Law and Order

A water drop and ripples

A mandate for algorithm-free social media might not be the answer.

By Justin Katz | November 19, 2021 |

I’m not sure this is the way to a solution: A bipartisan collective of House lawmakers introduced legislation on Nov. 9 that would require Big Tech providers such as Facebook and Google to allow users to opt-out of content selected by algorithms, providing additional transparency regarding content. The measure, dubbed the Filter Bubble Transparency Act…

A water drop and ripples

Anybody buying the story that gassing January 6 prisoners was a slapstick-style accident?

By Justin Katz | November 15, 2021 |

There really aren’t that many people in prison at the moment over the events of January 6, so when stories of their mistreatment continue to arise, it kinda raises questions, you know? It also makes one question the explanations.  Last week, several of them had to be removed from their cells on stretchers after exposure…

Gavel with a speech bubble

Bringing the “equity” charade to RI’s judiciary is extremely dangerous.

By Justin Katz | November 15, 2021 |

Of course Katie Mulvaney would fail to include a single expression of contrary concern about a survey finding (surprise, surprise) that many identity groups involved with the Rhode Island judiciary believe they have suffered from discrimination there in her Providence Journal article.  Apart from journalists’ general agreement with the progressive talking points, who in Rhode…

Map of Providence from City Hall to PC

Something is strange about the latest Providence College attack news.

By Justin Katz | November 13, 2021 |

Unfortunately, the unusual thing about the latest off-campus attack of a Providence College student is not the attack itself.  Here’s what happened, as reported by Sarah Doiron and Matt Paddock for WPRI: The Minnesota native’s father, Anthony, who asked that his daughter not be identified out of concern for her safety, said she was walking…

Hooded youths vandalize a car in Providence

Providence vandalism was a planned “riot” according to student on campus.

By Justin Katz | November 9, 2021 |

A student at Providence College tells Anchor Rising that vandalism depicted in a widely dispersed TikTok video was planned beforehand. According to the source, students who live in the area of Pembroke Avenue, a short walk from the campus, heard about the plans among non-students, calling it a “riot.”  Some students remained in their dorms in…

A water drop and ripples

We’ve entered the Molotov cocktails through business windows phase of the revolution.

By Justin Katz | November 2, 2021 |

Weird. The attacker doesn’t look like a suburban parent upset about critical race theory and transgender ideology in the schools.  Presumably this is the next step from lawyers throwing Molotov cocktails at police cars phase.

Edwin Lord Mills A Royal Procession

Politics This Week with John DePetro: Hints of Where the Left Government Is Headed

By Justin Katz | October 25, 2021 |

John and Justin discuss hints and tells in the political news that indicate the future for which RI Democrats are hoping.

A water drop and ripples

Remember when it was the height of bigotry to worry about biological men in women’s private spaces?

By Justin Katz | October 20, 2021 |

The most infamous and egregious case, of course, is the reported rape by a boy in a skirt of a 15-year-old girl in the girls’ bathroom in a Loudon County, Virginia, school.  The school department lied about the case and tried to bury it, and the case wouldn’t be nearly as infamous if the news…

A water drop and ripples

We’re in a dangerous spot when seeing your children is conditional on your being vaccinated.

By Justin Katz | October 18, 2021 |

In New York City, a judge has suspended a father’s visitation rights to his daughter “unless he submits COVID-19 tests on a weekly basis or gets vaccinated.”  He’s had the virus before, as well. The key, though, is the judge’s reasoning, which is (let’s say) pretty far from the actual science: “Here, in-person parental access…

A water drop and ripples

Add child abuse to the toll of lockdowns.

By Justin Katz | October 14, 2021 |

Reading these results from a Pennsylvania report, it would be fair to say that government overreach during COVID has been child abuse: A recently released annual child abuse report from the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services showed that in 2020, the state registered a 43 percent increase in child abuse deaths compared to 2019. That…