March 31, 2011
Politics on Voter-ID
Watching the legislative process can be a matter of "trace the political games."
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10:00 AM
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The Government Way: Doing Less with More!
Marc Comtois notes government's trend of doing less for more.
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6:16 AM
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March 30, 2011
How the Game Is Stacked for the Teachers' Unions
Not surprisingly, a teacher-legislator prioritizes teacher seniority over minimizing harm to students.
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10:00 AM
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Where's the Money Supposed to Come From?
Tiverton's added a per-bag fee to the existing trash-collection tax bill. Where's the money supposed to come from?
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6:00 AM
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March 29, 2011
A Moment for Misanthropy
Mark Patinkin's misanthropy in the face of Japan's tsunami isn't founded in an accurate understanding of nature and mankind.
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10:00 AM
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The Sign of Leadership
"Held for further study" would be an apt description of Rhode Island in general.
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6:00 AM
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March 28, 2011
Lamenting Taxes While Endorsing Taxers
Hopefully, the Providence Journal will allow its opposition to Gov. Chafee's tax proposal to redirect its endorsement habits in the future.
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12:20 PM
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My Social Cause for Your Law and Order
Legislative horse trading is inevitable, but there's still something distasteful about it.
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6:26 AM
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March 25, 2011
Drugs Taxed School Zone
I wonder if Drug Free School Zones except medical marijuana dealers.
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12:25 PM
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If Not for the People, RI Would Have Fewer People
The inclination to slice society up into racial categories cannot be healthy.
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6:16 AM
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March 24, 2011
Hard Cases Make Bad Law
The arguments against same-sex marriage stand even when the opposition has compelling personal stories.
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2:00 PM
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The Never-Ending Upward Line of Government Spending
Andrew Morse suggests that government spending can't always go up.
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6:13 AM
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March 23, 2011
New Media Icon on Campus
Undercover activist James O'Keefe will be appearing before the Providence College Republicans, tonight.
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10:00 AM
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Thinning the Fuel Won't Create Efficiency
My Patch column, this week, defines the target population of Rhode Island's recent and proposed tax changes and offers a brief economics lesson to suggest that the apparent strategy is perhaps not the best.
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6:01 AM
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March 22, 2011
The Law of Honoring Thy Parents
Is it honoring when a parental visit is done under force of law?
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2:00 PM
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At Least It's Being Considered
Legislation limiting labor has no chance, in RI, but at least it's on the table.
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10:00 AM
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Baby Steps to Good Government
It's good to hear of open-government legislation, but boy is the process slow.
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6:09 AM
March 21, 2011
Watching the Wheels Go Fruitlessly Around
Is there any hope for Rhode Island's economy?
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6:18 AM
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March 18, 2011
A Frivolous Post About Getting Older and Bone Structure
So I was carded for alcohol, this afternoon. Is that a common experience among people my age?
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6:05 PM
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Covering Criticism of the Governor
PolitiFact finds RI Gov. Linc Chafee to be keeping promises that he looks to me to have broken.
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10:00 AM
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Everybody's Representative?
Local Rep. John Edwards (D, Portsmouth, Tiverton) gives reason to wonder whether his representation extends far beyond the Democrat Town Committee.
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6:13 AM
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March 17, 2011
The Governor's Faith That You Don't Matter
Gov. Chafee apparently didn't attempt to predict the effect that his tax policies would have on the behaviors that he proposes to tax.
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10:00 AM
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Sacrifice Starting from Unequal Footing
Monique Chartier and Matt Allen talked RI taxation on last night's Matt Allen Show.
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5:55 AM
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March 16, 2011
A Lesson for the Town's Educators (and Parents)
If Little Compton parents don't want Tiverton High School's offerings, why should Tiverton parents?
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2:00 PM
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Drug Dealer... Not a Stretch for Rhode Island
Legalizing pot is one thing; adding RI's brand of corruption to the industry is another.
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10:00 AM
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The Prayer and the Regent
My patch column, this week, joins two topics related to education in Rhode Island.
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6:21 AM
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March 15, 2011
The Tax List
RI Gov. Chafee wants to tax some curious things.
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10:00 AM
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Like a Profession, or Something
Blackstone Valley Prep charter school appears to be taking the revolutionary step of handling teachers like real professionals.
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6:17 AM
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March 14, 2011
What Elected Officials Have Negotiated For
Public sector unions get it all: high salaries, lavish benefits, and job security.
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12:38 PM
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The Biggest Tax Increase... and on Whom?
Governor Chafee has found a way to make a tax increase on the working and lower-middle classes seem like a tax reduction.
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6:15 AM
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March 13, 2011
Re: Quoth the Meter
I've clarified my understanding of the PolitiFact process.
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2:51 PM
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March 12, 2011
Accepting PolitiFact (or not)
Does the PolitiFact brand really fool anybody?
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4:00 PM
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March 11, 2011
Once Again Re: The Direction of Imposition
And on the conversation about separation goes.
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9:08 PM
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Re: The Direction of Imposition
Continuing the discussion about a prayer banner in Cranston.
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12:29 PM
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The Direction of Imposition with Cranston Prayer
Cranston atheists and the ACLU are projecting their desire to impose a belief on everybody else.
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6:20 AM
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March 10, 2011
Chafee Shows Us Who's Boss
Not surprising. Governor Chafee is funneling money to his biggest supporters.
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2:00 PM
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Deficit Hawk... Not So Much
Is RI Governor Lincoln Chafee a deficit hawk? Not really.
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10:00 AM
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Naming the Broader Tax Base
My call in to the Matt Allen Show, last night, dealt with budgetary discouragement.
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5:52 AM
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March 9, 2011
Re: Budget Thoughts
We're having an intraconservative debate about RI Gov. Chafee's budget.
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2:00 PM
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Searching for Justice in Rhode Island
A just system would not lead innocent victims feeling as if street justice is the only route for the murderer of a child.
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10:00 AM
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A Process That Binds
As an applicant for an interim town treasurer job in Tiverton, I found the process to be peculiar
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5:52 AM
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To Liveblog or Not to Liveblog
I made a last-minute decision to liveblog RI Gov. Lincoln Chafee's budget address, last night.
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5:43 AM
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March 8, 2011
What Inspires Political Activity?
When a radical feminist says something with which a religious conservative agrees, you just know she's speaking non sequiturs.
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4:57 PM
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Reporting on Experts
The problem with trying to quantify the accuracy of experts is that it creates another topic on which experts can disagree.
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10:00 AM
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Maybe the Mistrust Is Indicative of Knowledge, Not Ignorance
People mistrust local and state government in Rhode Island. Unleash the propaganda!
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5:52 AM
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March 7, 2011
Playing the System for Profit
A former part-time legislator gets a high-paying job in a friendly administration, and voila! A lucrative pension for the rest of his life.
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6:00 PM
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Steyn Back in Action
Mark Steyn has returned to National Review and to highlighting the growth of a terrorist culture and the continued passivity of the West.
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2:00 PM
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A Fantasy Compromise
Can Rhode Island transition from compulsory union membership to a mere right-to-work regime?
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10:00 AM
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The Line of Awareness Crossed Too Late?
The commentariate class of RI is uniting in concern about the state of the state. About time.
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5:27 AM
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March 4, 2011
An Audit of Popularity
Everybody, right down to the media and electorate, is responsible for covering David Cicilline, and they'll do it again, when the time comes.
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10:00 AM
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The Union Rhetoric and Financial Reality
Teacher union rhetoric reminds one of the gulf that separates their lives from those of the general public.
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6:23 AM
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March 3, 2011
Them and Us
RIFuture is up for grabs, and I've got my hand out.
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6:10 PM
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The Shape of the Governor's Solutions
RI Gov. Lincoln Chafee is a representative for those who've like a lack of real solutions to the state's problems.
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2:00 PM
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A Regent for One Reason
Nominated Chairman of the RI Board of Regents George Caruolo is a retrograde voice of backtracking.
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10:00 AM
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The Power of Blogs
I joked with Matt Allen, last night, about matters of local blogging.
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5:53 AM
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March 2, 2011
"Democracy" Is Whatever Gets the Special Interest Its Way
Funny how a direct referendum can be made to seem undemocratic.
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12:21 PM
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Another Acronym to Track
My latest column introduces readers to OPEBs, or "other post-employment benefits" for public-sector workers.
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5:59 AM
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March 1, 2011
Unions: Cause or Coincidence?
Unions didn't cause increased respect for teachers, and their disappearance won't decrease it.
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12:26 PM
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Proving the Unprovable in SLAPP Response
A judge has determined that TCC David Nelson must prove the unprovable.
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6:20 AM
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