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In the Dark Land, the Man with a Flashlight Is King

By Justin Katz | March 12, 2009 |

Or maybe he’s an easy target. Matt and I had a few laughs (of the “or we’d cry” variety on last night’s Matt Allen show. Why doesn’t anybody in power see what needs to be done, and what’s the appropriate attitude to have in response? Stream by clicking here, or download it.

“Like a Talk Show on the Internet”

By Justin Katz | March 5, 2009 |

That was Matt Allen’s description, last night, when Marc took the spotlight on Matt’s show to review some of the conversation that we’re having ’round here. Stream by clicking here, or download it.

While on the Topic of Pining (a Little Revivification)

By Justin Katz | March 1, 2009 |

If you’ve got ten minutes, it might do your patriotic spirit good to watch a couple snips of speeches from opposite ends of Ronald Reagan’s political career: The first I came across while perusing Prof. Jacobson’s blog: “Those who would trade our freedom for the soup kitchen of the welfare state have told us they…

Dealing with Stimulation

By Justin Katz | February 26, 2009 |

Appearing on last night’s Matt Allen show, Monique shone some light on strings attached to stimulus money — such as the reversal of welfare reform — and advised caution in accepting and deploying it Stream by clicking here, or download it.

Letting the Public Watch the Table

By Justin Katz | February 19, 2009 |

The conversation between Andrew and Matt, on last night’s Matt Allen show, had to do with open public-sector negotiations. Stream by clicking here, or download it.

State on the Radio

By Justin Katz | February 13, 2009 |

Matt and Marc talked about the state of the state, on the Matt Allen show, Wednesday night, and the peculiarity of having a lieutenant governor from the governor’s opposition party (sports analogy employed). Stream by clicking here, or download it.

Tiverton Fire and Money Issues

By Justin Katz | February 7, 2009 |

Of the three hours of Tiverton town council budget workshop discussion, the only mildly animated discussion came toward the beginning, regarding the fire department’s budget. Here are two snippets: Discussing the union’s refusal to lower minimum manning, space their vacations, or forgo their recent pay raise: stream, download. The first voice is Fire Chief Robert…

A Topical Puzzle

By Justin Katz | February 5, 2009 |

On the Matt Allen show, last night, Matt and I discussed the madness of the modern world — from CEOs who are practically daring the government to begin finding ways to limit their pay to teachers’ unions that are risking PR devastation to keep their contracts growing. Stream by clicking here, or download it.

The Leadership Dance

By Justin Katz | February 1, 2009 |

Part 2 of Tim White’s investigation into misuse of public resources and time in the Providence Sewer Department mainly concerned supervisor Algot Abrahamson’s use of a city truck for a spin to a known gambling house. More intriguing, in my opinion, is the similarity in some of the supervisor’s phrasing to that of Mayor David…

A Bleg for a Blog

By Justin Katz | January 29, 2009 |

Long-time participants in the blogosphere — a group in which I’d include lurking readers — will be familiar with the term “blegging.” It was coined, I believe, by Jonah Goldberg, of National Review, who used it to indicate a blog post begging for information from readers. Our current bleg is for financial support, as Monique…