Author Archives: aronsbarron

Anti-vaxxers jeopardize more than their own children

Posted on March 30, 2019

Apparently having their unvaccinated children barred from school since December wasn’t enough to persuade some New York area parents to get their kids inoculated against measles, mumps and rubella. So Rockland County, just north of Manhattan, has now barred those … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Politics, Uncategorized | Tagged Anti-immunization hysteria, anti-science attitudes, anti-vaxxers public threat, Barring unvaccinated children from school, measles, MMR vaccinations, mumps, religious exemptions from vaccinations, Rockland County emergency order, rubella | 2 Comments

On impeachment: should pragmatism Trump principle?

Posted on March 20, 2019

The thought of impeaching Donald J. Trump is enticing, especially because my preferred approach, drawing and quartering, became illegal in the mid 19th century. Despite the allure of impeachment and despite its having been a pledge on which some new … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Tagged Bill Clinton impeachment paralysis, Cong Tom Delay, Cong. Michael Capuano, Congressman Barney Frank, Congressman Bill Delahunt, Democratic investigations of Trump, Nancy Pelosi on impeachment, Newt Gingrich, The New England Council, Tom Steyer impeachment ads, Toni Applebaum in The Atlantic | 1 Comment

Trump shares blame for white supremacist attacks

Posted on March 17, 2019

Whether he admits it or not, Donald Trump’s explicit summons to hate and his dog-whistle signals have helped to encourage white supremacists at home and abroad. Worse, his administration is undoing programs designed to deal with the problem. The gunman … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Politics, Uncategorized | Tagged Ambassador Scott Brown, Andrew Gillum, anti-Muslim hatred, Charlottesville, Chris Wallace, fighting domestic terrorism, Fox News Sunday, Frank Figliuzzi, Gary LaFree, Global Terrorism Database, hate crimes, inflammatory rhetoric, invasion of illegal immigrants, killings in mosques, Life After Hate, New Zealand massacre, Nick Mulvaney, Ron DeSantis, toxic social media, Trump and hate speech, white nationalism, white supremacists | Leave a comment

Daylight Saving Time leads off Sunshine Week

Posted on March 10, 2019

Running around the house yesterday, looking frantically for the directions to set my clock radio forward to Daylight Saving Time, I thought about how stupid it is to have to go through this twice a year. Why not just go … Continue reading →

Posted in Media, Politics, Uncategorized | Tagged American Society of Newspaper Editors, Attorney General William Barr, Freedom of Information Act, MA overhaul public records law, Marco Rubio legislation for year-round clocks, Releasing Mueller report to public, Sunshine Week, Switching to Daylight Saving Time | 2 Comments

Fiction suggestions, as promised

Posted on March 7, 2019

Regular readers of my blog have expressed their displeasure that, when I wrote my last blog on non-fiction books, I promised a follow-up blog with my recent adventures in fiction but failed to do so. In the spirit of some … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Uncategorized | Tagged Adam Johnson, Annie McNamara, Celeste Ng, Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un, fiction recommendations, General Gar, Jules LaCour, Jun Do, Mark Helprin, Paris in the Present Tense, The Gathering by Anne Enright, The Orphan Master's Son | 1 Comment

Klobuchar coverage distorts her total package

Posted on March 1, 2019

Remember how folks despaired that the Democrats had “no bench?” As it turns out, there is significant strength in the cluster of presidential candidates coming forward. I don’t just say that because Donald Trump has lowered the bar on what … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Tagged Bernie Sanders, Bernie Sanders and Barney Frank as tough bosses, Candidate Amy Klobuchar, CNN Town Halls, Democratic goal of beating Trump, John McCain, LegiStorm ratings of Congress, Staff complaints and support, staff turnover on the Hill, Worst bosses in Congress | 2 Comments

I wouldn’t want to be Robert Kraft

Posted on February 26, 2019

Shock, disgust, schadenfreude, anger and pity for the mighty one who has fallen due to his own flawed character. Shock, because I still remember the Bob and Myra Kraft who lived modestly in Newton decades ago, always opening up their … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Uncategorized | Tagged Big Game by Mark Leibovich, Bob Kraft charged with soliciting prostitution, links between prostitution and sex trafficking, NFL standards on owner behavior, Patriots owner Robert Kraft, prostitution not victimless crime | 5 Comments

Author Archives: aronsbarron

Anti-vaxxers jeopardize more than their own children

On impeachment: should pragmatism Trump principle?

Daylight Saving Time leads off Sunshine Week

Fiction suggestions, as promised

Klobuchar coverage distorts her total package

I wouldn’t want to be Robert Kraft

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