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I have to admit that I found Kenneth Singletary’s write-up for the Boston Globe about a Saturday Night Live skit involving Rhode Island to be more humorous than the skit itself: Singletary plays the straight man (that’s a comedy term, for the woke out there) with his straight-news report: Strong looks worried. The newscast continues.…
Yeah, social media is the land of wacky statements, but when themes emerge, they’re worth considering. One theme that has emerged as the prosecution of Kyle Rittenhouse falls apart is threats that he’d be safer in jail than on the street or that the jury better find him guilty no matter what. The most prominent…
Once upon a time, we were taught that the U.S.A. allowed states to experiment and compete with each other. Under Governor Ron DeSantis, Florida sure does seem to be taking that opportunity to heart: “Authoritarian edicts from the Biden regime stop here,” [House Speaker Chris] Sprowls said. “The ‘Keep Florida Free’ agenda represents the strongest…
Germany, for example: Since the beginning of July in Germany, where that family lives, if you can demonstrate proof of being COVID-recovered and then have a subsequent negative COVID test, you are considered immune. For six months anyway, according to the German government. Jennifer Margulis’s Epoch Times article goes on to describe some of the research…
A student at Providence College tells Anchor Rising that vandalism depicted in a widely dispersed TikTok video was planned beforehand. According to the source, students who live in the area of Pembroke Avenue, a short walk from the campus, heard about the plans among non-students, calling it a “riot.” Some students remained in their dorms in…
Not that long ago, the expectation was that older folks would take on additional risk in order to reduce the risks to children. As with much else, this principle appears to have inverted with COVID. Thus, I’ve got to say that I’m pretty much on the same page as Paul Alexander: Why vaccinate our children…
I’ve said it again and again over the years: Rhode Island government is structured such that the state is the center of everything, and various committees, associations, chambers, and other organizations that people think represent the interests of various segments of civil society do not. They are there to represent the state government’s interests to…
During a conversation with Blake Masters on a recent episode of his podcast (go to 48:40 at that link), Andrew Klavan mentioned the contra-regulation argument he sometimes hears that government is simply too slow and legislators too old and out of touch to regulate fast-moving technology. The only response Masters and Klavan offered (per my…
If her analysis in the news is essentially Democrat spin, what does she teach in the classroom? Schiller also said Biden brings a restoration of “stability” and “predictability” to the presidency: “He seems to me to have a moral fortitude where he is really certain that what he’s trying to do is the right thing…
First, let’s start with a thrilling observation of how wonderful our country and civilization are. Progressive candidate for the RI Political Cooperative, Mike Niemeyer’s daughter has severe brain damage, but as Katherine Gregg reports in the Providence Journal, modern life is full of miracles: In a telephone interview on Friday, Niemeyer described the invaluable help a team…