Justin Katz
Think we’ll hear repeated ethics complaints about this? (Emphasis added.) The state Senate returned to a darkened Assembly chamber yesterday for a one-day session to confirm the appointment of a new District Court judge and two new magistrates, including the Senate president’s chief of staff and the sister of the Judiciary Committee chairman. In unanimous…
Continuing grim news about the relative position of Rhode Island’s economy: Rhode Island last month posted the second-highest unemployment rate in the country, after Michigan, according to a report out today by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Rhode Island’s unemployment rate last month was 7.2 percent; Michigan’s rate was 8.5 percent. Rhode Island’s unemployment…
Trayce Hansen explains plainly and accurately why children need one parent of each sex: All else being equal, children do best when raised by a married mother and father. It’s within this environment that children are most likely to be exposed to the emotional and psychological experiences they need in order to thrive. Men and…
Think on this Dave Granlund cartoon as you consider whom to throttle (or merely to vote out of office) in reaction to growing energy prices and the resulting inflation. As the costs of necessities go up, it will surely dawn on the Average American that we could drill for oil within our own borders to…
Bob Kerr tries to make it seem as if he wants more news coverage of the various war efforts in which the United States is currently engaged: … this week, we learn there is even less effort than before to keep the wars, especially the war in Iraq, in front of the people who pay…
Andrew was recorded last night on the Matt Allen Show without anybody’s having secured a warrant, as far as I know (segment streamable by clicking here, or download). The topic was the FISA compromise that he’s been addressing ’round here.
Interweaving Rhode Island’s institutions of higher education with the business community is certainly a wise intention, although I think John Kostrzewa oversells the centrality of such a move to a recovery of the state’s economy: Sue Lehrman, founding dean of the Providence College School of Business, has been in Rhode Island for less than six…
Be sure to note the closing paragraph of today’s Projo article on the last bit of legislation for this year: The Senate plans to return Thursday to confirm new traffic court magistrate David Cruise, Montalbano’s chief of staff, and a new District Court judge, Mary Elizabeth McCaffrey, sister of the Senate Judiciary chairman. As I…
Maybe we should start a betting pool for the dollar amount of November’s supplemental-budget shortfall. I’ve got a fiver on $364 million — a number plucked in the rough-ballpark fashion of The Price Is Right. Already, though, I can hear the voices (even of those who generally agree with me): “Whoa! Isn’t that a bit…
If only progressives’ plans were always this straightforward: Statewide Wifi available everywhere to everyone… for free . And let the cable/telephone companies bid on the right to be the State’s sole provider. How would it be paid for? The company winning the bid to provide the service will maintain sole rights to sell advertising space…