Immigration advocates called President Barack Obama the "Deporter in Chief." His administration deported record numbers of immigrants while Republican critics insist he was soft on illegals. Now comes Trump, with his vastly expanded list of immigrants who could be subject to deportation and his proposed cut-off of federal funds to sanctuary cities refusing to help ICE officials …
Month: February 2017
News media a bulwark nationally and locally
The news media aren't perfect, to be sure, but now, as never before, they're the living embodiment of Thomas Jefferson's opinion that "were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate for a moment to prefer the latter." If it weren't …
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Elizabeth Warren speaks truth to power
So, let me get this straight. It's okay if Senator Ted Cruz calls Majority Leader Mitch McConnell a liar on the floor of the Senate. But it's not okay if Senator Elizabeth Warren reads letters critical of Attorney General nominee Senator Jeff Sessions from the late Senator Edward Kennedy and Coretta Scott King (describing him …
Political lessons from the New England Patriots
Set aside the friendships between Donald Trump and New England Patriots MVP quarterback Tom Brady, or coach Bill Belichick or owner Bob Kraft (who, as a young man, stood with his late wife as leading progressive Democrats), there's still plenty of inspiration to be found in last night's epic comeback by the Pats in defeating the tough, aggressive, skilled and energetic Atlanta …
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Marjorie Arons-Barron 