Her emails are coming more frequently, especially in the wake of the midterm election. She is doing more interviews and being coy about whether there is another Presidential bid in her life. And before 2018 ballot counts were complete, an op ed in the Wall Street Journal by Mark Penn, for 13 years a Clinton pollster …
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Dems win House: Divided We Stand
For two years, those turned off by Donald Trump and Republicans' acquiescence to him have strategized to take back the House of Representatives and even, against great odds, the Senate. A great many worked to make that happen, sending checks out of state, working phone banks, talking up new candidates. Last night, that goal was …
Pre-midterm jitters
With no Red Sox diversion, tomorrow's midterms have produced difficulty sleeping and stress eating. Even the daily comics are filled with reminders of what hangs in the balance. If the Republicans lose the House, Donald Trump will say the outcome wasn't about him. But this midterm is the first national referendum on the President and …
Under Trump, hate has been mainstreamed
Words fail to capture adequately the shock and aching sadness at yesterday’s slaughter of 11 and wounding of others Saturday morning at the Tree of Life Synagogue in the Squirrel Hill section of Pittsburgh. The randomness of the target selected - it could easily have been a synagogue in Newton, MA, Shaker Heights, OH, Highland …
Can young voters beat back climate change deniers?
We love our iPhones; they're the result of science. We fly on planes, relying on the underlying science. Our modern society is shaped by science. So why, when 97 percent of scientists concur that the planet is threatened by climate change, and that human beings contribute to the problem, has President Trump called global warming …
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Gube race: Baker less visionary, more realistic
Candidate A once held the position of Secretary of Administration and Finance, nicknamed the deputy governor of the Commonwealth. He was also an executive in a health care company, a sector that is vital to everyone in the state and a driver of the economy. He is a really good guy. Candidate B, well, he …
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Question 1: Sounds good but isn’t
On its surface, referendum question #1 sounds terrific. Require minimum number of registered nurses per patient in Massachusetts hospitals. Why wouldn't that be better for patients? Well, not so fast. Here are some things to think about. Rigid ratios do not take into consideration the ongoing assessment of a patient’s needs, which may change not …
Kavanaugh nomination taps primordial feelings
The U.S. Supreme Court cafeteria on Friday was surprisingly quiet, as if noontime eaters were subdued by the Brett Kavanaugh nomination drama playing out at the Senate Judiciary Committee. Outside on the steps of the august building, hundreds of protesters listened to speeches by women senators urging Kavanaugh be rejected. The peaceful but passionate demonstrators …
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Nancy Pelosi is not the problem
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is a lightning rod for antipathy to the Democratic Party. And she's a great fundraising opportunity for Republicans, who are using her possible restoration as Speaker to rally the GOP to keep the House, just as they used Ted Kennedy as a fundraising bogeyman years ago. But Republicans aren't the …
Focus on tippable districts
On a recent sultry summer evening, well over 100 people crushed into a suburban Newton garden to hear Jared Golden, candidate for Congress. Haven't heard of him? That may be because he is from Maine's second Congressional district, currently represented in Washington by Republican Bruce Poliquin. That night's attendees understand the need not to be …
Marjorie Arons-Barron 