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Just to let folks know: I’m having issues with my email and am not receiving all messages sent my way. (Correspondents may or may not receive an error message saying that my emailbox is full.) I’m workin’ on it, but it’s always difficult to overcome these liberal conspiracies. If ever anybody is rebuffed by my…
Anchor Rising is featured in a report by Ellen Liberman in the latest edition of Rhode Island Monthly (which hasn’t yet updated its Web site to reflect the new issue): Diogenes of Sinope was one of the original Cynics, ancient Greek philosophers who shunned the status quo. Most famously, Diogenes wandered the birthplace of democracy,…
I’ll be part of a segment about the casino issue on the Brown Student Radio show Off the Beat, which airs tomorrow night at (I believe) 7:30 p.m. Those in the Providence area can tune in to 88.1 FM, but anybody the world ’round can listen to the live stream on bsrlive.com.
I will be appearing on WJAR-TV‘s (NBC 10) 10 News Conference program this Sunday at 6:30 AM along with panelists Matthew Jerzyk of RI Future and Dan Yorke of WPRO-AM radio, along with hosts Jim Taricani and Bill Rappelye giving the alternative media’s perspective on the current Rhode Island political scene.
We’ve had enough readers email to ask why their comments have been rejected that it’s worth offering a preemptive explanation. Since we’re constantly inundated with automatically generated comment spam, we employ a variety of solutions to cut down on the amount. One solution is to close down comments and trackbacks after a certain period of…
Anchor Rising’s policy on deleting comments and banning commenters is being turned up a notch. If you’re commenting on this Web site, you’re doing so to advance a conversation. Some of you are using comments as an outlet for political spin… and that’s alright, too. But when the comment sections get to the point that…
I will be appearing on WPRI-TV‘s (Channel 12) Newsmakers program this Sunday at 6:30 AM (rebroadcast on WNAC-TV [Channel 64]) Sunday at 10 AM) along with Matthew Jerzyk of RI Future, host Steve Aveson and panelist Ian Donnis discussing the nature of political blogging. Disclaimer: Since the subject is blogs-as-media, viewers should prepare themselves to…
“They represent the highest form of the citizen”
Honor Roll of Soldiers Killed in AfghanistanHonor Roll of Soldiers Killed in Iraq They represent the highest form of the citizen, and every man and woman among them was a volunteer. This plain statement requires no further rhetoric.— Christopher Hitchens, in OpinionJournal, Today
With advertising on Anchor Rising beginning to… well, just beginning, I thought it worthwhile to offer readers some perspective on our advertising practices (such as they will be). Our acceptance of paid advertisements does not imply endorsement of the product, service, or stated position. In general, we will do a little bit of research to…
WASHINGTON D.C. — I am blogging this morning from the site of the 33rd annual Conservative Political Action Conference. I’ll be spending the next 2 1/2 days learning about the issues, arguments, and people that will be shaping our national politics and will try to represent Rhode Island well to the rest of the country.…
