Essay
Ok, this one drives me crazy. I see it over and over. It’s with the First Amendment to the US Constitution and most people believe it simply means (among other things) that they have free speech to say anything they want. Period. Except that’s not really what it says or what it means. Let’s quote…
Thanks to Marc, this song has been on my mp3 player for better than a year, and it just happened to come up in the shuffle while I was making my morning Internet rounds. And I suspect I’ll have a hard time watching the presidential horse race over the next couple of months without its…
First, scroll down and read Monique’s postings on Rep. Spencer Dickinson. Then… The topics of hope and hopelessness pervaded this weekend’s readings, from absurd labor rules in schools, to the likely outcome of Make It Happen, to Spencer Dickinson’s insider view, and then to Sandra Fluke.
Following is Part Three of the five page letter that Representative Spencer Dickinson (D-South Kingstown) sent in the last few days to constituents to make the case for voters to choose him over his Democrat challenger in Tuesday’s primary. (Part One. Part Two. Full letter as a PDF.) Beyond partisanship, the letter is a valuable…
Following is Part Two of the five page letter that Representative Spencer Dickinson (D-South Kingstown) sent in the last few days to constituents to make the case for voters to choose him over his Democrat challenger in Tuesday’s primary. ( Part One. Full letter as a PDF.) Beyond partisanship, the letter is a valuable insight…
Representative Spencer Dickinson (D-South Kingstown) faces a Democrat challenger in this Tuesday’s primary. In the last few days, he mailed out a five page letter to some, or possibly all, of his constituents, making the case for voters to choose him over his challenger, Councilwoman Kathy Fogarty, at the polls on Tuesday. (Full letter as…
Alright, alright, I’ll say it! Much as it pains me to admit it in view of their unfortunate record on so many other ratings, PolitiFact did a very good job rating an important and inaccurate statement that David Cicilline’s made during the WPRO Dem primary debate Tuesday night. Below is my transcription of the exchange,…
This is the crazy time of the year again when the politicians come to your door with their smiles and palm cards and ask for your vote. You see their ads in the paper and their yard signs scattered around town. Another thing you see is endorsements for every race from President all the way…
At the last minute and with zero public notice or input (this session, anyway), the General Assembly in June rushed through a merger of the state’s Board of Regents for Elementary and Secondary Education and the Board of Governors for Higher Education into an 11-member Board of Education. After days of questioning by the Providence…
Having done little reading while participating in the RI Foundation’s Make It Happen RI conference, I used my end-of-day column for reflection.