General Assembly
John DePetro and Justin Katz discuss the contribution of politicians and the media to the most pressing issues of the day.
Addressing homelessness requires tracing the economic causes to their roots, including (for example) money provided to politically connected projects like the Superman Building rehab.
John Loughlin interviews Republican and Independent candidates and professionals in the healthcare industry.
John DePetro and Justin Katz marvel at the dangers and shortsightedness in the runup to RI’s 2022 elections.
After a week of national coverage, with Tucker Carlson jokingly lauding her honesty and encouraging the Democrat Party to embrace her more fully, most Rhode Islanders who pay any attention to the news have probably heard about Tiara Mack’s twerking performance. Even the local media had to take some notice, at least to the extent…
John DePetro and Justin Katz discuss the many ways Rhode Island Democrats are flaunting their privilege.
The politicians and activists proclaim their value and the news media echoes those claims, but that doesn’t mean legal mandates for “renewable energy” are anything other than a scam to take money from Rhode Islanders and give it to special interests. (Same old same old in Rhode Island, I know.). And so, we get headlines…
Voters (and other citizens) very often make claims about what attributes they want in elected officials that they do not substantiate with their support. They say they’d prefer public servants who are not career politicians and who are in it for “the right reasons,” by which they generally mean they are not merely seeking power…
This is probably a strange question to pose, but nonetheless, one wonders. As the state government moves toward spending big money on suicide barriers that will inevitably change the aesthetic character of the bridges on which they’re installed, what is the belief system underlying our local culture? Where do supporters for such things stand on,…
The idea of “reasonable” and “common sense” gun control laws is becoming an obvious sham. Reasonable people acting according to common sense differentiate between policies in different states and balance facts such as how frequently a particular type of weapon has been used in crimes in the state where gun-control legislation is proposed and what…
