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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…
I’ve a direct interest in the proceedings, of course, but part of what I’ve been doing at all of these public meetings in Tiverton has been developing and practicing a citizen-driven mode of coverage. The mainstream media doesn’t cover everything, and of what it does, it offers only that for which it has space and…
I mean, really, who wants to spend their free time sifting through numbers and tapping away at data entry? Well… we do! It’s like a terrible itch when a question of truth arises and an argument clashes with one’s understanding. Sometimes only a spreadsheet will do. While most folks would see such laborious tasks as…
Let’s leave this on an emotional level for a moment: What’s your feeling about these times through which we’re living? For me, the impression is of watching my fellow Rhode Islanders and fellow Americans building bulwarks against the invasion of an unknown future and being brushed aside each time I shout that they’re making the…
Two notes: Apparently, I was incorrect about town councils’ having the authority to reduce tangible propert taxes to 0%. According to John, in the comments, the town is limited in the degree to which it can make one class of tax higher (or lower) than another. (That does not disallow the 25-year exemption.) I should…
Last night on the Matt Allen show, I mentioned our coverage of the governor’s speech and gave some general suggestions about the direction of Anchor Rising in the new year. Stream by clicking here, or download it. I have to say that the governor’s plan takes more ground (and concedes less) than I’d expected, giving…
So you can plan your evening: We’ll be liveblogging the governor’s speech tonight at 7:00, and we’ll be doing so in an Engaged Citizen comments section that’ll go up around that time, so you can liveblog right along with us.
If you missed (or would like to recap) last night’s all–Anchor Rising Violent Roundtable on the Matt Allen Show, the download is available here. Matt, Andrew, Monique, and I discussed matters various and sundry, and I even sang a bar from the musical 1776.
Anchor Rising will be invading the 630AM/99.7FM WPRO studio tonight for an all-AR Violent Roundtable on the Matt Allen show. Tune in to hear Andrew, Monique, and me bat around the issues of the day as Matt tosses them out to us.
Thanks to the Rhode Island Republican Assembly for the invitation to their Christmas dinner, last night. Good food and excellent conversation. I’ll say this: I’m starting to get a sense of some of the possible strategic intentions of the RIGOP, and I can’t say that I’m overly enthusiastic. It’s good to know, however, that there’s…