Essay
In my last post, I began the process of trying to seperate fact from hyperbole in an attempt to begin to understand the real issues surrounding building or expanding an LNG storage facility in Rhode Island or somewhere on Narragansett Bay. From that post I concluded that the central issue was safety and that it…
I will be on the Arlene Violet radio show today at 3 p.m. WHJJ 920 AM. Primary subject will be public education issues in Rhode Island.
Scrappleface says it better than I’ve been saying it…“Clearly Mr. Bolton is a blunt man, with a focus on results and little patience for fools and swindlers. How could he ever function at the U.N.?” Mr. Voinovich added that [I am] “not beholden to any special interest group — like the Republican party or the…
From today’s New York Times, on the John Bolton nominationMr. Chafee told CNN that the committee’s Republicans might consider whether to recommend that the nomination be withdrawn.Senator Chafee, you need to tell your constituents exactly why you believe this. The article hints that the sole reason is “bad temperament”Mr. Chafee and 2 others have now…
What greater gift can we give our children than a fair shot at living the American Dream? The important contribution of a quality education to having that fair shot led me to write: While hard work alone can make the difference, sometimes it is not enough to make the American Dream come alive for every…
Joseph Manning’s pro-life activities in Cranston evoke mixed feelings in me: Joseph Manning agreed to take down the baby outfits he had hung in the trees. They were part of an antiabortion display he puts up three days a week outside the Women’s Medical Center on Broad Street. “That said the whole thing,” he said.…
This posting continues a periodic series on Rhode Island politics and taxation, building on fourteen previous postings (I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII, XIII, XIV). Sometimes certain news events do not need a lot of commentary because they speak for themselves. This posting on the latest developments in the…
Although it has apparently been stricken from the itinerary within the past couple of days, today’s RI House Committee on Judiciary hearing was supposed to include testimony concerning a bill (PDF) that would delete gender from Rhode Island’s definition of marriage. Being unable to make it to Providence, this afternoon, I submitted written testimony, which…
The abysmal performance of America’s public schools is a well-documented fact and has been discussed in a previous posting. George Will has written last week on an idea about how to get more productive public schools: Patrick Byrne, a 42-year-old bear of a man who bristles with ideas that have made him rich and restless,…