Earlier this month, this article was posted by Nick Iandolo – after the posting we were able to get on the record with Steve Perry, the founder of Rhode Island Comic Con and, this time of year, one of RI’s busiest individuals. This post has been amended to include his responses and information acquired in […]
They’re All Guilty Since the release of virtually all of the behind-the-scenes documents, emails and depositions involved in the making of the 38 Studios scandal (bless you, Judge Michael Silverstein), we have seen more backpedalling than a unicycle parade and more lying than in Tinder profiles. Perhaps the biggest benefit of having the documents released is […]
Frankie Goes to ‘Murica With immigration taking a front seat in the GOP presidential debates, P&J were surprised at the lack of reaction to a Hispanic named Jorge Mario Bergoglio slipping into the U.S. last week with a posse of dozens of foreigners, many disguised as women in oversized robes. Where’s that damn wall, Trump? Oh, […]
You’ll probably be surprised to learn — as I was some odd six years ago — that your average college or university factors in an upcharge to your meal plan more than just the cost of food. Why? They work off the assumption that food and/or plates, utensils or other miscellaneous items will be taken […]
A ‘Utes Guide to P&J Phillipe and Jorge have learned that some of our discerning and loyal younger readers are somewhat vague about the origins of the column and references within same to such places as Casa Diablo. (Which is understandable, given the fact that many weren’t even born when the column came out of […]
The student loan crisis has made national headlines recently, with everything from multi-speech, multi-initiative attention from Obama to a cover story in Time magazine. Exact figure estimates vary, but somewhere around 40 million Americans (more than 12%) owe well over a trillion dollars in total student debt. What exactly is the crisis? A college degree […]
Backdoor Curveball As more and more people turn out to the public forums and discussions to oppose the Pawtucket Red Sox’ proposed Ben Dover Stadium in Providence, what is happening behind the scenes with the I-195 Redevelopment District Commission may warrant much more public — and official — scrutiny. It’s not a big stretch to see Our […]
America today faces a heroin epidemic of surreal proportion, generating deaths from overdose, HIV and violent bloodshed between the drug cartels that stoke the rising demand. The surprise is that 2015’s graduating class of junkies hails not from the inner cities, but from middle and upper class America, many with incomes above $50K. The pushers […]
I may be on the wrong end of a gun debate, but I am still bringing a knife to this gunfight. My position is that the Second Amendment does not relate to guns, but has a far more visionary intent: revolution. To me, the argument that the Second Amendment is about guns completely misses the target. The Second Amendment is about […]
Cramped Quarters Behind the walls of The Urinal’s Fountain Street fortress, many changes as The Other Paper continues to shrink. This time, instead of axing top reporters and columnists, it is more of a physical contraction. The state’s organ of record, which once boasted of staffing seven regional bureau offices around Little Rhody, as well […]