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Saving equal access to the internet

Posted on May 14, 2018 by aronsbarron

Net neutrality isn’t just an issue for millennials and techies. The Federal Communications Commission’s December decision to change the rules governing access to the internet will affect us all. Your eyes glazing over? Our attitudes won’t be so “whatever” come … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Media, Politics, Uncategorized | Tagged Ajit Pai and FCC dumping of net neutrality, Congressional Review Act, equal access to internet, Eric Schneiderman, ISP's and fast access for higher payers, Maura Healy and FCC suit, Net neutrality, Sen. Ed Markey, Sen. Susan Collins and net neutrality | 1 Comment

Iran: Trump kills Plan A without a Plan B

Posted on May 10, 2018 by aronsbarron

The creepiest image from Donald Trump’s announcement that he was withdrawing from the Iran deal was new NSA chief John Bolton’s looming presence as the president exited the podium. It’s too soon to tell whether Bolton will get the Iran … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Tagged Benjamin Netanyahu, Christiane Amanpour, destabilizing Middle East, Israel retaliation on Syria, Michael Hayden, Middle East nuclear threat, NSA Chief John Bolton, Saudis on Iran, Sheldon Adelson and Israel, Trump leaves Iran deal | 1 Comment

Remembering Barbara Bush

Posted on April 19, 2018 by aronsbarron

It was June 1990, Severance Green at Wellesley College. Blue sky, warm sunshine, graduating seniors and their families waiting to hear from two commencement honorees, Raisa Gorbachev, the wife of Russian premier Mikhail Gorbachev, and Barbara Bush, First Lady, wife … Continue reading →

Posted in Media, Politics, Uncategorized | Tagged Barbara Bush, Raisa Gorbachev, Students protest Barbara Bush at commencement, Wellesley College commencement | 2 Comments

Rename Yawkey Way: yea or nay?

Posted on April 13, 2018 by aronsbarron

Renaming Yawkey Street next to Fenway Park as Jersey Street, its original name, should be a no-brainer. The reputation of the Boston Red Sox under the leadership of the late owner Tom Yawkey reinforced the sense of Boston as a … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Uncategorized | Tagged Boston Red Sox, Busing in 1970's, Channel 5 editorial, Fenway and Yawkey Way, Howard Bryant's book Shut Out, Jackie Robinson and Sam Jethroe, John Henry and renaming street, philanthropist Jack Connors, Pumpsie Green, renaming Yawkey Way, Sox fans' racist slurs, taunting Adam Jones, Tom Yawkey's history of racism, Yawkey Foundation | 2 Comments

Opioid epidemic: a solvable crisis

Posted on April 6, 2018 by aronsbarron

President Trump hints he wants the death penalty for drug traffickers. (He’s an unabashed admirer of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte.) Is the President calling for the death penalty for doctors prescribing Oxycontin, Percocet, morphine, and other pain killers? After all, an … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Tagged Charlie Baker's comprehensive opioid response, cutting Medicaid, Elizabeth Warren federal drug proposal, Fentanyl, impact on drug crisis, Maura Healy on Opioid crisis, Opioid crisis, opioid spurs heroin addiction, President's commission on opioid crisis, President's opioid hypocrisy, statistics on overdoses, The New England Council, Trump and Rodrigo Duterte | Leave a comment

Good guy needs new body part

Posted on March 27, 2018 by aronsbarron

Every time you renew your driver’s license in Massachusetts you have a chance to say whether you’d donate an organ upon your death. Waiting lists for cadaver transplants can be six to eight years, far too long for many gravely … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged former Boston City Councilor, former Boston School Committee President, John Nucci kidney transplant, MA General Hospital transplant, National Kidney Foundation, national organ exchange program, polycystic kidney disease, Vice President Suffolk University | 1 Comment

Who can make the difference in 2018?

Posted on March 10, 2018 by aronsbarron

Since the evacuation of the HMS Birkenhead in 1852, “women and children first” has been the code of conduct to protect the most helpless among us from impending disaster. Today we look to them not only to save themselves but … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Tagged #MeToo movement, #NeverAgain, assault rifle ban, banning bump stocks, College Republicans push for climate change, Our Children's Trust lawsuit, PA 18th congressional district, pushing for gun control post Parkland, raising age for gun purchase, Republican Governor Rick Scott, teenagers activated around school safety, Trump polling lower among women, women running for office, women's vote | 2 Comments

Category Archives: Uncategorized

Saving equal access to the internet

Iran: Trump kills Plan A without a Plan B

Remembering Barbara Bush

Rename Yawkey Way: yea or nay?

Opioid epidemic: a solvable crisis

Good guy needs new body part

Who can make the difference in 2018?

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