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HAPPY 4TH!!!

By Marc Comtois | July 4, 2007 |

They Died For Us

By Marc Comtois | May 28, 2007 |

MORE: Thoughts from Michael Yon in Iraq and Peter Collier in the WSJ.

A Lesson in Web Stats (Because Nobody Else Will)

By Justin Katz | May 26, 2007 |

We could legitimately declare that Anchor Rising has had 94,250,358 hits, or 101,009 per day, over the life of the site, but that would be deceptive. I mention this because from time to time you’ll see a site parading the fact that it’s had x number of hits, and if that’s all the information you’re…

Righteous Indignation and a Blogger’s Responsibility

By Marc Comtois | May 10, 2007 |

The left-side of the local blogosphere is atwitter with calls to fire WPRO’s Dan Yorke for an assertion/information he let slip during his show. (I won’t repeat the comment, you can find it on your own.) However, what I did find interesting was that a similar assertion had been made in the comments section (the…

Civility — It’s Not Just for Winners!

By Justin Katz | April 23, 2007 |

I’ll be the first to admit that it’s all too easy, while in the rapture of our rightness, to lose sight of the fact that we’re in the minority in this state… by a lot. So outnumbered are we that the Warwick Daily Times’s imbalanced labelling of blogs needn’t be seen as an unmitigated example…

Ocean State Blogger–The Return

By Marc Comtois | March 14, 2007 |

After a 10 month hiatus, I decided to slap a new coat of paint on my ol’ Ocean State Blogger site and bring her back, but with a new mission. Originally, OSB was my solo blog in which I posted about things in much the same way I do here at Anchor Rising. The new…

FPOY

By Carroll Andrew Morse | January 1, 2007 |

Happy New Year!

Understanding the Last-Minute Christmas Shopper

By Carroll Andrew Morse | December 22, 2006 |

I predict utter mayhem — even more so than usual – at the last-minute Christmas shopping scene this year. Certain insights I have into the mind of the last-minute shopper lead me to this prediction. Here’s how (ahem, I’ve heard) the last minute shopper approaches the Christmas season. Sometime around Thanksgiving, he or she looks…

Insecurity, Thy Name Is the Internet

By Justin Katz | November 12, 2006 |

Well, apparently the liberal Internet conspiracy continues. Resulting from what looks to have been some relatively benign and low-level hacking, our comments sections were down for at least a few hours. I thought things had been quiet ’round here. For future reference, please don’t be shy about contacting me regarding problems with Anchor Rising’s functionality.…

Guess What We Forgot?

By Marc Comtois | November 10, 2006 |

With all of the election hoopla, none of us Anchor Rising contributors thought to remember that November 7 was the two-year anniversary of this blog. In the past year, I think that we’ve managed to pull at least a couple links of the ol’ anchor chain out of the water. At the very least, our…