Carroll Andrew Morse

The Campus, the Embassy, and Brown University’s Continuing Ban on ROTC

By Carroll Andrew Morse | September 13, 2012 |

One immediate response to the murder of four American diplomats in Libya has been to call in the Marines, literally, to bolster security for US diplomats. A few days earlier, Walter Russell Mead of The American Interest had noted, on the other side of the globe, that…After an absence that dates back to the Vietnam…

Remember

By Carroll Andrew Morse | September 11, 2012 |

Eleven years ago this morning, the weather was very similar to today’s. “Governor Lincoln Chafee has called for a statewide moment of silence at 8:46 a.m. on Tuesday, the 11th anniversary of the attacks. He has also ordered flags to be flown at half staff” — 9:03 a.m. — 9:43 a.m. — At 9:57 a.m.,…

Barack Obama’s Policy Goals

By Carroll Andrew Morse | September 7, 2012 |

During his acceptance speech at last night’s Democratic National Convention, President Barack Obama presented a set of policy goals (and related achievements) that would be his focus, if reelected President…I’m asking you to rally around a set of goals for your country – goals in manufacturing, energy, education, national security, and the deficit; a real,…

Mitt Romney’s Five Policy Goals

By Carroll Andrew Morse | August 31, 2012 |

During his acceptance speech at last night’s Republican National Convention, Mitt Romney presented five policy goals that would be his focus, if elected President…Paul Ryan and I have five steps. First, by 2020, North America will be energy independent by taking full advantage of our oil, our coal, our gas, our nuclear, and renewables. Second,…

Liveblogging/Livetweeting the Cicilline/Gemma Debate

By Carroll Andrew Morse | August 28, 2012 |

Below is the livetweet coverage from Anchor Rising’s contributors of WPRI-TV’s (CBS 12) televised debate between First District Congressman David Cicilline and primary challenger Anthony Gemma (Nancy Krause’s write-up here, panelist Ted Nesi’s analysis here). [3h Patrick Laverty] >> And today, @MattAllenShow announced Gemma vs. Cicilline Part 2 will be Tuesday, 6 pm on WPRO.…

Re: Patrick Lynch on Voter Fraud: Not To Worry, Statute of Limitations Is Only a Year

By Carroll Andrew Morse | August 28, 2012 |

Monique mentioned earlier today that former Rhode Island General Patrick Lynch had tweeted that…Rhode Island legal trivia: There is a one year Statute of Limitation for most voter fraud and election offenses. webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/Statutes/TITLETechnically, his statement is correct. However, a chapter of the law (ch. 17-20) separate from the one that former AG Lynch referred to…

You Make the Call: Voter Fraud, Voter Suppression, or Voter Intimidation

By Carroll Andrew Morse | August 27, 2012 |

The video obtained by the Projo of Erasmo Ramirez offering to sell mail-in ballots filled out for Anthony Gemma may not be direct evidence of voter fraud, given what voter fraud is commonly understood to mean. Consider the following: On the surveillance video, Robert Cappuccilli (the potential vote buyer) reads names and addresses off of…

Re: Gemma’s “Breaking News”: What Did You Think?

By Carroll Andrew Morse | August 23, 2012 |

While Anthony Gemma didn’t present any direct evidence of his charges of voter fraud in Rhode Island, his written remarks from yesterday assert that direct evidence does exist (h/t Edward Fitzpatrick)…The five statements I have just presented to you represent a relatively small percentage of first-hand evidence developed by TRP. Testimony from these and other…

Bain, Cicilline, Reed and Whitehouse

By Carroll Andrew Morse | July 18, 2012 |

Rhode Island First District Congressman David Cicilline was quoted yesterday in a WPRO (630AM) blog item yesterday on the subject of Bain Capital’s relevance to the 2012 Presidential campaign…“I think it is pretty clear that Governor Romney was at Bain Capital and that was a key part of their strategy to be outsourcing American jobs.…

Of Receivers and Kings

By Carroll Andrew Morse | July 11, 2012 |

Thanks to WPRI-TV‘s Ted Nesi, for inviting me to contribute a guest post to Nesi’s Notes this summer. The essay begins with the big picture…If you are interested in understanding the eternal wisdom of the conservative viewpoint towards government, here are two questions to ask yourself: Do we really think that people are smarter now…