Posts Tagged ‘Opinion’
The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly – in RI – Feb. 22, 2020
THE GOOD Rocket Man Who would have guessed that we would see Ryan Newman leave a hospital talking and walking hand-in-hand with his two young daughters just days after a horrific crash? Ever since 2001 we must admit we’ve watched NASCAR with one eye closed, following the death of Dale Earnhardt, Jr. in another horrific…
Read MoreThe Good, the Bad, and the Ugly in Rhode Island…Feb. 14, 2020
THE GOOD Valentine’s Day Valentine’s Day – the day for love. Couples, parents, children, teachers, co-workers, students, pets! All those who hold our heart deserve a little candy today, some flowers, a special card with a note, dinner out, an email greeting, a phone call, a text message…a kiss. So, stop, put your phone down.…
Read MoreThe Good, The Bad, and The Ugly…in Rhode Island this week…2/7/20
THE GOOD Impeachment over It’s over. It’s time to move on. We have to trust the process. In President Trump’s speech on Thursday he said that the House is very powerful and imagine what could be done in the country if the two bodies worked together. He called out infrastructure as an example. Another was…
Read MoreThe Good, The Bad, and the Ugly – this week in RI, Jan 31, 2020
THE GOOD Living Longer For the first time since 2014, life expectancy at birth increased to 78.7 years, the best since 2014, when life expectancy was 78.9 years. In 2017, life expectancy was 78.6 years, according to the CDC. “Over half the increase in life expectancy in 2018 was due to declines in mortality from…
Read MoreThe Good, The Bad, and The Ugly…this week in Rhode Island
The Good A mid-week Christmas Giving most of us an extended time off, we think re-engaging with family and friends could not have come fast enough. And time to refresh and renew, right along with it. The rituals of holiday preparation, the “wax-on, wax-off” of kitchen preparations and clean-up. A mid-week holiday followed by one…
Read MoreThe Good, The Bad & The Ugly – Week of December 1, 2019
by Nancy Thomas, opinion THE GOOD Christmas activities We run a series called “Get Your Holiday(s) On! informing readers about specific curated events to make the holidays brighter and enjoyable. It seems as though we are always having to pick from multiple worthy events to highlight, and we miss many of them. We think that…
Read MoreThe Good, The Bad, and The Ugly in RI (11/22/19)
By Nancy Thomas, editor THE GOOD RI Democratic Party A step in the right direction. Unifying the Democratic Party, both at a local level and a national level should be the over-riding goal of all elected Democrats at the state level. Fractioning the party – and trying to win a battle – the Women’s Caucus…
Read MoreThe good, the bad – and the ugly – this week.
Schools, rules, and blues… The good, the bad – and the ugly. Editorial The good. Music in Rhode Island Have you heard it? From street festivals to the biggies, The Newport Jazz Festival and The Newport Folk Festival – all in our little foot-stomping state. And this weekend, a 2 ½ day RI Blues Fest,…
Read MoreRon and Jen’s Great Escape – 7-6-2022 – Ron St. Pierre and Jen Brien
by Ron St. Pierre and Jen Brien, contributing writers, commentary If you hate America so much, you can leave Well, another 4th of July in the books… and, another year of people being insanely misguided, spoiled and claiming this country is just the worst. I’m not surprised people were discouraged this year, or even a…
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