Justin Katz
An odd tangential statement from a Rhode Island Catholic article (not yet online) about the need for young adults and children to be careful online: “You’re at the most difficult period of your life,” Quirk began, describing the leap from childhood to adulthood as a “hard” period. “It’s challenging to make it through in one…
Only in the deliberately abstruse logogriph of same-sex marriage advocacy could such a statement be made: “Divorce can be a more fundamental principle than marriage because it has to do with the due process that’s the bedrock of American jurisprudence,” Fox said before the hearing. Prohibiting it effectively denies “a fundamental principle of democracy.” Ah,…
It would seem that the manifest circle whereby violence on TV produces violence in life is complete: An afterschool fight that drew 50 to 60 student onlookers in front of Roger Williams Middle School was posted on the Web site YouTube, making Providence part of a growing phenomena in which teenagers use technology to publicize…
See, here’s the sort of proposal that illustrates that our legislators truly do not understand and/or are unwilling to address the structural problems that plague Rhode Island: After a lengthy debate, the House put off a vote on a bill sponsored by Majority Leader Gordon D. Fox, D-Providence, that would require all state public works…
Well, it took some time, but apparently, Roland Benjamin’s been persuaded: The info on shrinking tax receipts was predictable given Justin’s demographic research here. Because we have replaced around 29,000 people from above 3x FPL (about $60k in household income) with 25,000 below that threshold, the tax receipts should follow that. And they did. Above…
The current news and politics atmosphere has something of the feel of a transition. We’re between the passage of the supplemental and the initial markers presaging the debate over next year’s budget. We’ve seen the parade of interested parties, and we’re well aware that discussion has returned to the back room. What’s next? Well, the…
James Cournoyer, of North Smithfield, gets to the heart of the matter (after noting that public employees are paid workers, not volunteers): … a public employee who starts working at age 25 with a $30,000 salary and annual raises of 3.25 percent will contribute $74,425 to the pension system over 20 years, assuming a contribution…