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John Carlevale and Beth Leconte on State of the State

State of the State: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at URI

By John Carlevale | October 19, 2021 |

Beth Leconte, Director of R.I.’s chapter of OLLI (Osher Lifelong Learning Institute) talks with host John Carlevale. 

A water drop and ripples

Governor McKee apparently has something of a permanent protest escort.

By Justin Katz | October 15, 2021 |

And we’d hardly know it if John DePetro weren’t paying attention.

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How to respond when the police knock on your door asking about your Facebook post about a protest.

By Justin Katz | October 13, 2021 |

Cardinal Pritchard is right that this video from Australia shows the appropriate response when the police show up at your house to ask if a picture on your Facebook page is evidence that you illegally were present at a protest. Australian police show up at someone’s doorstep to question him about his social media posts…

John Carlevale and Mitchell Kaplan on State of the State

State of the State: Mitchell Kaplan

By John Carlevale | October 7, 2021 |

Mitchell Kaplan joins John Carlevale to discuss his musical, artistic, and educational activities.

1987: I learned it by watching you!

Protest message to progressive government: We learned it by watching you!

By Justin Katz | October 1, 2021 |

If you’re too young or too non-Northeastern to immediately recognize the classic reference in the title of this post, see here. That’s what came to mind when I saw Rob Nesbitt’s tweet of video showing the vaccine mandate protesters blocking traffic in Providence. Protestors against the vaccine mandate for health care workers are now blocking…

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This anti-DeSantis ad might just encourage people to move to Florida.

By Justin Katz | September 30, 2021 |

Horror of horrors!  They have a clip of Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis actually saying that people should be able to make their own decisions! The imagery is especially laughable given that, as I noted earlier, crime has fallen below the national rate in Florida under DeSantis’s leadership. Stop what you are doing and watch…

Mike Stenhouse and Richard August on State of the State 9/27/21

State of the State: Management of COVID-19 Money

By Richard August | September 29, 2021 |

Mike Stenhouse and Richard August discuss the turf battles surrounding money the federal government gave to Rhode Island for recovery from the pandemic.

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Terry McAuliffe summarizes Democrats’ view of parents and education

By Justin Katz | September 29, 2021 |

The Democrat candidate for Virginia governor Terry McAuliffe (who is the former governor and a long-time Democrat Party insider going back to the Bill Clinton White House) said the quiet part out loud during a recent debate: I’m not going to let parents come into schools and actually take books out and make their own…

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William Shatner’s becoming an actual rocket man.

By Justin Katz | September 25, 2021 |

Jeff Bezos has recruited Star Trek legend William Shatner to give PR for his personal space program a boost.  Well, I’ll take any excuse to revisit this classic performance:

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This spirit is growing (we need some in Rhode Island).

By Justin Katz | September 22, 2021 |

Between vulgar anti-Biden chants at athletic events and these billboards in Pennsylvania, a movement seems to be building.