Real men don't whine and make excuses. And they don't dither, either. ADDENDUM #1: My first comment in the Comments section: Dithering on Afghanistan while American soldiers die. Meeting multiple times with Andy Stern of SEIU while not having time... [...]
Tomorrow 6:30 - 9:00 pm at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 50 Crescent View Avenue. Good food and lots of interesting speakers. Details here. East Providence has been one of the major battlegrounds Ground Zero's for reform in Rhode Island.... [...]
Professor Stephen Mathis has come across my post responding to his op-ed, and he comments, in part: I think the ultimate problem with devaluing people or their organs is problematic precisely because it makes them vulnerable to more powerful folks.... [...]
Woonsocket City Council President Leo Fontaine, a Republican, was elected over Todd Brien to replace Susan Menard as Mayor yesterday. But, as explained by the ProJo's John Hill, there is something unique about the structure of Woonsocket politics that probably... [...]
Just a minor observation based on the story in ProJo about Tamiflu, which states:A recent check of prescribing data from pharmacies around the state found that 15 percent of Tamiflu prescriptions were filled five days after they were written. That... [...]
Maine became the 31st state to reaffirm via popular vote (and agree with President Obama) that marriage is between a man and a woman. The contrast was really between the coast and the inland/north. A look at the vote breakdown... [...]
This piece was originally published in abbreviated form (PDF) in the November 2009 issue of Providence Monthly magazine. Amidst the banquet of public power in Rhode Island, the term-limited governor stands mainly as a jester for activists to mock and... [...]
We'll hear all sorts of contradictory analyses, in the days to come, among which will be assurances that there are no broad conclusions to be drawn, but key votes up and down the East Coast, yesterday, certainly don't disprove the... [...]
