Queen Elizabeth had nothing on us when she declared 1992 an annus horribilis. All she had to endure were the respective marital difficulties of son Andrew and daughter Anne, a tell-all book by Princess Di about Charles and Camilla, and a fire at Windsor Castle. We, on the other hand, in 2017 have had to …
Month: December 2017
Doug Jones victory just Step One
It was a lot easier getting up this morning knowing the headline out of Alabama read: first Democrat elected to the U.S. Senate in a quarter of a century from the state known as “the Heart of Dixie.” Was there finally a candidate so loathsome that voter interest in integrity prevailed over tribal instinct, country over …
Sexual transgressors: the beat goes on
Dr. Seuss asked the right question: "Could this go on all day and night? It could you know, and it just might." Every day, another high-visibility man named as having behaved inappropriately toward women. Every day, another sexual creep forced out of a position of power. Every day, another media revelation pulling back the curtain …
Senate President Rosenberg should step down
Massachusetts' Senate President is in trouble. The Boston Globe reports on four unnamed men subjected to sexual harassment by Bryon Hefner, the husband of Senate President Stan Rosenberg. MassLive reports this morning on a possible fifth case. Three of the alleged victims said Hefner grabbed their genitals while making clear that he could influence the outcome of …
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Profiles in (Dis)courage
Kudos not to Republican Senators John McCain, Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins. All heroes of last summer's vote barring repeal of Obamacare, all seemingly concerned about normative Senate procedures, all at least minimally sensitive to protecting against societal inequities, all caved early this morning to the first step in a GOP strategy to undo The …
Marjorie Arons-Barron 