If ever a state needed two newspapers, it is Rhode Island. Three or four would be better. For decades Providence had one of the premiere newspapers in the country, but regional offices have all been closed and the staff has been gutted — a sadly familiar story these days. In addition to the diminishing coverage, […]
Historian and former Upper Crust guitarist, Ted Widmer, has been conducting a short series of conversations — Climbing Down from the Ivy Tower — Tuesdays at Brown University. This week he hosts Alex Kingsbury, the deputy ideas editor at the Boston Globe. The Globe has been running a well-deserved victory lap this year following the
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Good news if this Globe story is true, and Block Islanders (aka those with highest electricity costs in country, +/-) really are softening to off-shore wind. I don’t think that local opposition has been much of an obstacle to a Rhode Island wind farm — far less so than politicos stepping on each other’s toes,