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 […]
As a kid, I was pretty unfamiliar with the lay of the land outside of my quiet suburban neighborhood in Warwick, but I was a skateboarder, which put me in the vicinity of skaters from other neighborhoods who knew about other skate spots. Other spots meant meeting more skaters. It didn’t take long for my […]
Negative Space The old expression “conspicuous by its absence” was on display last week thanks to the separate lame and disgraceful efforts of President Pussy-Grabber and Providence Bishop Tommy Tobin. Our mentally ill, hypersensitive, congenital liar-in-chief, with all the morals, ethics and respect for the law of a career criminal, embarrassed himself — and the nation — […]
Matt Brown’s name began to circulate as a possible independent gubernatorial candidate as recently as late 2017, but, earlier this spring, the former Rhode Island secretary of state and senatorial candidate decided to join Spencer Dickinson in challenging incumbent Governor Gina Raimondo in a Democratic primary. While the bulk of Brown’s campaign has been steeped […]
Next week is the biggest political day in Rhody politics; the primary election. In a state long dominated by the Democratic party, primary elections become more significant than the ones in November. This year has seen established, incumbent Democrats face strong challenges from the progressive wing within their own party. Governor Gina Raimondo has unleashed […]
The travel season might be over, but the Providence’s B-Team, The Killah Bees, got a chance to compete in the All-8-On-The-Floor tournament in Auburn, Mass, on the weekend of August 11. It’s been five years since they last competed and won, and the Bees fought hard with victories over Maine and Troy. In the finals, they […]