UPDATE, 12/6: We’re going to be taking monetary donations for the RI Community Food Bank, and have arranged for a very special visit from Saint Nick. And Kmareka and Not For Nothing are joining the fun! ORIGINAL: More details, or at least a spiffier promo, forthcoming, but… Party with a bunch of curmudgeons! Celebrate the […]
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RIFuture launched a redesign a couple of days ago. (Version 3.0) If asked for constructive criticism, I’d say that it’s quite smart to have made the format increasingly newspaper-like, but that it’s a bit busy and has made it difficult to decipher a sense of the chronology of the posts. GC:PVD has some typically top-notch
No surprise to Rhode Islanders, but notable that the 2010 Rhode Island Governor’s race is already getting some national punditry, from both sides of the political aisle: …there is one independent candidate both parties point to as not just a spoiler, but as a potential winner: Lincoln Chafee, the former Republican senator seeking the governor’s
This wasn’t a well-kept secret, among those who care about such things, but at last night’s Drinking Liberally, Brian Hull was formally introduced as the new proprietor of RIFuture. Brian’s a photographer by trade and has been active in progressive politics for a while, particularly with the Progressive Democrats of America, as deputy director of
All the news that’s fit to paint Tsunamis kill people in Bali. Car bombs kill people in Iraq. The Internet is killing newspapers. The major news networks report on these killings with state of the art sensationalism and hi-tech dehumanization. Rhode Island artist David Barnes paints this process and the result is benignly seductive. Starting
The Greater City: Providence blog has really pulled it together in recent months, with several posts a day, non clip-art photos — even real snaps from around town, and timely takes on local happenings that actually foster civil, civic discourse. They’re sure to give us a run for that lucrative “Best Blog” distinction that the
This week, PBN gets down to business, reviewing the ‘sphere for it’s money-making potential, in an article best summarized by something like: “Meh?” Eric reminds us of the problem our little shingle’s been having on the income front — we’re all pathetically antisocial: For Providence Daily Dose, the present business challenge is not selling ads
The two columnists whose work I most enjoy, even if I don’t always agree with it, have both started new blogs relatively recently: Bob Whitcomb has This New England — here’s a post on Cape Wind, as 78 noble Massachusetts law makers urging the feds to fast-track the wind farm, even though Ted Kennedy’s tried
There’s a new sound taking over the town known as Boston. If you’re by the banks of the Charles River as the moon glows over the muddy waters you very well may hear some thick, groovy beats banging out a trail for raw guitar licks and a soul-drenched Hammond organ. Yes indeed, ladies and gentleman
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Ian Donnis is blogging again, along with Scott MacKay over at WRNI’s On Politics. It’ll fill the void left in the ‘sphere with the demise of Ian’s Not for Nothing, though would enjoy some visual spiffying-up, and allowing for posting of comments.
So says the Peanut Gallery, at an 83% clip. Sen. Leo R. Blais, D-Coventry, has proposed a bill that would not make marijuana legal in Rhode Island, but would reduce possession of an ounce or less from a crime that carries a potential year of jail time to a civil violation with a maximum penalty
If there’s not enough legalese in your life, you should check out Matt’s new blog, Closing Arguments, which he intends to be more academic and less political than his earlier offering, RIFuture. We wish him the best in his new endeavor.