Engaged Citizen

Thomas C. Wigand: “Teachers’ Unions — It’s Time for Expulsion”

By Engaged Citizen | October 5, 2007 |

A leading newspaper had this to say about Rhode Island: “In what can only be described as a phenomenal turnaround story, Rhode Island has gone from being an economic laggard to enjoying the most vibrant economy in the U.S.; its economic renaissance is often compared to that of Ireland, which is now called the ‘Celtic…

Roland Benjamin: “It is time for a bold solution that eliminates the corporate income tax in Rhode Island”

By Engaged Citizen | October 3, 2007 |

Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick visited Rhode Island last evening to discuss his state’s triple-casino proposal, but Roland Benjamin thinks there are better ways for Rhode Island to compete with Massachusetts than by expanding gambling here… Quite a stir regarding the “not quite dead yet” Casino discussion. The debate reopens in response to rumblings from Massachusetts…

Justin Katz: Introducing Our Newest Contributor: You

By Engaged Citizen | October 2, 2007 |

After a few years of blogging, during which the ebbs and flows of our writing have taken us each in several directions, on several levels of analysis, with multiple genres of writing, we’ve come to the conclusion that we can only cover so much ground. Would that we could develop in depth analysis — scatterplots,…