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 […]
Kanye West: Voice of Reason Forget the sage observations of the Dali Lama and the resolute reassurances of free world leader Angela Merkel. To hell with anything said by Voltaire, bugger Aristotle and put a sock in Buffy Sainte-Marie’s pie hole, for their prattling is mere jibber-jabber and a malicious distraction from the prophetic gift […]
I live in East Greenwich and love my picturesque town, but in the past two years I’ve noticed an increase in hostility here, particularly toward women. It started in January 2017, the day of the Women’s March, when E.G. Town Council Vice President Sean Todd tweeted: “Definitely a guy who came up with the idea […]
The midterms are approaching and since this is our first election in the public eye, we couldn’t be more excited. Watch the web for reminders on why corruption is here to stay, inevitable and in many cases, good for society, or at least some people. Our first online column (motifri.com/corruptmidterm) will deal with this, while the […]
What’s your favorite scary movie? Halloween (the first one) What’s your favorite Halloween candy? Reese’s peanut butter cups What was your best Halloween costume ever? I was a nun. I don’t think anyone expected it! The election is coming up. What would you say to someone who didn’t want to vote? Every vote matters! What’s […]
Just under half of the 75 Rhode Island House seats in 2018 are uncontested in the general election. The Senate is only slightly better, with 22 of 38 primary nominees facing a challenge in November. Altogether, of the 113 members of the legislative branch of our state government, 51 of them will appear on ballots […]