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Poppy parks the tiger amidst Crawford holiday splendor

Phillipe and Jorge
Phillipe + Jorge’s invitation to share Christmas with the Bush family and their closest friends in Crawford, Texas, was once again lost in the mail.

By: PHILLIPE AND JORGE | December 26, 2007

Stormy weather

Snow cleanup undermined by incompetents and flying monkeys
Phillipe + Jorge are not upset or disappointed that Governor Don “Laughing Boy” Carcieri was out of the country, in Iraq, during the recent winter storm imbroglio.

By: PHILLIPE AND JORGE | December 19, 2007

Rhode Island’s famous for you

The time has come to capitalize on our scandalous past
How about a Providence Mobster Museum and Hall of Fame on Federal Hill, to celebrate our bygone years as New England’s headquarters of organized crime?

By: PHILLIPE AND JORGE | December 12, 2007

Frankly speaking

Sore loser misses the mark on Ferri’s Warwick triumph
Your superior correspondents were somewhat amused by comments made last week by Carlo Pisaturo in the Warwick Beacon .

By: PHILLIPE AND JORGE | December 05, 2007

It’s not brain surgery

Keep your head protected on trips to the hospital
Whew, don’t say that at Rhode Island Hospital these days or you might come home holding the upper part of your cranium in your hand. Trepan this, baby!

By: PHILLIPE AND JORGE | November 28, 2007

Memory Lane time for Leo’s

Old-line Providence hipsters to regroup over hard stuff
There is certain to be a run on Botox injections, Grecian Formula, and William Shatner rubber corsets.

By: PHILLIPE AND JORGE | November 19, 2007

It’s time for real change

And Barack Obama is the guy to bring it
The Pawtucket schools used to offer a course called “Problems in Democracy.”

By: PHILLIPE AND JORGE | November 15, 2007

Democratic pig pile

Hillary’s victimization rap is Clintonian politics at its best and worst
Oh, are the other Democratic candidates “piling on” poor little Hillary Clinton?

By: PHILLIPE AND JORGE | November 07, 2007

Jockular plus

New England is the home of past and future champions
Phillipe + Jorge have been absolutely giddy, as we have gone crazy about the World Series’ success of the Olde Towne Team.

By: PHILLIPE AND JORGE | October 31, 2007

Our Sgt. Schultz society

Know-nothing nation sleepwalks well into the future
“I know noz-ZINK!” That was the catchphrase of John Banner’s character, the Nazi prison guard Sergeant Schultz.

By: PHILLIPE AND JORGE | October 24, 2007

History and truth

Turkey needs to take responsibility for the Armenian genocide
It has been 92 years and there continues to be a reluctance (perhaps too gentle a word) to acknowledge that Turkey systematically killed a million and a half Armenians.

By: PHILLIPE AND JORGE | October 17, 2007

Carter’s cajones

Jimmy makes Dubya look like a wimp
The Republican Party is rife with classic wimps and bullies.

By: PHILLIPE AND JORGE | October 27, 2008

Dollar Bill-ed

Senator Alves comes under scrutiny
Phillipe + Jorge are surprised and sad to see that state Senator Stephen Alves of West Warwick is being investigated by the FBI.

By: PHILLIPE AND JORGE | October 03, 2007

R.I.P., Rep. Crowley

We’ll miss this champion of education
Educators, parents, children, and the citizens of Rhode Island will greatly miss state Representative Paul Crowley, who died on Monday.

By: PHILLIPE AND JORGE | September 26, 2007

Linc sets himself free

Disaffiliation puts the independent where he belongs
We offer our kudos and congrats to former senator Linc Chafee.

By: PHILLIPE AND JORGE | September 19, 2007

That pesky First Amendment

The feds seek tight restrictions on religious readings in prison¬
It’s going to be really tough topping the Bush Administration’s efforts to trash the US Constitution.

By: PHILLIPE AND JORGE | September 12, 2007

Let them eat car

Poor kids lose child-care while legislative leaders ride in comfort
It might be not just ostentatious, but very insulting and irresponsible, for the state to pay for two new SUVs.

By: PHILLIPE AND JORGE | September 05, 2007

Same as the old boss

Congressional Dems were supposed to get us out of this war
Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid? What a joke. Meet the new boss . . .

By: PHILLIPE AND JORGE | August 29, 2007

Tumult at the Town Beach

Superior denizen bites back after metaphoric sand-kicking
An interesting brouhaha involving a bit of homophobia has emerged in Narragansett.

By: PHILLIPE AND JORGE | August 22, 2007

Law and order in Nawt Prov

Woman’s leg used as a wishbone during IWW protest
Nice work by the carabiniere in Nawt Prov, who broke the leg of a young woman who was taking part in a protest .

By: PHILLIPE AND JORGE | August 15, 2007

Local color

Another reminder of why daily newspapers still matter
Local readers and nature lovers were saddened to hear of the passing of Ken Weber last week.

By: PHILLIPE AND JORGE | August 08, 2007

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