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A Long Weekend in Review

By Justin Katz | September 8, 2009 |

It was a long weekend with some big thoughts. I joined Larry Kudlow in seeing the suffering of small businesses (which isn’t without government causes) as an ill-boding omen. With some commenters seemingly incapable of discerning humor, I proposed amphibious cars as an alternative economic engine to “green jobs” for our state. Monqiue noted that…

Last Weekend in August

By Justin Katz | August 31, 2009 |

It was a final lazy summer weekend, although I spent most of it doing behind-the-scenes work that will emerge in the weeks to come, but we did manage to take up some topics: Education Commissioner Deborah Gist challenged the Woonsocket School Committee and gave Julia Steiny some vague objectives. In response to steps taken in…

The Weekend After a Busy Week

By Justin Katz | August 24, 2009 |

Personally, much of my weekend was spent trudging the learning curve of digital video, but I began Saturday blogging from an RIGOP fundraiser, of which I subsequently posted video. For a breath of fresh (if not optimistic) air, I pointed readers to Mark Steyn’s thoughts on the signals that Democrats are sending about the direction…

Through a Busy Weekend

By Justin Katz | August 17, 2009 |

It was a weekend of events and video. First, I checked in from the Rhode Island Republican Assembly’s “Victory over Statism” barbecue and posted video of the speeches (made possible with a camcorder funded via the advertising and reader donations by which we piece together a limited budget). The next day brought the National Organization…

Posts This Weekend

By Justin Katz | August 10, 2009 |

Our weekend posting began with an investigation of whether the claims of some on the RI left that taxation has no correlation with the number of wealthy residents hold water. They don’t. Which adds a bit of emphasis to my exhortation (with events listed) that right-leaning reformers need to begin to get together. In a…

Violent Tonight

By Justin Katz | August 7, 2009 |

I’ll be back on the radio, tonight, participating in Matt Allen‘s Violent Roundtable. The other guest is Rep. Peter Palumbo (D, Cranston).

WPRO During Daylight

By Justin Katz | August 5, 2009 |

Just so’s anybody with an interest has an opportunity to tune in: I’ll be on 630AM/99.7FM with Dan Yorke for the 2:00 hour today on WPRO.

A Weekend in August

By Justin Katz | August 3, 2009 |

The big event of the weekend, for those of us who would push and pull Rhode Island toward a healthier political culture, was the summer meeting of the Rhode Island Statewide Coalition, audio here. In an Engaged Citizen post, Kathy Santos lists some critera by which voters should gauge their state-level representatives. A reader email…

And Next Weekend, By the Way

By Justin Katz | July 27, 2009 |

I’ll be liveblogging from RISC’s summer meeting this Saturday, so if you’re there, say “hello,” and if you’re not, follow along. I’m particularly curious to hear the talk of our new Commissioner of Education, Deborah Gist. I suspect she’s got much more to learn about the ways of Rhode Island than she knows, and it’ll…

The Last Weekend in July

By Justin Katz | July 27, 2009 |

Directly and indirectly, it was a weekend of political philosophy. Kicking it off, I expressed dismay about the pervasiveness among government officials of the principle that government must search far and wide (and manipulate the law) in order to increase revenue. Cut spending, says I. Implying something similar, Monique gave a quick review of the…