No, no, don't click off. President Donald Trump is good for one thing. He is challenging me to expand my vocabulary. How many new ways can I find each day to say ignorant, childish, incurious, narcissistic, malignant, erratic, dangerous, insensitive, capricious, backward? Take this morning, for example. Two of the more outrageous and aggravating stories …
Month: May 2017
Hillary Clinton at Wellesley College: the beautiful bubble
Hillary Clinton's return on Friday to her alma mater (and mine), Wellesley College, was triumphant. Her speech was powerful. She was warm and down to earth, funny and inspirational. Except for a dozen or so ("lock her up") trolls on social media, she was enthusiastically received. In this blog, I've often decried life in the bubble, …
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Setti Warren for Governor?
The sun shone brightly on Saturday's Beaumont Avenue block party in Newton, complete with kids, dogs, tee shirts and balloons. Setti Warren, the Garden City's two-term mayor, was announcing for governor in front of the house in which he grew up. The mood was warm; the mayor's message, visionary and upbeat. After his speech, some of …
Impeachment, the 25th Amendment or neither?
It’s too early to talk seriously about Presidential impeachment. Increasing reports about apparent obstruction of justice or enrichment of Donald Trump's own and family businesses in violation of the emoluments clause are still at the fact-gathering stage, especially now that former FBI Director Robert Mueller has been named Special Counsel to investigate all things Russian. Building a case for impeachment …
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Mueller good choice for a crucial role
Finally, some good news out of Washington. The Department of Justice has appointed former FBI Director Bob Mueller to be Independent Counsel to investigate all issues related to Russian intervention in the American election. Mueller has the latitude and resources to investigate President Donald Trump's relationship to the Russians, contacts between Trump campaign officials and …
Saturday night massacre 2.0
If you tuned in late, you might think you were watching The Apprentice, just another episode of Donald Trump's "You're fired." Or you might think a time machine had catapulted us back to the infamous "Saturday night massacre," when embattled President Richard Nixon sacked Watergate independent prosecutor Archibald Cox, which prompted the resignations of Attorney General Eliot …
Fenway: the past is now?
Fans' racial slurs at Fenway Park this week led to national news stories about Boston as a racist city. People are all too quick to believe that and damn the city, as did Saturday Night Live's Michael Che several weeks ago. The same attitude was reflected by Stephen Colbert on CBS and headliners on CNN and elsewhere. But Boston's …
Moulton and the great mentioners
Speculation is stirring; the mentioners are mentionning. Despair about the lack of a Democratic bench is giving way to thoughts of who may really be "out there" as potential contenders for opposition party candidates for President in 2020. So there it was, in this morning's Boston Globe, front-page speculation about a potential 2020 presidential bid by …
Marjorie Arons-Barron 