my husband and I visited Prague, including the old Jewish section – the synagogue, the cemetery, and the tiny adjacent museum displaying drawings done by Prague children during their imprisonment in Terezin, the Nazi concentration camp outside the Czech … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Politics | Tagged Adolph Hitler, anti-Semitism in Europe, Auschwitz, Bergen-Belsen, Birkenau, Franta Maier, Jewish section of Prague, Michael Gruenbaum, Somewhere there is still a sun, SS officers, Terezin Concentration Camp, Theresienstadt concentration camp, World War II | 2 Comments

Monthly Archives: August 2015

Name the victims; shame the Congress

Summer reading: there’s still time, pt. 2 – fiction

Summer reading: there’s still time, pt. 1 – non-fiction

Kerry Havana speech: clear-eyed, optimistic

Fox big winner in the debate

David Mofenson stood tall, reached down to help others

The Holocaust through a child’s eyes

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