Venson Jordan: The Beginning of the End of Racism in America

For many Black people in this country over the age of forty, the fear of losing the progress we’ve gained keeps us tethered to the abuser we were forced to wed.

Federal Aid or Budget Relief

James Mageau: Against Political Kneeling

It’s time for the people of Rhode Island to demand that Governor Gina Raimondo and her left-wing colleagues explain why the white people and others in this state are expected to fall on their knees to apologize for something they did not do.

Data Doubts and Games with Models, 7/15/20 Data

Americans are finding ourselves in a position of not knowing whom to trust on COVID-19.

Elorza’s “Collection of Truth” for Reparations Is a Red Flag

If common sense and just moral reasoning have no advocates, then insanity will simply roll over us all.

Politics This Week with John DePetro: For the Image of the Governor

My weekly call-in on John DePetro’s WNRI 1380 AM/95.1 FM show, for July 13, included talk about:

  • Dan Connors’s $170,000 DUI
  • General Assembly’s misplaced priorities
  • Gina’s missing tested Rhode Islanders
  • Protests on the governor’s lawn
  • Mask wearing
  • The odds of school

I’ll be on again Monday, July 20, at 12:00 p.m. on WNRI 1380 AM and I-95.1 FM.

The Narrative Determines Who Gets Marked for Life

Police officers injured during Black Lives Matter protests and riots were statistical scenery, in contrast to those hurt while tamping down the scourge of personal fireworks displays.

Politics This Week with John DePetro: Muted Independence

My weekly call-in on John DePetro’s WNRI 1380 AM/95.1 FM show, for July 6, included talk about:

  • Phase 3
  • Lack of budget
  • The secret consultant
  • Nursing home problems
  • Not a real Bristol parade
  • RI schools’ future
  • Lt. Gov. McKee tries an online petition

I’ll be on again Monday, July 13, at 12:00 p.m. on WNRI 1380 AM and I-95.1 FM.

Travis Rowley: Statues of Limitation

The toppling of statues won’t complete the neo-communist objectives, the radical restructuring of American life. But it’s not without purpose. And this is only the beginning.

Politics This Week with John DePetro: In Hopes of a Backlash

My weekly call-in on John DePetro’s WNRI 1380 AM/95.1 FM show, for June 22, included talk about:

  • Columbus comes down
  • “Providence Plantations” gets covered up
  • Rhode Island races to watch
  • Stanton shows the journalists’ condescension

I’ll be on again Monday, July 6, at 12:00 p.m. on WNRI 1380 AM and I-95.1 FM.

A Century of Slime-Throwing

One hundred years after the Klan scare in Rhode Island, it’s about time for an effective defense to guilt-by-(accusations-of)-association attacks to be found.

Politics This Week with John DePetro: A Lesson in Orwellian Providence

My weekly call-in on John DePetro’s WNRI 1380 AM/95.1 FM show, for June 22, included talk about:

  • The speaker’s plea of historical ignorance
  • Raimondo’s dictatorial pandering
  • Elorza’s push to remove his city from the state’s name
  • Snitches on the ferry

I’ll be on again Monday, June 29, at 12:00 p.m. on WNRI 1380 AM and I-95.1 FM.

“I Can’t Breathe” and Games with Models, 6/22/20 Data

If RI data is relevant, loosening the economy is not associated with increased COVID-19 problems, although medicine is becoming frighteningly politicized.

Retroactive Blessing for Local Dictatorship

Part of the explanation for why new legislation retroactively blesses anything local chief executives have done to change their budget processes can be found in the East Bay.

Officially Approved Revolutionaries in Training

Notions of independent thought and familial authority are quickly becoming illusions, contingent upon the official authorization of powerful progressives.

Charles Callanan: Where Do We Go from Here? A Message to Conservatives in the Ocean State.

As conservatives… and anybody who believes in the American dream… take one hit after another in Rhode Island, the answer is right in front of us.

James Mageau: Lies, Scandals, Deceit, and Anarchy

The list of scandals against which left-wing insiders should have to defend themselves continues to grow, according to James Mageau.

Politics This Week with John DePetro: Boxing Up Political Culture

My weekly call-in on John DePetro’s WNRI 1380 AM/95.1 FM show, for June 15, included talk about:

  • Teaching Columbus a lesson
  • Speaker pokes his head out of hiding
  • State of the RIGOP
  • What’s in a name?

I’ll be on again Monday, June 22, at 12:00 p.m. on WNRI 1380 AM and I-95.1 FM.

Travis Rowley: Racism or Resentment?

The Minneapolis policeman is entirely responsible for his actions, and justice should be served, but that doesn’t mean that political rhetoric didn’t play a role in George Floyd’s death.

A Week Later, Still Inclined to Dissolve the Ethics Commission

A suggestion to dissolve the Ethics Commission has not faded after a week of consideration.

Politics This Week with John DePetro: All About Protest

My weekly call-in on John DePetro’s WNRI 1380 AM/95.1 FM show, for June 8, included talk about:

  • Raimondo to the rescue or enters stage left?
  • Who was in control of the march?
  • Was no-discount donuts a mistake, a backlash against regulations, or good woke marketing?

I’ll be on again Monday, June 15, at 12:00 p.m. on WNRI 1380 AM and I-95.1 FM.

Burn Baby Burn

The President in a Culture War Whirlwind

When President Trump behaves exactly in his famous character as a crass New York City businessman and says something he shouldn’t, we have to weigh that against the full mass of a movement in which opposition is illegitimate.

The Things the Viewers Believe Are True

Blue check marks on Twitter can guffaw about things that Fox News viewers believe, but maybe they should be thinking about the importance of collecting information from a wide variety of sources.

Final Nail in RI’s Ethics Coffin

After this morning’s whiplash from the Ethics Commission regarding an obvious revolving door setup of a state senator to the state’s highest court, perhaps it’s time to disband the agency.

Politics This Week with John DePetro: Socially Undistant Protests

My weekly call-in on John DePetro’s WNRI 1380 AM/95.1 FM show, for June 1, included talk about:

  • Double standards for “protests”
  • One narrative to rule them all
  • Raimondo continues to play politics
  • A better approach to budgeting

I’ll be on again Monday, June 8, at 12:00 p.m. on WNRI 1380 AM and I-95.1 FM.

Better and Worse from the Hiding General Assembly

Politics This Week with John DePetro: In Search of Other Authorities

My weekly call-in on John DePetro’s WNRI 1380 AM/95.1 FM show, for May 27, included talk about:

  • #WeWantOurSummerBack
  • Justice Flanders still protecting rights
  • Trump v. Gina
  • General Assembly… still out
  • Mail ballots
  • Money for insiders
  • No jobs for Rhode Islanders

I’ll be on again Monday, June 1, at 12:00 p.m. on WNRI 1380 AM and I-95.1 FM.

A Demonstration Intended for an Audience of One

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