If you walk into any high school during the first few days of a school year, you’ll probably encounter some form of professional development. Often, it’s representative of the newest, flashiest thing in education, and the program only gets fancier once you upgrade to the premium version. The Rhode Island Writing Project’s (RIWP) professional development trainings […]
As a theater performance major at Rhode Island College (1988-1992), I was fortunate enough to experience part of what many feel were the “golden years” of the program. Given the choices to attend Emerson or NYU, I chose RIC, not just as a financial fallback, but also because RIC had the reputation as one of […]
Wampanoag means “People of the First Light.” Having lived in Cape Cod for at least 10,000 years, they are one of the longest continuous cultures in the Americas. In 2015, the Obama administration placed 321 acres of land in Taunton, Mass, into the trust of the Department of the Interior (DOI) for the development of […]
Take a Nike, Kaepernick Since the cloudy dawn of humanity, snot-nosed children have been stomping their feet and smashing their toys when petulance gets the better of them. And since the rainswept twilight of humanity, exasperated parents have been tearing out their hair as the little feckers run amok, refusing to listen to reason or […]
Time go get some sun. I’m not talking about the sun in the sky – I’m talking about the proverbial sun, the “out from the shadows and into the sunlight” sun. Time to come out of the darkness and into the public eye. It’s time for Corruption Rules to formally go public. Since the mid […]
Okee dokee folks… Baseball Hall of Famer Yogi Berra famously said, “It’s deja vu all over again,” and this certainly applies to this year’s RI primary elections. So why am I writing about elections in a music column? Two reasons: It’s my damn column and maybe if enough people talk about what happened more folks will […]
You Get What You Deserve Could there be anything more dispiriting than the results of the gubernatorial primaries last week? Now we have the choice – once again — between the jumped-up, overly ambitious Dem Gigi Raimondo, who would eagerly push either Sheldon Whitehouse or Jack Reed in front of a speeding train to be able to […]
[See also “News Analysis: Feroce’s Blockchain Plan“] Giovanni Feroce is a Republican candidate for RI governor who will be on the GOP gubernatorial primary ballot along with Cranston Mayor Allan Fung and House Minority Leader Patricia Morgan. While Feroce brings a broad range of experience to the race, his idea to transform RI into a […]
Washingclown D.C. – As our distraught nation comes to terms with the president canceling his eagerly anticipated military parade, the White House has released an update on how they plan to spend the $92 million that might otherwise have been wasted on frivolities like education and infrastructure. “Mr. Trump understands that the nation wants to […]