Justin Katz
John DePetro and Justin Katz confirm people with common sense aren’t crazy.
John DePetro and Justin Katz highlight the benefits (to insiders) of an accountability-free state.
John DePetro and Justin Katz notice some of the ways in which Democrats leverage pain and suffering.
Some weeks ago, social media was full of comparisons of educational results in Mississippi and wealthier states, with the key detail that the numbers were adjusted for poverty. Elsewhere on the landscape of public debate, progressives were asserting that the effects of hunger on students’ ability to learn make it obligatory for schools to supply…
John DePetro and Justin Katz review RI political news.
I happened to mention this story to a young Rhode Island teacher the other day, and she knew nothing about it: We first learned of [the Rhode Island Foundation]’s practices when Legal Insurrection Foundation (LIF) challenged a program funded by RIF at the Providence Public School District (PPSD) called the Educator of Color Loan Forgiveness…
John DePetro and Justin Katz discuss Rhode Island political news.
John DePetro and Justin Katz marvel at the deteriorating state of RI’s leadership in government and media.
Sometimes I wonder how much of what we perceive as bias in the mainstream media is simply a lack of the sort of experience that leads to perspective. I have in mind a February column in the Boston Globe by Dan McGowan, which he presents as an “open letter” to Hasbro making the case for its…
The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) uses GPS data to rank metro areas’ traffic congestion based on how quickly trucks can pass through them. Providence, Rhode Island’s, peak average speed slowed by 18%, and our ranking jumped 15 slots to 25th worst in the country. To be sure, much of the problem was the Washington…
