If kids today are that sharp and committed to drowning out messages of the worst kind, we might have a chance. Stand tall, 'utes of East Prov!
. . . to Casa Diablo regulars Christine Roundtree and Philip Palombo who, it was noted in a front page story in last Sunday's BeloJo, are among the educators involved in Rhode Island College's Pathways Through College program for high school seniors, which is now in its second year. Both are faculty members at RIC and not just fine teachers, but inspiring individuals in their own right. Anyone who has heard one or more of Ms. Roundtree's Martin Luther King Day addresses at City Hall (when she was safeguarding human and civil rights for the city, before — in P&J's estimation — certain elements in the city government found her zeal for fairness to be, shall we say, "inconvenient") knows the passion and no-nonsense approach she brings to bear. We can't think of a couple of better role models for these young people.
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Phillipe and Jorge wish they could claim to have coined that headline about professional loony Sarah Palin's resignation as governor of Alaska prior to her first term being completed, but full points go to Geoffrey Dunn of The Huffington Post .
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Let's just forget about all these dog and pony health care "forums" and face some facts. First and foremost, the main (and, perhaps, only) debate is this: Do you believe that health should be subject to the marketplace?
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The ongoing Hatefest at Salty's Joint has hit the Urinal, with an absolutely ridiculous story alleging that veteran Rhode Island radio hand, Ron St. Pierre, inadvertently "assaulted" John "The Journalist" DePetro with an 8x11" sheet of paper loaded with a dangerous metal staple.
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There is no place hotter in the media lately than South Carolina, "The Cracker State," whose logo is still essentially the Confederate flag.
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The Department of Transportation has taken quite a few knocks in this space over the years. So to try to offset that, spurred by the story in the June 8 Urinal about the Pawtucket River Bridge, let us throw them a compliment: they do a hell of an artist's rendering.
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Phillipe and Jorge are delighted to see that Paul Suttell, our pick for Chief Justice of the Vo Dilun Supreme Court, smoothly sailed through the General Assembly to assume that grand position.
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Obama augurs a fresh start, even with a stock of Clintonites
- We could be heroes . . .
With all due respect to David Bowie's lyrics — and certainly to all the men and women in the military at all levels — the concept of "hero" as it pertains to the media's use of the term has sadly become overblown.
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Phillipe and Jorge often think of how nice it would have been if Warren Zevon's "Boom Boom Mancini" ("Hurry home early, hurry on home/Boom-Boom Mancini's fighting Bobby Chacon") had been about local boxer Vinny Paz, nee Pazienza.
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Would everyone please go running out of your house screaming in utter hysteria right now.
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There was an excellent piece on State House security cameras in the May 18 issue of the Urinal by the always-reliable Steve Peoples.
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