Justin Katz
John DePetro and Justin Katz discuss the many charades insiders want RI to perpetuate
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…
John DePetro and Justin Katz trace the evidence that corruption has become the business of government.
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.
John DePetro and Justin Katz review the latest political news in RI.
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…
Something about this tweet from Bill Bartholomew is more striking than it should be: I’m not sure whether it’s better or worse if Bartholomew actually believes what he says or is just playing a role. The absolutely most negative interpretation that actually makes sense about the people Bartholomew dislikes is that they don’t care about you,…
One could pick apart on its own terms Nicholas Ferroni’s commentary suggesting that most states can’t be trusted to run their own education systems and “education is not an expense; it’s an investment”: For context, Ferroni is a teacher in New Jersey who calls himself an “activist” (apparently for left-wing social causes) and moonlights as…
The great DOGE Authority Panic of 2025 appears to have passed, but in case you’re still interested (and to have it searchable on this site for future reference), lawyer Tom Renz’s review of the legal basis for the Department of Government Efficiency is worth a read.
The state Department of Education’s “guidance” on transgender students exposes more than its radical beliefs.
