Justin Katz
Apparently, blogging may do the body good: Self-medication may be the reason the blogosphere has taken off. Scientists (and writers) have long known about the therapeutic benefits of writing about personal experiences, thoughts and feelings. But besides serving as a stress-coping mechanism, expressive writing produces many physiological benefits. Research shows that it improves memory and…
Andrew brought together a couple of threads addressing economics, environment, and population growth for yesterday’s segment on the Matt Allen Show. The conversation can be streamed by clicking here (or download). Next Wednesday at 6:50 p.m., Marc will have his at bat..
It may be an insignificant detail in the context of the suburban birthday party shooting, but this bit of information about the alleged killer relates to a major topic of conversation on any given Anchor Rising day: Nicholas Gianquitti became a Providence police officer in July 1991. He lasted just six months. On Jan. 27,…
Related to Andrew’s “Finance and Demography” post, I’ve been wondering, lately, how much economic growth of late has relied on increasing debt. Sure, production expands the economy, but somehow it has to correspond with consumption, no? In particular, I’m thinking of Spenlger’s line: “The financial markets, in turn, found ways to persuade Americans to borrow…
West Warwick teacher Paul Bovenzi appears to have attended a few too many union prep and pump sessions: Teachers drive education, and know what’s best for children in their schools. Contrary to popular belief, administrators (or managers to use his misnomer) are no more educators than a hospital administrator is a doctor! Do you want…
The behavior is bad enough, but one detail of this story leaves me with a big “huh?”: Two 17-year-old Tiverton High School students have been charged by police and disciplined by the high school, following two separate incidents in which they allegedly broke into a home, stole cash and other items, urinated on a bed,…
So this Wednesday, at the annual Tiverton Financial Town Meeting (potentially among the last), voters will be asked to approve an 11% property tax increase: Town electors who attend next Wednesday night’s Financial Town Meeting will be asked to vote on a total recommended budget of $41.7 million. To raise that amount, a tax levy…
Having conducted no research along these lines, I can only speculate, but I wonder whether the sentiments expressed here, by Jason Burns of Johnston, are increasingly permeating the state: Regarding the May 1 letter “My job working in danger for peanuts”: The problem with unions is that we taxpayers pay members’ salaries, then the members…
Mark Steyn’s astute observation is applicable to much more than foreign affairs: Increasingly, the Western world has attitudes rather than policies. It’s one thing to talk as a means to an end. But these days, for most midlevel powers, talks are the end, talks without end. Because that’s what civilized nations like doing — chit-chatting,…
In the obviously titled “State workers protest any pension cuts,” one protester said the following: Others, including social worker Michael Fallon, said they felt state workers had been unfairly made the “scapegoats” for both the ballooning unfunded liability in the state pension fund and the “poor management” that landed Rhode Island in its current fiscal…
