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The Right to Quit an Abusive Employer is Under Attack
2008-02-23 16:00:00 Getting prosecuted for quitting a job is a new development. More About: Quit , Employer , Abusive , Attack
What Would Obama Do?
2008-02-22 15:47:00 I’m reading the surreal story of how the Clinton campaign is barring Mayor David Cicilline from attending her Sunday appearance, and I’m wondering what, in similar circumstances, Obama would do? In fact, if Cicilline does change his endorsement from Clinton to Obama, will Obama allow him to attend his events? I’m surprised that ...
Alien Nation
2008-02-22 14:01:00 It?s the pre-dawn, a light snow is falling, I?m all caffeinated and I have to be at work soon. No time to put it all together, so I throw out the things that wake me up early. I?m wondering about the half dozen people who picketed Michelle Obama?s campaign appearance at CCRI this week with ... More About: Nation , Alien
Senator McCain?s Sweetheart
2008-02-21 14:58:00 I care about the boring stuff. The political infidelities. The politicians who cheat on ?we the people?. McCain?s sweetheart relationship should concern us, because it affects our media. More About: Senator
Michelle Obama Speaks at CCRI
2008-02-21 14:26:00 Attorney General Patrick Lynch got huge cheers when he said that for the first time anyone can remember, Rhode Island?s primary on March 4th really counts. More About: Politics , Elections , Education , Race , Obama
Please Don?t Cut Enrichment in Cranston
2008-02-20 19:57:00 It has come to my attention via the Eden Park Elementary listserv that the school committee is considering eliminating EPIC (Enrichment Program in Cranston) in order to deal with the budget deficit for the schools. As a parent and taxpayer, I urge the school committee not to eliminate this program. It’s important to remember ... More About: Family , Education , Finance
Yes We Can Can
2008-02-20 15:01:00 I always thought that plagiarism was using someone else?s words without their permission. It seems Barack Obama?s accusers are using the expanded definition. Soon they?ll be on to the terrible truth that he is not the first person to use the slogan, ?yes, we can.?
Education 101: Build Schools on Safe Land
2008-02-19 16:49:00 Rep. David Segal and other members of the Rhode Island General Assembly are proposing legislation to ensure that public schools in Rhode Island are built on non-toxic land. The legislation is scheduled to be introduced on February 28, 2008. The text of the bill is available here. Several new schools, including the Adelaide Avenue ... More About: Education , Schools , Land , Build , Safe
Hillary Clinton?s Rhode Island Opening
2008-02-19 15:30:00 Hillary opens her headquarters in Rhode Island today. Hundreds of people are expected to show, including her elected official supporters, who include Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse , Lt. Gov. Elizabeth Roberts, and Providence Mayor David Cicilline. Of course, Patrick Kennedy will be nowhere in sight, as he is going with Obama. The only big ... More About: Elections , Hillary Clinton , Opening
Ann Hood Tells All
2008-02-18 22:41:00 I saw this in Sunday?s New York Times and almost knocked my Chardonnay into the Jacuzzi. More About: Hood , Tells
Clinton?s Graceless Abandonment of Lani Guinier
2008-02-18 15:32:00 The graceless abandonment of Lani Guinier was never really forgiven or forgotten by the people who cared about her nomination. It stands as one reason that a vote for Hillary Clinton is not a feminist no-brainer.
An Aye for an Aye?
2008-02-18 01:17:00 One month from tomorrow, the Iraq War will be half a decade old. It will be the job of the next President?assuming he or she cares enough to respect the vox populi?to extricate the U.S. from this costly mess. Don’t count on “Maverick” McCain to take swift action in this regard. If ... More About: Politics , Elections
House of Race and Gender Cards
2008-02-18 00:30:00 Misogyny is not past, and certainly not absent in this election. Hilary Clinton, as a powerful woman, has been fending off gender slurs since before her husband even ran for president, now the slime machine is in overdrive. Journalists who should be asking informed questions waste time driveling on about ?likeability?. More About: House , Gender , Race , Cards
Something Beautiful
2008-02-17 18:34:00 It?s a time to look for things that warm the soul. More About: Culture , Beautiful
Does the FDA Stand for Anything?
2008-02-16 20:40:00 Although the Food and Drug Administration professes to be “responsible for protecting the public health by assuring the safety, efficacy, and security of human and veterinary drugs, biological products, medical devices, our nation?s food supply, cosmetics, and products that emit radiation,” the reality after 7+ years of Bush administration and industry canoodling is that the ... More About: Politics , Health , Pharmaceuticals , Stand
Is Barack Obama Inevitable?
2008-02-14 16:57:00 I’m still holding off on my Barack Obama endorsement. I don’t really know why — it seems inevitable. It’s like when I was a first-time mother and I tried to resist getting Barbies for my daughter because they are too stereotypical and her body proportions are impossible. My older, wiser sister with ...
A New Jerzyk is Born
2008-02-14 03:57:00 Despite the buckets of rain, it was a blessed and beautiful day for the Rhode Island blogosphere. Matthew Jerzyk, lead blogger at RIFuture.org, became a father for the second time today. He and his wife, Sue, are the proud parents of Colin Benjamin Jerzyk, 8 lbs 15 ounces, born this afternoon. Feel ...
Moe for President
2008-02-14 00:08:00 Last week, after the presidential primary had come and gone here in Massachusetts, a colleague inquired whom I had voted for. I replied, “Moe.” This response seemed to perplex my colleague, as her brow furrowed and the hard drive in her head began to whir in a vain effort to recall some fellow ... More About: Politics , Elections , President
Garabedian Pushes for Merger of City and School Boards
2008-02-13 16:48:00 You heard it here first, folks. Council President Garabedian is shopping his newest proposal around town, and even talking about getting something on the ballot for the General Assembly. It will involve making the Cranston City Council into a 15-person board with a subcommittee on education, and other changes. But it faces ... More About: Education , Finance , School , Merger
Roberts to Announce Legislative Package on Health Care
2008-02-11 22:28:00 Elizabeth Roberts is poised to present her legislative action plan for health care in Rhode Island: Roberts to release bold, comprehensive health care reform package that will transform Rhode Island’s health care system by putting in place a strong, new structure to lower health care costs and ensure that all Rhode Islanders have access to affordable ... More About: Health , Health Care , Care , Package
A Message from Alan Shawn Feinstein
2008-02-10 17:44:00 This message came home with my daughter’s notes from school. Her school is a Feinstein Junior Scholar School. The IMAX Corporation has sold the Feinstein IMAX Theatre, ignoring their promises to me of thousands of tickets yearly and admission discounts to our 155,000 Feinstein Jr. Scholars — and much more. I am asking for damages from ... More About: News , Education , Law and Justice , Message , Alan
Adieu, Mitt
2008-02-09 16:06:00 Greetings from Massachusetts, the home of the World Series champion Boston Red Sox, the near-perfect New England Patriots, and the not-even-close-to-perfect presidential candidate Mitt Romney. For reasons beyond his ken, the American public never totally embraced Mitt. Perhaps they were afraid of getting inadvertently slimed by whatever industrial-strength hair gel the man uses. ... More About: Politics , Elections
Linc Almond Wasn?t Scared
2008-02-08 21:02:00 Of his own constituents. Years ago I attended a Martin Luther King Day program at the Ebenezer Baptist Church on in the Armory district of Providence. There was a large turnout, the beautiful 19th Century church was full. Chairs were arranged in front of the pulpit for distinguished speakers. One of them ... More About: Politics , Almond , Scared
Jerzyk and Segal: Come Together and Work This Out
2008-02-08 01:19:00 There is a great call to unify and make changes in three key areas here in Rhode Island, as outlined by Matt Jerzyk and Rep. David Segal in their editorial in today’s Projo. The editorial concludes: We agree with Governor Carcieri?s assertion in his State of the State address that, ?this crisis presents us with ... More About: Education , Environment , Finance , Work , Human Rights
Geoff Schoos: Governor?s Budget a Recipe for Failure
2008-02-08 00:30:00 Geoff Schoos has a column in this week’s Cranston Herald that provides an excellent critique of Governor Carcieri’s State of the State address and his steal-from-the-poor budget. Also, for anyone who was reading the print version of The Cranston Herald last week, you may have been confused by a column appearing under Geoff Schoos’s ... More About: Politics , Education , Finance , Recipe
What Governor Carcieri Missed
2008-02-07 13:26:00 It was fitting that the young people of PrYSM (Providence Youth and Student Movement) held their press conference at the headquarters of the Rhode Island Indian Council. A reminder that most of us came to this continent from elsewhere. It?s an American tradition to welcome immigrants, and it?s an immigrant tradition to work hard. ... More About: Governor
Whitehouse Presses to Make E-Prescribing a Reality
2008-02-06 17:08:00 As with many behavior problems, acknowledging that you have the problem is usually the first step to effective behavioral treatment. Unfortunately for children, we frequently skip right over behavioral treatment and give a drug, but that’s another subject. The point here is that, after tough questioning from Sheldon Whitehouse and others, the Drug ... More About: Health , Reality , Science and Technology , Mental Health , Pharmaceuticals
Lupino: Base Education Tax on Income Tax
2008-02-06 15:21:00 Former Cranston school committee member and current city councilor Anthony Lupino has an interesting letter in the Projo where he offers an idea for a better way to fund education: […] My idea for an alternative-funding source would be to base school funding on income reported on the Rhode Island income tax form. My simple alternative method ... More About: Education , Health , Finance , Income , Base
The Bright Side of Cancer
2008-02-05 14:36:00 Too tired to even punch the wall, but I know I?m not alone. My Mom is fighting cancer, with courage, and a bad attitude. I read this over the phone to my mother while she was in the hospital and she laughed. I can?t tell you what a blessed relief it is to know ... More About: Health , Cancer , Mental Health , Breast Cancer , Bright
PrYSM Invites Sue Carcieri for a Visit
More articles from this author:2008-02-04 19:22:00 Last Sunday, Charlie Bakst wrote a column about Governor Carcieri’s budget which included an encounter he had with the Governor’s wife, Sue Carcieri. From Mr. Bakst’s column: […] By the way, in regard to speaking up, someone who is not shy is Sue Carcieri. She was once a teacher and is a champion of such ... More About: Visit 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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