Posts Tagged ‘commentary’
It is what it is, January 21, 2025 – Commentary with Jen Brien
by Jennifer Brien, commentary, contributing writer THEY’RE ATTACKING ANYONE NOW At this point, are you guys even interested? Interested in Minneapolis, I mean, and all the insanity going on there? Do you care at all? No? Yes? Well, I do hope the answer is YES, even though EVERY SINGLE DAY there’s enough news coming across…
Read MoreA Civil Society’s Pursuit of the Beloved Community – Vincent Marzullo
by Vincent Marzullo, contributing writer The idea of a Beloved Community – preached and made popular by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. – is not a sentimental aspiration or a relic of the civil rights era. It is a demanding moral vision for how a society chooses to live together. At its core, the Beloved…
Read MoreHomeless in RI: Clearing Encampments without Real-World Options Fails Everyone – Bernie Beaudreau
by Bernie Beaudreau, community advocate and volunteer, contributing writer Over the past three weeks I have reached out to twelve homeless individuals encamped in the Providence metro area, providing propane refills for their tent heaters. One homeless man, Frank*, sharing a small tent with his wife, texted me Tuesday late in the afternoon to tell…
Read MoreIt is what it is – Jan. 14, 2026 – Commentary with Jen Brien
by Jen Brien, commentary, contributing writer HEADLINES LEGACY MEDIA DOESNT WANT YOU TO SEE: “DISTURBING TAPES OF Minnesota AG Keith Ellison taking money to STOP investigations into SOMALI FRAUD EXIST” —- “Mark Zuckerberg’s META appoints former TRUMP ADVISOR AS COMPANY’S new PRESIDENT” —- “VENEZUELANS GATHER AND CHANT “THANK YOU TRUMP” outside of White House” —-…
Read MoreIt is what it is. January 7, 2026 – Commentary with Jen Brien
by Jennifer Brien, contributing writer, commentary NEW YEAR, NEW YOU? GIVE ANYTHING A WHIRL!!! Alright gang here we all are, post holidays and past the “two DEAD weeks” of existence that happen during THE holidays… and what I mean by “dead” is really FREE WEEKS. WEEKS where work is wonky, our usual habits and our…
Read MoreIt is what it is – Dec. 24, 2025 – Commentary with Jen Brien
by Jennifer Brien, contributing writer, commentary THE HISTORY OF “NORAD SANTA TRACKING” The history of NORAD Tracks Santa started in 1955 with a typo in a SEARS ad that mistakingly directed kids to the Continental Air Defense Command also known as “CONAD”.  Colonel Harry Shoup played along when he took a child’s call who asked to…
Read MoreIt is what it is: Dec. 10, 2025 – Commentary with Jen Brien
by Jennifer Brien, contributing writer, commentary FROM A TEACHER IN PUBLIC EDUCATION “I think that you guys don’t know what’s going on in public education right now. That’s fine. How could you know unless you’re working in it, but I think you need to know. So here is exactly what it’s like right now working…
Read MoreIt is what it is: December 3, 2025 – Commentary with Jen Brien
by Jennifer Brien, Commentary, contributing writer PEOPLE RAGE OVER EVERYTHING “We’re living in a time where people break over things that previous generations pushed through without a second thought. Discomfort is NOW trauma. Accountability is an attack and anyone who disagrees becomes the villain in someone’s story. Respect and discipline barely exist. Entitlement has become…
Read MoreIt is what it is: Nov. 26, 2025 Commentary with Jen Brien
by Jennifer Brien, Commentary, contributing writer THE TRUTH WILL OFFEND SOME PEOPLE: ON OZEMPIC…… “We had to invent a drug to prevent people from eating the food around them because the food around is so toxic it’s making them fat and sick. It’s as if we found out TAP WATER was toxic and killing us…
Read MoreIt is what it is – Commentary with Jen Brien
by Jennifer Brien, Commentary, contributing writer Pointing out the consequences of MASS ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION & MULTICULTURALISM IS NOT RACISM “SWEDEN OPENED ITS BORDERS TO OVER A MILLION AND A HALF immigrants since 2010 and now 20% of its citizens are foreign born, its education system is tanking, and it has Europe’s highest rate of gangland…
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