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It doesn’t have to be all about impeachment

Posted on November 10, 2019 by aronsbarron

Donald Trump would like the world to think that the Democrats are so committed to impeaching him that the important work of the country is not being touched. But there are elected officials, including officials in high places, who are … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Tagged bipartisanship, bipartisanship in Washington, Butch Lewis Act, Chuck Grassley, Earned Income Tax Credit, East-West rail line for Springfield, expanding child credit, Gov. Charlie Baker on MBTA, House Ways & Means Chairman Richie Neal, Richard Trumka, Robert Lighthizer, The New England Council, updating NAFTA, USMCA trade treaty | Leave a comment

Ed Markey’s climate change work needed in US Senate

Posted on October 31, 2019 by aronsbarron

Massachusetts voters who care about climate change will want to return Ed Markey to the U.S. Senate. He has worked on the issue for decades, well before many of the rest of us were taking seriously the impact of fossil … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Tagged climate change, CO2 in atmosphere, Congressman Joe Kennedy, Ed Markey, environmental protection, impact of fossil fuels | 2 Comments

Is Hillary Clinton playing into Trump’s and Putin’s hands?

Posted on October 23, 2019 by aronsbarron

Neither Jill Stein or Tulsi Gabbard is a classic Manchurian candidate, destined to lead the US while controlled by a foreign power, but they are both at least– to use the term devised by Vladimir Lenin to describe unwitting allies … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Tagged Abel Fattah el-Sisi, Bashar al-Assad, Bernie Sanders, Dan Kennedy, Gabbard in Drudge Report, Hillary Clinton, House Resolution 417 on Narenda Modi, Internet Research Agency, Jill Stein, Justin Amash, Kremlinologists, Manchurian candidate, Mueller Report on Russian intervention, RT & Sputnik sites, Russian assets, Tulsi Gabbard, Vladimir Putin interference | Leave a comment

This week’s poll: Charlie Baker still coated with Teflon

Posted on October 18, 2019 by aronsbarron

The Massachusetts Governor was halfway through his second term. While things were going reasonably well, he was still dogged by dramatic shortcomings in the Department of Children and Families, fraud at the state drug lab, and incompetence with the online … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Tagged Bill Weld, Charlie Baker teflon governor, Deval Patrick polls as governor, Frank Bellotti, Frank Sargent, Gov. Larry Hogan, Governor Phil Scott, leadership style of governors, Mass. One Party State, Maura Healey, Mitt Romney, Scott Harshbarger | Leave a comment

Democratic debate better than expected

Posted on October 16, 2019 by aronsbarron

Despite 12 candidates shoe-horned on the stage, last night’s debate was important. Health care was a key issue in the 2018 mid-terms, a winning issue for the Democrats. Nothing has changed since then. But drilling down into the details is … Continue reading →

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Learning from history – again

Posted on October 8, 2019 by aronsbarron

Philosopher George Santayana famously said in 1905 that “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” Winston Churchill liked the lesson so well that 43 years later he intoned, “Those who cannot learn from history are condemned … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Politics, Uncategorized | Tagged Boston Tea Party, commemorating the fight for independence, historian Robert Allison, Mass. Historical Society, Massachusetts the One and Only, Massachusetts' role in the birth of our nation, Old North Bridge in Concord, Revolution 250, The Liberty Tree | Leave a comment

Impeachment inquiry: serious subject demands decorum

Posted on September 30, 2019 by aronsbarron

Since becoming president Donald Trump has given members of Congress ample reasons to deem him unfit for office. Time and again his behavior has clearly met the Constitutional standard of high crimes and misdemeanors worthy of an impeachment trial. Only … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Tagged abuse of power, Adam Schiff, Director of National Intelligence, House impeachment inquiry, Iran-Contra, Joseph Maguire, parody of phone call, questions by staff counsel, Ukraine President Zalensky, Whitewater hearings, withholding military aid to Ukraine | Leave a comment

Category Archives: Uncategorized

It doesn’t have to be all about impeachment

Ed Markey’s climate change work needed in US Senate

Is Hillary Clinton playing into Trump’s and Putin’s hands?

This week’s poll: Charlie Baker still coated with Teflon

Democratic debate better than expected

Learning from history – again

Impeachment inquiry: serious subject demands decorum

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