Retail Gasoline Price Increases: The crude truth
As retail gasoline prices rise above $4.00 per gallon, a lot of misinformation and even disinformation is circulating purporting to explain this. Let’s try to get to the real reasons. […]
Events:
The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
Advice from the Trenches: Community Chest
Dear C and Dr. B: I was at work when my phone beeped with a message that a purchase had been made from my Amazon account with my credit card. […]
Wednesday 10am-9pm snow: 1-3 inches accumulation
At Providence, snow is likely Wed 10am-9pm. Although the precipitation will fall as snow, in the metropolitan area temperatures several degrees above freezing are likely to reduce ground accumulation, and […]
RI COVID-19 Test Standing Order: Allows direct billing insurance at pharmacies
Under a new standing order, every person in RI with either Medicaid or private health insurance should be able to pick up COVID-19 rapid antigen test (RAT) kits from any […]
A Not-So-Hidden Gem: Trinity Rep’s Gem of the Ocean awes and inspires
The Gem of the Ocean was a slave ship, but the gem of Trinity Repertory Company is the searing emotion conjured as part of a riveting retelling of August Wilson’s […]
Blue Oyster Cult Rocks the Cabot
Okee dokee folks… Blue Oyster Cult fans converged on The Cabot Theatre in Beverly, MA on Saturday, March 5 to experience a 50-year celebratory show of the band Blue Oyster […]
Advice From the Trenches: Self-Help Hell
Dear C and Dr. B: I am 20 years old and I’ve read a lot of self-help books. You would think that I would know now how to act, how […]
On the Ball and Off the Wall: Swimming with Dolphins
This column is for non-sports fans who would like some enlightenment and hopefully humor without being sports fanatics. Race to the Top One doesn’t believe that former Miami Dolphins head […]
