Justin Katz
Edward Mazze errs by inadvertently opening the door for the insidious consequence of socialist drift, Anthony DiBella takes his latest Business section “commentary” to the threshold of the socialist view of humanity. The humble Mr. DiBella volunteers for the task of bringing sun-shiny days to the lives of Rhode Islanders: The governor’s idea to assemble…
Sometimes the wisdom of allowing the Providence Journal Business section to indulge in “commentary” isn’t at all apparent. Edward Mazze, for example, did just fine, yesterday, until he transitioned from business and economic statistics to education with the following paragraph: Based on the number of elementary and secondary schools in a state with a little…
In case you missed it, Don talked Palin with Matt Allen on 630AM/99.7FM WPRO last night. Stream by clicking here, or download it.
This is just too much, coming from a man who drove me to vote for an opponent who is now the second most liberal Senator in Congress: As a matter of campaign politics, Chafee challenged the conventional wisdom that Palin’s selection will rouse GOP conservatives who had not been enthusiastic about McCain. He said Palin…
By the by, I want to thank Charles Bakst for including us in his “Toolbox for Political Junkies.” Ideological differences being what they are, he didn’t have to give us the even-handed plug. (N.B. — This post is not an excuse to bash Bakst in the comments.)
I’ve been delayed in posting Monique’s appearance on Matt Allen’s show, last week, during which she and Matt discussed the boringness of political conventions, the smackdown of the Cranston School Committee’s Caruolo lawsuit, and the intersection of religion and immigration: Stream by clicking here, or download it. Tune in to Matt Allen on 630AM/99.7FM tonight…
Another day at the office:
So the teachers head back to class today, in Tiverton, and although their contract is still under negotiation, there appears to be some movement. One of the reasons, however, is probably not a positive: … both sides agreed to keep the details of negotiations private, in a departure from the practice of publicly airing differences…
We’ve reached a state of near parody: While Political Scene was trolling the hallway outside Supreme Court Chief Justice Frank J. Williams’ office, in the Licht Judicial Complex, last week, something sparkly caught our eye. A contractor perched atop elevated scaffolding was installing 23-carat gold leaf on the detailed ceiling trim. The work appeared part…
So a number of folks opined that the list of SAT scores for all fifty states that I posted the other day is meaningless because the states vary with respect to participation rates (PDF). Many states’ students don’t even take the SATs unless they want to go to certain higher-end universities on the East Coast,…
