Posts Tagged ‘Opinion’
Homeless in RI: “Lack of vision, planning to blame for homelessness” – Benedict Lessing
by Benedict F. Lessing Jr., commentary We are barely six months away from the kind of inclement weather that creates dangerous circumstances for people living outside. What we know is that the number of people living outside or as the Coalition to End Homelessness characterizes are living in places unfit for human habitation continues to…
Read MoreRon & Jen’s Great Escape, June 28, 2023 – Ron St. Pierre and Jen Brien
by Ron St. Pierre and Jen Brien, commentary Last Man Standing Wayyyy back in middle school I learned right away how it felt not to be popular or athletic. We would go out for recess and play kickball. Captains would choose their teams and if you were picked last that meant, literally, you sucked. You…
Read MoreTaking Down RFK Jr. – Michael Morse
By Michael Morse, contributing writer, commentary Robert Kennedy Jr. and Joe Rogan had a great conversation last week, some forty million people listened, among them, Elon Musk and Peter Hotez. Elon needs no introduction, Hotez is a familiar face, if you watch cable news. His appearances on MSNBC, CNN and the networks, to advocate for…
Read MoreRon & Jen’s Great Escape, June 21, 2023 – Ron St. Pierre and Jen Brien
by Ron St. Pierre and Jen Brien, commentary You know, there’s a lot to be said about good service these days. So many people are really horrible in the service industry, yet they work in it. I really have no idea why… but with that said TIPPING IS A HUGE DEAL. I recently went out…
Read MoreRon & Jen’s Great Escape, June 14, 2023 – Ron St. Pierre and Jen Brien
by Ron St. Pierre & Jen Brien, commentary OPERATION STAND DOWN NEEDS OUR HELP Operation STAND DOWN RI helped save my life, and they desperately need our help now. If you have food, clothes, canned goods, non-perishables, money, whatever you can do, Veterans all across this state need you. As a soldier who had to fight…
Read MoreJack’s Angle: On the right track, picking up speed, in Pawtucket – Jack Partridge
by John J. “Jack” Partridge, contributing writer, commentary As predicted, the Pawtucket-Central Falls transit stop is doing well. The parking lot is filling up every day. Buses are delivering more passengers, and more and more riders are using the train stop. There are a reported 1,000 daily on-and-offs at the bus terminal. At the present time,…
Read MoreRon & Jen’s Great Escape, May 17, 2023 – Ron St. Pierre and Jen Brien
by Ron St. Pierre & Jen Brien, commentary Onward through the FOG Many of you know this about me, but still many others don’t. I am in recovery after 38 years of partying and hard core drinking. I was never a good drunk and always passed out in high school and my friends had to…
Read MoreLOST Providence: Lost, regained, part IV – David Brussat
by David Brussat, Architecture Here and There, contributing writer Photo, top: R.I. State House plays Providence City Hall in 2007 film “Underdog.” Editor’s note: This is the final segment of the epilogue of my book, Lost Providence, entitled “Providence Lost, Providence Regained.” Published in 2017, the book is a history of the design of the…
Read MoreRon & Jen’s Great Escape, May 10, 2023 – Ron St. Pierre and Jen Brien
by Ron St. Pierre & Jen Brien, contributing writers, commentary This story is almost unbelievable. ALMOST. Hitting the front page yesterday we found out about a woman from UTAH who murdered her husband with fentanyl, wrote a bereavement children’s book about it, and then cried on talked shows promoting it. Wow. JUST WOW. It got me…
Read MoreRon & Jen’s Great Escape, May 3, 2023 – Ron St. Pierre and Jen Brien
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