Archive for October 2020
To be Black and conservative in a blue state
by Ann Clanton, Contributing Writer, “Speak Up” If Republican financial advisor, Allen Waters, overcomes the insurmountable odds and beats U.S. Senator Jack Reed, D-RI, on November 3rd, he will make history as the first African American to run for the Senate and go to the upper chamber from Rhode Island. He is the first to…
Read More“Anyway” – our favorite short story from “The Bull” by Michael Fine
By Michael Fine © 2020 by Michael Fine This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, locales, and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental. He was an old white…
Read MoreRI Weather Today – Mon, Oct. 19, 2020
by Jack Donnelly, meteorologist High pressure builds in still ahead of an advancing cold front approaching northwestern New England, giving us relatively mild conditions and partly cloudy skies with a light southerly breeze. Maybe some morning mist along the coasts and inland hidden valleys. Morning lows in the low 40’s followed by afternoon highs in…
Read MoreNetworking Pick of the Week – Southern RI Chamber
This week’s networking choice event is by the Southern RI Chamber of Commerce, and it’s a Virtual Business After Hours – always a lot of fun – on Wednesday, October 21st from 5 to 6pm. Grab your “after work beverage of choice” and join them from your own home or office for an hour of networking.…
Read MoreWomen on the front lines…
Isabella DeLuca, a young female Trump campaigner in Washington DC was leading a small group of supporters at the Supreme Court building on Saturday to show their support for the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. Saturday was also the Women’s March on Washington. Not many police or security were on…
Read MoreWhy Women Face Barriers to Leadership Roles
By Mary T. O’Sullivan “To be accepted as leaders, women often must walk a fine line between two opposing sets of expectations.” – Dr. Shawn Andrews (Training Industry, Summer 2016) Feeling like no matter what you do, leadership opportunities pass you by? It’s not your imagination. Conventional wisdom says that in general, women struggle more…
Read MoreSocial Security ‘21 COLA Increase Anemic
By Herb Weiss, contributing writer on aging issues With the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) announcement of next year’s Social Security and Supplemental Security Income’s (SSI) meager cost-of-living adjustment (COLA), over 70 million beneficiaries will only see an increase of 1.3 percent in their monthly checks in 2021. Last year’s COLA increase was 2.8 percent, the…
Read MoreThe NFL Whac-A-Mole
The NFL is learning the hard way that people may matter over profits! They started falling like dominos in a row. At first it was one or two players, then the numbers continued to grow until here we are, not even a third into the NFL season and players are testing positive for the corona…
Read MoreCOVID-19 and American Rights
The opinions expressed in this published work are that of the author. Editor’s Note: A few days ago, 10 people in Rhode Island filed suit against Governor Raimondo – The legal template makes points such as: “Neither the Governor nor any public health officer has followed evidence-based, peer-reviewed, clinical science showing that neither social distancing…
Read MoreRI Weather Today – Sun, Oct. 18, 2020
by Jack Donnelly, meteorologist A prototypical early Fall day with lots of sun and dry air, some light northwesterly breezes rustling the newly fallen leaves about. Morning lows around 40 rising to the low 60’s with some afternoon fair weather cumulus.
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