New Year’s resolution time is around the corner, and if you want to quit smoking, you’re not alone. I want to quit, too. And I have to admit, this isn’t easy to write about. Most days I am suffering in my car with a cigarette clenched between my lips after a long day or an […]
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In a traditionally very blue state, the town of Scituate, Rhode Island, has been an outlier. In fact, the Republican Party has controlled the town council going back to 1913 and it looked like the domination wasn’t going to change anytime soon. That is, until a group of four political newcomers got together last year — […]
Fake News For many years Phillip & Jorge thought of ourselves as pioneers of fake news, but that was long before the current virulent strain of fake news arrived. It is all quite sad and we take no responsibility for this recent crop of hate-inspired crap. Best Intentions The story of Dan Doyle, the founder […]
THU 8 A Creepy Christmas Carol: With Jeff Belanger and Dustin Pari. Bringing you the legends and lore that put the fear into the Yuletide season. From the monsters who hunt naughty children, to the ghosts that haunt us all, this program will take audiences on a tour of the almost-forgotten parts of the holiday […]
The Southern White House (Shudder) As Jorge recuperated at home at Casa Diablo, Phillipe was off to Palm Beach to celebrate Thanksgiving with the Trump family at McMansion-a-Lago (“Home of the Lepers,” in Spanish), The Donald’s hideous tribute to excess in the land of the very, very rich and very, very reprehensible. Put simply, it’s […]
Wickford is one of the prettiest villages in Rhode Island, in part because it’s on the water. Because of that proximity, virtually everyone agrees the village needs sewers in a town where the vast majority of property owners still rely on septic systems. But how to pay for sewers has been a challenge as town […]
When the Reign Comes In the era of faux reality shows ruling the universe, Phillipe and Jorge’s Cool, Cool World became very surreal on November 9. The reign of The Donald Duck Dynasty begins. It is fairly incredible that Americans have elected an insane person with a narcissistic psychiatric disorder as their president. But don’t […]
Music can be considered one of the best ways for an artist to express emotions and mood. It can also be used as a tool to motivate people, and I believe there is a genre of music out there for everyone. Artists are springing up all over the place, some start in their parents’ basement, […]
One by one they all heard their names called. Some answered that call in a wheelchair. Others carrying a cane. And many of the rest ran through the inflatable Patriot helmet onto the field at Gillette Stadium the first Saturday in November, greeted with a sustained round of applause. Close to 30 military veterans gathered […]