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Politics This Week: The Familiar Face of Battling Corruptions

By Justin Katz | December 23, 2024 |

John DePetro and Justin Katz observe the competing (but very similar) factions of corruption in RI.

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Politics This Week: The Constant Stench of Corruption

By Justin Katz | November 4, 2024 |

John DePetro and Justin Katz highlight the constant sense of political corruption in Rhode Island.

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Politics This Week: Nothing a Little Genuine Competition Couldn’t Fix

By Justin Katz | October 21, 2024 |

John DePetro and Justin Katz follow local stories’ thread of RI’s obvious need for political competition.

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Politics This Week: Corruption Without Competition

By Justin Katz | October 15, 2024 |

John DePetro and Justin Katz discuss ways in which corruption thrives without competitive elections.

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Politics This Week: When “Public Service” Is the Day Job

By Justin Katz | October 7, 2024 |

John DePetro and Justin Katz wonder where the will for public service has gone.

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Politics This Week: Leadership Asleep at the Wheel

By Justin Katz | September 30, 2024 |

John DePetro and Justin Katz review some of the ways in which Rhode Island’s priorities are out of whack.

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Politics This Week: Why Should They Stay?

By Justin Katz | September 23, 2024 |

John DePetro and Justin Katz check in on politics in RI.

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What should we conclude from Attorney General Neronha’s support for historical violence against police?

By Justin Katz | September 12, 2024 |

Democrats’ acceptance of violence from their own partisans, especially labor unions, is a major warning sign that they’ll turn away when it happens again in the future, but it’s especially disconcerting to see Attorney General Peter Neronha celebrating violence against police officers: If I seem to be exaggerating, it’s only because I’m not accepting as…

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Politics This Week: Increasing Signs of Systemic Failure

By Justin Katz | September 9, 2024 |

John DePetro and Justin Katz review the latest signs that Rhode Island’s bolts are loosening.

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We can disagree, but U.S. literacy ought to be the subject of heated debate.

By Justin Katz | August 27, 2024 |

Boston Globe columnist Jeff Jacoby offers a startling statistic: Blaming the Department of Education isn’t only a matter of post hoc ergo propter hoc, and I’d say the unionization of teachers played an equal or greater role in destroying American education.  To be sure, both developments echo a similar underlying problem in the same direction:  They move…