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Paul Rianna at a protest

An Introduction to Independent Candidate for Governor Paul Rianna

By Justin Katz | February 2, 2022 |

Paul Rianna is seeking to build on his experience organizing protests as he campaigns for Rhode Island government’s top executive position.

A water drop and ripples

Here’s a reminder that something historic is happening in Canada.

By Justin Katz | February 2, 2022 |

These events will surely be mentioned in history books, so it’s very strange that they aren’t a bigger part of the news: The border crossing between Coutts, Alberta (CA) and Sweet Grass, Montana (USA) continues to be blocked as truckers allied against COVID-19 restrictions and vaccine passports are united.  The Alberta protests are in support…

A water drop and ripples

You may vote for Michelle McGaw, but she doesn’t represent you.

By Justin Katz | February 2, 2022 |

Democrat Representative Michelle McGaw (House district 71) expressed a telling thought in response to her Republican colleague, Brian Newberry, when he noted that 400 people had signed up to testify on  “the proposed extension of the Governor’s emergency powers”: Have you determined how many of those have credentials in public health, infectious disease or epidemiology?…

John Kerry on NowThis

Is Kerry on NowThis a sign of progressive decay?

By Justin Katz | February 2, 2022 |

The world’s got trouble!  With a capital T, and that rhymes with C, and that stands for “coal.” My obvious reference to a once-famous song from The Music Man is tuned to have just about as much appeal to a young audience as a characteristically droning video clip from John Kerry about the need for — you…

Painting of a forest monster.

Beware the embodiment of the Science “Egregore.”

By Justin Katz | February 1, 2022 |

Anchor Rising doesn’t often dabble in occult topics, but Max Borders brought the concept of Egregores to my attention, and it’s one of those ideas that is practical whether taken as a merely mythic representation or a factual supernatural force. Let’s note, first, that Borders’s essay is timely and worth reading for a variety of…

A medical mask on the sidewalk

We’re sure to see many studies about the lunacy of lockdowns.

By Justin Katz | February 1, 2022 |

Johns Hopkins is an early example: A new working paper from Johns Hopkins University’s “Studies in Applied Economics” institute claims that COVID-19 lockdowns imposed by a variety of governments worldwide had “little to no effect” on COVID-19 mortality. The study, conducted by three professors from around the world, also found that lockdowns “imposed enormous economic…

Two different scales

The healthcare bureaucracy really is dragging us to the point of pitchforks.

By Justin Katz | February 1, 2022 |

Don’t miss the fact that this was published in The Atlantic by a senior fellow at the progressive Brookings Institution, Shadi Hamid: The racial disparities in COVID outcomes are a matter of record, but to suggest that race causes these negative outcomes is a classic case of mistaking correlation for causation. This is how facts,…

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We need more talk about the trucker convoy.

By Justin Katz | January 31, 2022 |

Granted, I’ve been falling behind lately, but it still surprised me when some of the other participants in a class I attended last week brought up the compounding effects of the massive trucker convoy taking place over weeks in Canada to protest vaccine mandates.  As Russell Brand notes in the video below, following the news…

Palette of moving boxes on a truck lift

Whatever Americans’ reasons for moving, they aren’t coming to Rhode Island.

By Justin Katz | January 31, 2022 |

Writing for J&S Transportation, Travis Van Slooten tries to understand why Americans have moved during the pandemic. To start with, though, we should probably think about why they have not: A lot of attention has been focused on how the COVID-19 pandemic affected moving trends in the U.S. While some use terms like exodus when…

A water drop and ripples

We’re living in Dolores Umbridge’s world.

By Justin Katz | January 31, 2022 |

Jon Miltimore explains why Dolores Umbridge is the best character in the Harry Potter books (as distinct from his favorite character).  She’s an archetype, and unfortunately, our society is becoming more archetypal, these days, so to speak: Like Dolores Umbridge, Australian leaders (and Lemon) apparently see no problem in using force for the greater good, including using…