For the past seven years, there's been a second man in my life. His name? Elias P. Demetracopoulos, hereinafter referred to as Elias. I never met the man, but he figured importantly in our household. My husband, Jim Barron, is writing a biography about the life and times of Elias, an independent journalist, a fighter for freedom …
Month: February 2016
GOP candidates make U.S. a laughingstock
"Listen to this guy. He has one idea and repeats it over and over again." "No, you're the one who repeats himself. You have nothing to say." "You can't be trusted. You lie." "You're the liar." "So's your mother." Why don't you take it outside, fellas. If you watched the last GOP "debate" before …
Apple versus national security: a tough call
A relaxing Florida vacation has made me even more of a techno-peasant than I usually am. The issue that now challenges me is the dilemma presented by Apple's refusal to comply with the U.S. government's request to facilitate access to the contents of the iPhone of Syed Rizwan Farook, one of the two San Bernadino terrorists, now …
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Granite State results for real – finally
Remember when it seemed fairly certain that voters in November would have to choose between Clinton and Bush dynasties? Over the last nine months, voter anger and dissatisfaction have laid waste to that aura of inevitability on both sides of the aisle. Among the big winners Tuesday night were the pollsters. Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders went into New …
Suffolk trustees botch the job
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 life. Its inbred board, concerned only about its own power, has launched an attack to undermine the school's new …
Marjorie Arons-Barron 