Ron & Jen’s Great Escape, November 8, 2023 – Ron St. Pierre and Jen Brien

A man and woman posing with their dog on a porch.

by Ron St. Pierre and Jen Brien, commentary “6 signs you’re a borderline alcoholic: Many don’t know where the line is” Yep. That’s a headline this week. I shook my head. Not in judgement (necessarily) but rather, because that last part of it is so incredibly stupid.  Unless you’re a 15-year-old “party animal”, you know…

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Jack’s Angle: Honest Graft – John J. “Jack” Partridge

A businessman in a suit relaxes in front of a window.

by John J. “Jack” Partridge, contributing writer and commentator I recently watched some K Street Washington lobbyist types on a panel cynically defend Hunter Biden as someone being harassed and selectively prosecuted for activities which seem totally involved with entities and foreign governmental agencies seeking to influence our government’s actions, which are at least venial,…

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$100 mill for a new archives? – David Brussat

A group of people sitting around a table in a library at the Rhode Island State Archives.

by David Brussat, Architecture Here and There, contributing writer Photo: Archives committee met Tuesday in the library of the Rhode Island State House. The committee seeking a new home for the Rhode Island State Archives left wiggle room on whether to erect a new building for that purpose across Smith Street from the State House.…

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