President Obama has modified his “you didn’t get there on your own” perspective quite a bit in the past week and a half.
The full list of RI legislators declining salary increases, Justin suggests, only emphasizes the failure of the General Assembly to address the state’s real problems.
The grammatical debate over President Obama’s “you didn’t build that” remark risks trivializing the core dispute, which Justin sees as definitional for our times.
Portsmouth’s wind turbine has run into technical problems, and Rhode Islanders should learn a broader lesson about government in business.
In the quality of life versus business friendliness debate, Justin points out that RI’s paradox ought to make its residents even more outraged.
A possible ban of plastic bags in Barrington is one more indication of Rhode Island’s governance problem.
Independence Day ought to entail reading the Declaration and pondering the relevance that it should have in our times.
A David Brooks column leads Justin to question new and old statements of common health care wisdom.
Through the RI Center for Freedom & Prosperity, I’ve written a policy brief suggesting that Rhode Island should change its direction on exchanges and turn toward free-market solutions.
A New York Times mention of Woonsocket’s problems has the state buzzing; Justin suggests that everybody should look a little more deeply into the heart of Rhode Island’s problems.
Reviewing the latest budget in terms of RI’s rankings according to various criteria puts the state’s choice of decline or turnaround in clear terms.
An unspoken assumption of advocates for payday loan reform leads Justin to question the ability and right of government to meddle.
Still over-tired from the General Assembly’s final night in session, Justin draws some lessons from the experience.
In Justin’s view, the similarities between Netroots and Rhode Island extend to similar internal contradictions.
Justin muses about the inappropriateness of honorifics in American politics… especially in Rhode Island.
Projections of a sales-tax phase-out in Rhode Island show a stark decision for the people of the state, with a little government restraint yielding accelerated economic recovery.
Teacher unionization may work in smaller, less-diverse systems, but that’s proof that those systems are different, not that the United States should match them.
Channel 10’s Bill Rappleye interviews Justin about hidden profits from tax credit programs.
Continuing talk of the “skills gap” in RI’s labor force (with the call for more resources) further defines the extent to which advocates are on the wrong path entirely.
Despite legally residing in Delaware, 38 Studios will be subject to Rhode Island’s $500 minimum corporate tax.
News media too often goes for the flash, but Justin suggests that the impulse begins with the audience.
An example of civil asset forfeiture in Northern Massachusetts adds punctuation to Justin’s concerns about the local forfeiture windfall taken from Google.
38 Studios has brought into stark relief the problems of government-run economic development.
Using a police windfall award to (possibly) eliminate pension problems may seem like common sense, but when the dynamics of government are considered, Justin suggests rationality goes in the other direction.
It is definitely a matter of concern that 38 Studios may cost RI some large portion of the debt that it guaranteed, but Justin suggests a little perspective might be in order to learn from the experience.
President Obama’s staff has been promoting his agenda on the biographical pages of previous presidents.
The specter of a double-dip recession brings into stark relief, for Justin, the lack of vision among those leading the state.
New methods of math education remind Justin of the math that professionals and politicians are using, even now, to conceptualize pension funds.
Al igual que un conductor que no sabe donde los edifi cios que solían ser, los que no conocen los canales secretos del gobierno de RI tienen tres opciones.