Justin Katz
Believe it or not, I’m not a big fan of class warfare. I’m a blue-collar capitalist, after all. I break my back merely to get by, but I’m deeply suspicious of plans to grant the government authority to redistribute income away from those who are more likely to have their backs massaged than strained. Still,…
The audio file of Marc’s appearance on the Matt Allen Violent Round Table, with Ian Donnis and Lou Pulner, is available here.
Jonah Goldberg notes an incident of a county commissioner in Texas being attacked for using the phrase “black hole” in precisely the metaphorical manner in which it is used regularly across the nation. Writes Goldberg: Obviously, there’s something to be said for ignoring the childish grievance-peddling that motivates so much of this nonsense. But the…
Andrew’s disagreement with John West, it seems to me, comes down to a single word: “directs.” In essence, West presents two opposing possibilities: “God… intentionally directs the development of life toward a specific end.” “God himself cannot know how evolution will turn out.” Andrew’s hypothetical of God’s experimenting with “multi-creation,” picking “the one He likes…
It appears that the collapse of the Education Partnership may have more to it than a drying up of revenue: The Education Partnership, an advocacy organization backed by local businesses, went into receivership last month, in part because several contracts to produce research and reports for municipalities and school districts fell through, said Shine. He…
I took the call last night to Matt Allen to talk about the RI governance philosophy on display at the Tiverton School Committee meeting this week (segment streamable by clicking here, or download). I’m not sure whether it’s a good thing or reason for concern, but I think I’m starting to get the feel of…
A habit of governance in Rhode Island came into view after an interesting item from the Tiverton Schools Administrative Policy came up at last night’s School Committee meeting: Distribution of literature as to candidacy, bond issues, or other public question to be submitted at election: prohibited. No literature which is any manner and in any…
Well, exhausting schedule notwithstanding, I’m at the Tiverton School Committee meeting because a concerned citizen is on the agenda to raise questions about the superintendent’s use of public resources to invite interested citizens to vote for higher taxes at the last financial town meeting. Speaking of which, I see the town council is taking careful…
One hopes that some vestige of integrity left Mary Ann Sorrentino feeling dirty as she submitted a hit piece on McCain to the Providence Phoenix. Inasmuch as the paper actually published it, however, that hope is likely baseless. The more than 1500 pages detailing McCain’s medical information do not dispel the notion that the candidate’s…
In the midst of a story about Rhode Island government’s hard financial times, one finds the following nugget: … local officials say they need more. They want state legislators to change the pension rules for municipal employees, requiring them to work longer before they can retire. They are also pushing for the repeal of a…