Rhode Island History

UPDATE II: Obligatory Buddy Cianci Post

By Marc Comtois | May 31, 2007 |

Following up on previous updates, no word yet on what Buddy had for lunch…

UPDATE I: Obligatory Buddy Cianci Post

By Marc Comtois | May 31, 2007 |

Just an update to Andrew’s Buddy Cianci Post…..Update complete.

Obligatory Buddy Cianci Post

By Carroll Andrew Morse | May 31, 2007 |

No text. The title says it all.

Elaborating on MacKay’s Immigration History

By Marc Comtois | April 2, 2007 |

Scott MacKay’s immigration piece in the Sunday ProJo was a good piece of historical writing. However, and inevitably, it will be used by some as proof for their arguments in the contemporary illegal immigrant debate. Namely that the U.S. has “historically” allowed all immigrants, whether illegal or not. My first thought after reading the piece…

Rhode Island’s Greatest Soldier

By Mac Owens | March 7, 2005 |

I had the opportunity to review a very fine book on Nathanael Greene for Sunday’s edition of the NY Post. The review is here. Rhode Island must of course atone for Ambrose Burnside. Fortunately for Rhode Islanders, whenever anyone makes fun of Burnside, they can point out that, second only to Washington, Greene was the…