Monique Chartier
Can we please trade in Janet Napolitano? She has a seriously distorted take on the source and extent of domestic terror threats. (Her eventual apology for the worst of that report does not change the fact that she clearly possesses bad instincts for the job.) She thought the 911 attackers arrived here from Canada. (They…
On the one hand, the concessions requested by Mayor Cicilline from 5,000+ city employees sound reasonable and necessary given the constraints on both local and state revenue faced by budgeters. [Side note: Local 1033, the city’s largest public labor union, is to be applauded for signing on.] An increase in the health insurance co-share to…
Original post of the stances (or lack thereof) of RI’s General Officers on e-verify. One of the many interesting details that Justin reported from the Operation Clean Government event this morning is a switch by General Treasurer Frank Caprio on the matter of e-verify. Treasurer Caprio has gone from Rorschach test (neutral) to supportive. Pass…
One of the things I admire about Michael Morse over at Rescuing Providence is that he calls them as he sees them. From one of his reports posts of a couple of weeks ago. She’s twenty-four and homeless, and has been for four years. She has kids back in Ohio, had to leave them there…
A forum entitled “A Budget that Reflects East Providence and Pawtucket’s Priorities” and sponsored by the Campaign for Rhode Island’s Priorities, the Rhode Island Foster Parents Association, the Unitarian Universalist Legislative Ministry-RI, the Rhode Island Chapter of the National Organization for Women, the Service Employees International Union, and the RI Federation of Teachers and Health…
Over the course of the last couple of years, environmental advocates have slyly substituted the term “climate change” for “global warming”. Climate change is quite a different phenomenon than global warming. How can this redefinition of terms be anything other than a tacit acknowledgement that AGW is no longer a viable theory? The theory of…
At a minimum, the Barrington police need to present the Places with a bill for a police detail. Two hours times however many police officers were involved. Be sure to add in the detective who placed the ultimately futile telephone calls to the parents, Chief. John Place had called the police on April 10, the…
Ah, yes, “the need for action”. Certain scientists have called for a 60% reduction in manmade greenhouse gases. (A few advocates call this target inadequate.) Let us set aside for a moment the lack of any feasible alternate energy source and focus on the matter of effectiveness. Sixty percent of six percent is three point…
The EPA has reached a proposed finding that greenhouse gases threaten public health and welfare because they contribute to climate change. [Information on public hearings and how to submit written comment on this finding is here.] Stated more succinctly, the EPA has fallen for the erroneous theory of anthropogenic global warming, which posits that man…
Mark Steyn’s take. (Heaven knows we need a free press and nosy reporters. But that’s not license to be as stunningly misinformed as this woman.) Well, for a start, let’s say she’s missing the point. The guy was right. Taxes are a liberty issue. When she stands there and she says oh, but you’re going…