Justin Katz
Just so’s we’ve all got the same impression of the culture of our state, let’s review: In Rhode Island, nobody is willing to close a loophole in the law that makes prostitution legal. In Rhode Island, the judiciary just ruled that legislators who take bribes for votes are immune to prosecution on ethical grounds. And…
A concerned citizen of Rhode Island sends along this brief video history of the Democrats’ success in our state.
It’s quite convenient that the New York Times would present Barack Obama as something of a cultural conservative on the issue of same-sex marriage — what with a contentious high-stakes battle over marriage on the ballot in California: Several gay friends and wealthy gay donors to Senator Barack Obama have asked him over the years…
Mark Steyn had reason for a unique perspective, among pundits, of the presidential campaign: I was away for much of the summer and, when I returned, the entire campaign felt like an absurd satire I wasn’t quite up to speed on. But truly, in a world in which the many illegal foreign contributions to the…
… would seem to be precisely what skeptics thought it meant when Ken Block launched his party of that name about a year ago — namely, susceptible to pressure and manipulation. At the time, Block wrote an Engaged Citizen post in which he declared: All ridiculous culture war issues aside, the time is right now…
Although she’s added depth to her explanation, Froma Harrop is still trying to find the individual responsible for our country’s financial predicament: The 2000 Commodity Futures Modernization Act revived the bucket-shop bet. It was a rider attached to an 11,000-page appropriations bill hours before Congress planned to leave for Christmas recess. Page 262 forbade states…
In a comment to Marc’s post mocking Obama’s campaign wealth, Erik cites some data related to wealth and stock ownership and states the following: Considering the USA has the widest gap between rich and poor in the entire industrialized world, the idea of “spreading the wealth” seems pretty realistic at this time. … Is it…
Just in case you’re pro-life and have somehow talked yourself into believing that Obama will be tolerable as president: When Barack Obama admitted to Joe the Plumber that he planned on spreading the wealth around, he didn’t mention that the tax dollars he will take from you will be used to pay for elective abortions…
Some last-minute pre-election teacher contract controversy has arisen for Tiverton voters’ edification: Superintendent William Rearick and School Committee Chairwoman Denise deMedeiros thought they were close to approving a contract for the teachers this week, saying this is the closest they have been in more than 16 months of negotiating, but teachers union President Amy Mullen…
