Justin Katz

Shortsighted inspectors of disaster

Politics This Week: What They Find Interesting (And Not)

By Justin Katz | April 2, 2025 |

John DePetro and Justin Katz discuss the stories we don’t hear and should.

A journalist who can't feel pain at a protest

A teen suicide attempt in RI is a symptom of our broken social nervous system.

By Justin Katz | March 31, 2025 |

The Law Centre of the RI Center for Freedom and Prosperity has filed a complaint on behalf of a Rhode Island mother against a school district that guided her daughter toward “social transitioning,” hiding it from the mother along the way: According to the complaint, “Unknown to Plaintiff, her daughter (as an 8th-grader) began to…

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Politics This Week: The Wall of Insider Silence

By Justin Katz | March 26, 2025 |

John DePetro and Justin Katz highlight topics RI’s insiders try to keep behind the scenes.

A water drop and ripples

I’d like to apologize to Representative Chippendale.

By Justin Katz | March 24, 2025 |

I just finished the latest Politics This Week segment with John DePetro, and in the course of the live conversation, I made a point that came out not as I intended, and I owe House Minority Leader Michael Chippendale an apology. I was pointing out how advisors seem to keep Governor McKee away from negative…

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Politics This Week: The Madness We’re Not Allowed to Handle

By Justin Katz | March 18, 2025 |

John DePetro and Justin Katz discuss the many charades insiders want RI to perpetuate

A water drop and ripples

Education mandates are among the games we have to learn not to play.

By Justin Katz | March 12, 2025 |

This effort from Republican State Representative Mike Chippendale is worthwhile: Drawing attention to the mandates state and federal law impose on local school districts has the healthy effect of encouraging people to learn about education funding, generally, and rationalizing the budgets in this way should have broad electoral support. BUT this entirely misses the fundamental…

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Politics This Week: The Business of Corruption

By Justin Katz | March 11, 2025 |

John DePetro and Justin Katz trace the evidence that corruption has become the business of government.

A water drop and ripples

A reminder not to rely too heavily on a single platform.

By Justin Katz | March 10, 2025 |

Maybe it’s just me, but X doesn’t appear to be working on my computer or phone.  I was only looking for a moment of distraction, but the experience is a helpful reminder not to rely too heavily on a single platform for communication and information access.

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Politics This Week: The Bitter and the Comfortable

By Justin Katz | March 4, 2025 |

John DePetro and Justin Katz review the latest political news in RI.

A water drop and ripples

Alzate is too dangerous to be a legislator.

By Justin Katz | March 3, 2025 |

Rhode Islanders should take legislation like this much more seriously than they do, because it exposes how little Democrat legislators respect our rights, understand the workings of those rights, and/or are willing to place our rights above their political ideology and interest groups: State Rep. Karen Alzate isn’t waiting for federal immigration raids in Rhode…