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The evolution of online information technology companies is a lesson in the importance of first principles. Only recently has the convenience of cloud technology become so overwhelming in some activities that I’ve been giving in to it in a more-general way, and the temptation is always there to make it central. The idea, which has…
Here’s an interesting finding from Heritage, which prompted 2,000 rabbis to call for an end to DEI programs on campuses: The Heritage Foundation researchers reviewed the Twitter feeds of 741 DEI officials at 65 different U.S. universities to determine their attitudes on Israel and China. They found that DEI staff “tweeted, retweeted, or liked almost…
In separate incidents, Woonsocket arrested two 12 year olds. The photo accompanying Lauren Clem’s Valley Breeze article is worth a glance. It shows a child being led away in handcuffs by a much larger police officer while another carries his backpack. One of the children (although I don’t know whether it was this one) involved a…
The headlines of doom are coming! Above a Brian Amaral report in the Boston Globe readers will find this:”R.I. health care system ‘is currently collapsing,’ emergency doctors warn“: The crisis has led to long wait times and inconsistent standards of care: “rationing resources, unable to provide privacy, and certainly unable to provide any COVID-19 isolation…
The musical innovations must have been compelling at the time, but the arrangements are so narrative, I feel like I’m listening to a Bugs Bunny soundtrack or something.
The United Kingdom gives a good example of the problem with this constant reporting of COVID numbers as if they should be scary, especially when the metric is people with COVID, not people who have been assessed to have been harmed by it. Here’s the underlying data, which shows that the United Kingdom has had…
What can one say? John’s questions are exactly on point, but nobody is surprised about what’s going on: Why is an unelected official making all the Covid decisions? Governor Dan McKee seems content to allow Dr. Nicole Alexander Scott to make all Covid decisions including decisions that are different than Massachusetts. Why is testing so…
This is exactly the sort of environment the education system in Rhode Island and other places around the country are inviting as they seek to impose ideological radicalism as guiding lights and institutionalize a system of lying to parents. At the link, Rod Dreher supplies video of the emotional testimony and accusations of Jessica Konen,…
During her time as governor, Rhode Islanders periodically would hear rumors that Gina Raimondo had the backing of powerful financial interests. Indeed, she typically received the large majority of her campaign donations from people with out-of-state addresses. As I asked in 2017, what were they buying with their money? At the time, the answer seemed…
This is worth remembering, especially because so many people charged with keeping an eye on things want to forget it: We found out about the 14,000 abandoned Americans almost two months ago, of whom the State Department only shows 900 exfiltrated thus far. We also knew that the US had abandoned tens of thousands of…