Posts Tagged ‘Richard Asinof’
A life well lived by a pioneering pediatrician – by Richard Asinof
by Richard Asinof, ConvergenceRI.com, contributing writer Photo: Courtesy of Families and PCHC – Dr.John Moran with a patient The gathering on Saturday morning, May 22, at Swan Point Cemetery celebrating the life of Dr. John Moran, was filled with music, stories and reminiscences, sharing reminiscences about a life well lived. Moran, 78, who passed away…
Read MoreGiving consumers ownership of their energy choices – Richard Asinof
by Richard Asinof, ConvergenceRI.com, contributing writer An interview with Scott Ridley, one of the champions of the Cape Light Compact, offering consumers the benefits of public power aggregation As the Biden Administration moves ahead in the development of offshore wind energy, with Vineyard Wind being approved and Revolution Wind now on the docket for environmental…
Read MoreAs the health care industry turns… – Richard Asinof
by Richard Asinof, ConvergenceRI.com, contributing writer A wealth extraction system run amok? Has the health care industry in Rhode Island become a commodities market, immersed in a soap opera of private equity acquisition and consolidation? When happens when the patients say “Ouch?” Under the proposed merger of Lifespan, Care New England, and Brown, the Warren…
Read MoreWanna bet on it? – Richard Asinof
by Richard Asinof, ConvergenceRI, contributing writer Photo: Real Money Without much fanfare, problem gambling has kept growing during COVID-19 The coronavirus pandemic has disrupted so many of our lives. The losses have been traumatic. Every day, it seems, there are new statistics revealing how the risks from increased stress keep playing out – increased demand…
Read MoreAn Earth Day Imagine: Plant 5,000 trees, in 5 years, in 02905 – Richard Asinof
by Richard Asinof, ConvergenceRI, contributing writer Photo: Pine trees planted as a buffer to prevent dust from the piles of scrap metal from being blown from a Sims Metal location on Allens Avenue are all dying, apparently. The view of the downtown Providence skyline from the vantage of Allens Avenue is not one to be…
Read MoreA sea change in Newport – and in RI – Richard Asinof
by Richard Asinof, ConvergenceRI, contributing writer Photo: Richard Asinof ConvergenceRI attended the signing ceremony for the new Act On Climate law, held at Bowen’s Wharf in Newport on Saturday, April 10. It proved to be revelatory about the sea change that has occurred in politics in Rhode Island. First, R.I. Gov. Dan McKee gets it.…
Read MoreThe debate around charter schools in Rhode Island – Richard Asinof
by Richard Asinof, ConvergenceRI.com – contributing writer Photo: Pamela McCue, CEO of the R.I. Nurses Institute Middle College Charter School, in front of a poster of the first entering class of students from 2011.[File photo from 2013 – Scott Kingsley] The debate around charter schools in Rhode Island, as with COVID-19, gun violence, climate change,…
Read MoreRI Foundation meeting the demand, when there’s an incredible amount of need – Richard Asinof
Photo: An interview with Neil Steinberg, president and CEO of the Rhode Island Foundation by Richard Asinof, ConvergenceRI, contributing writer An interview with Neil Steinberg, president and CEO of the Rhode Island Foundation In the midst of the terrible COVID pandemic, investments by the Rhode Island Foundation in the last year have served, in many…
Read MoreSchools near highways: Open windows let toxic pollutants in – Richard Asinof
The dilemma posed by opening windows at schools is that in efforts to reduce the possible transmission of the coronavirus, it is increasing the flow of toxic pollutants from highway exhaust into the classroom Photo: A map details the proximity of schools that are less than 1,000 feet from major roadways in Providence. by Richard…
Read MoreThe power is yours – not yet. Richard Asinof
Photo: A brochure promoting the restructuring of the electric utility industry in Mass. in 1998 The efforts to restructure the electric utility industry in New England was never about consumer choice I have followed the ongoing problems with the power gird in Texas and in California with more than a passing interest, given my experiences…
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