In probably the most emphatic repudiation of the status quo by voters since the electoral rout that ended the reign of Democrat Party chairman and Senate majority leader Rocco A. Quattrocchi in 1983, six of the 18 General Assembly incumbents facing 2016 primary challenges, all Democrats, were defeated by insurgent newcomers. This should terrify the […]
Hygiene News You’ve come a long way, baby. The reigning academic LGBT king/queen of political correctness and insipid and fragile sensitivities, Brown University, recently announced it will provide free tampons and sanitary napkins in all university building bathrooms. Yes, we mean women’s, gender inclusive and men’s rooms. Guess the guys will have to continue to […]
I write this a few minutes after receiving a $25 ticket for overtime parking at a meter in Providence. I walked out of Olga’s Cup and Saucer, where I had paid $5.74 for a tea and croissant plus $2 tip after paying $2.50 for the maximum two hours on the parking meter. I was watching […]
What Would a Moron Do? Anyone who was even vaguely surprised at the Ryan Lochte Karioca Kops incident at the Olympic Games in Rio evidently missed his former reality show, “What Would Ryan Lochte Do?” on the E! network back in 2013. Probably because it only ran for eight episodes before the producers evidently did their […]
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, in a major speech on August 8 outlining his economic plan for the country, made what has been treated as almost an off-hand remark (at 24m48s): “We have the lowest labor force participation rates in four decades. 58% of the African-American youth are either outside of the labor force or […]
I come from educational roots; both of my parents were educators, I married an educator and I was an educator myself. My husband and I spent many years in the classroom as students earning multiple degrees, to the point of being labeled perpetual students. You would think with this background, weighing the pros and cons […]
So, you’re an artist. You might play music, paint or take photographs. It’s your passion — your dream — and you pursue it every day. Some chase their dream never wanting to become financially successful doing it, while some believe there’s a record deal right around the corner. You have one, two, maybe three jobs […]
“Real Men” for Trump? Why? Phillipe and Jorge continue to be baffled by the fact that Donald Trump, the narcissistic, pathological liar with a 10-year-old’s mentality and frightened overreaction to any slight, seems to be the flavor of choice in this election for the White Van Man, the angry Caucasian who feels he ain’t being […]
I’m probably not the first to tell you that Millennials are often the source of debate and subject of criticism in popular media today. We’re sometimes described as the laziest, most entitled generation; addicted to our phones and clueless about real human connection or professionalism. To others, we’re known as leaders in creativity and innovation, […]
On May 18, I went out to see a local band in Providence. I used public transportation, had a great evening with friends and left for home around 11pm. The last stop on the bus line is conveniently at the top of my street, so I exited the bus and began the five-house walk home. […]