Okee dokee folks… Sometimes I feel as if talking about anything other than the current state of this country is pointless. Convincing folks to go out and hear music is akin to the captain of the Titanic telling folks to listen to the great band that’s playing on the upper deck as the ship goes […]
It’s that time of year, and I’m not talking about the holidays. Starting today and extending well into December is the open enrollment period for affordable health insurance. HealthSource RI is the official state agency for the insurance marketplace, one of only 12 in the nation. Insuring people for healthcare is actually one of the things […]
Okee dokee folks…For all of you folks who like to be the company of intelligent, critical thinkers who like to laugh a lot then you should be at Providence Performing Arts Center on Thursday, November 8th when Lewis Black brings in his “The Joke’s On Us” Tour. Black is one of today’s preeminent political/social comedians […]
Phillipe and Jorge were astounded and then appalled by this headline on page 2 of the October 26 edition of The Urinal: “Police: White man kills 2 black customers at store” Are you shitting us? This is so over the line that you’d expect to see it in a KKK newsletter. More than 20 years […]
WED 24 Cocktails and Conversations: Feminism in Popular Culture: Guaranteed to set off the family reactionary or Proud Boy cousin in your life, or your money back. 6pm. DWG Library, 413 Central Ave #300, Pawtucket. reddwglibrary.com PechaKucha: The theme of this month’s “grown up show and tell” is “haunts.” Motif is presenting this time! 8:20pm. […]
Dear C and Dr. B; I was assigned to a year-long product development project in partnership with the head of our company, Larry. He was responsible for half of the tasks involved. The project was very complex and involved gathering information and developing models over many months. Everything was going well — then Larry’s wife […]
On Sunday September 16 2018 the Providence Journal Editorial was entitled “Rhode Island has Issues to discuss.” http://www.providencejournal.com/opinion/20180915/editorial-ri-has-issues-to-discuss One of my readers wrote to me wondering if I was going to write a response. Everyone who lives in Rhode Island agrees that Rhode Island has issues to discuss. But while […]
We asked the following questions of candidates running for Providence mayor in the upcoming November elections. This is part one of a two-part series; part two will ask the same questions of candidates in the gubernatorial and senate races. Respondents in the Providence mayoral race were Jorge Elorza (D), Dianne Witman (I) and Jeffrey Lemire (I). Any […]