Justin Katz
It’s strange to note, but Providence Journal political reporter Kathy Gregg got some heat from others in the local media (specifically from the Boston Globe) for writing this: The political flap erupted a week after Cicilline – a leader in the second impeachment of former President Donald Trump – told the Boston Globe and more recently a…
Ian Donnis tweeted, in October, some poll results from the University of Rhode Island that raise an perennially interesting point: Note that “most respondents favor increased state-level spending on education, housing, infrastructure, and aid to the poor. 73% want government “investment” in “blue economy initiatives like offshore wind.” Yet, those with “a great deal” or…
John DePetro and Justin Katz challenge the common wisdom in RI government, media, and higher education.
You don’t have to be an old hand at data analysis to see what’s going on in this chart of Americans holding multiple jobs, from the St. Louis Federal Reserve: From 1994 through 2020, the number oscillated around approximately 250,000 to 300,000. Now we’re rapidly approaching 500,000. One conclusion about which I’d speculate, given…
Yes, of course, we’re decades into college radicals provoking tutting responses from the normies with events like “Sex Fest,” details of which Anthony De’Ellena shares here, and it’s getting boring and cliché: A significant development, though, is that these events are now developed and promoted by official centers of the institution, which deliberately promote activities…
Yes, there’s a language warning. Yes, Musk is an imperfect messenger, but when it comes to the concluding statement, his articulation of the point of this clip as it comes to its final words may prove to be an historical moment: MUSK: “The judge is the public.” SORKIN: “And you think that the public is…
Accept no rationalizations. This is the result of the rising tide of typical Rhode Island bad governance finally reaching the state’s high points: Classes have been canceled for students and staff again at East Greenwich High School. The superintendent sent an email to parents Wednesday night with the announcement. According to the superintendent, the school…
Don’t let things like this slip under your awareness or your commentary, because plenty of Rhode Islanders have no experience or intellectual foundation to question the reporting: The R.I. Department of Health on Thursday ordered the owner of Roger Williams Medical Center and Our Lady of Fatima Hospital to take immediate steps to stabilize their…
Place these two paragraphs from a recent Amy Russo article in the Providence Journal next to each other, and the real headline emerges: From July into September, Jallow said about 50 migrants arrived in the state by plane from the southern border. Yet they come from a wide array of countries, including Afghanistan, Senegal and the Congo,…
John DePetro and Justin Katz point out the hidden motives of RI politicians and activists and their works.
