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Sarah Palin, Inc.

The biggest brand name in conservative politics is about to enter the burgeoning right-wing marketplace — and she's perfect for it. Ka-ching!
Confused commenters have no clue as to the opportunities that await Palin — because few understand the extraordinary, multi-billion-dollar marketplace that has developed for movement conservatives.

By DAVID S. BERNSTEIN | July 17, 2009

Generation Green

Once derided as tree huggers, eco-friendly youth are now the nation's most powerful (and feared) voting bloc. So why isn't the GOP listening?
Republicans have a lot to say about the immorality of saddling the next generation with our national debt. But when it comes to leaving them a wrecked, depleted, and rapidly warming planet, they are taking the exact opposite line.

By DAVID S. BERNSTEIN | May 11, 2009

Search continues for our next chief justice

Maureen is no Diana for the RI Supremes
Ah, the PR campaigns and infighting continue to see who will be chosen as Vo Dilun's newest Supreme Court chief justice.

By PHILLIPE AND JORGE | January 14, 2009

Rise of the political bogeyman

Impotent on the issues, the GOP turns to scare tactics. Be afraid!
The Republicans appear headed to a second straight national pummeling, which will leave it marginalized in the federal government and an increasing number of state houses. Many party faithful are already noting the need for the GOP to move back toward the moderate center to survive. But the conservatives with microphones are heading down a very different path — and their followers, who now dominate the Republican Party, are going right with them.

By DAVID S. BERNSTEIN | November 03, 2008

Wacko patrol: America's 25 scariest conservatives

The Phoenix ranks the individuals who will hold the most sway over the right-wing message machine in 2009, and beyond.
Imagine what will happen once the relatively sane folks now running the White House and the Republican National Committee pack up and go home?

By DAVID S. BERNSTEIN | November 03, 2008

The enthusiasm gap

This election, with Obama having stoked pennant fever in Denver, it is the Dems who have cornered the excitement market
The selection of gun-shooting, anti-abortion, creationist, doctrinaire conservative Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as John McCain’s vice-presidential nominee has finally got the GOP’s conservative base excited.

By DAVID S. BERNSTEIN | September 03, 2008

Opening-night jitters

The DNC’s primary colors
The Democratic National Convention started off with a strange vibe that might be summed up in one word: restraint.

By DAVID S. BERNSTEIN | August 28, 2008

Privacy invasion

Politics and other mistakes
Let’s talk about Susan Collins’s sex life.

By AL DIAMON | August 27, 2008

Lynch sides with Bush in opposing shield law

Talking Politics
As he gears up for a gubernatorial run in 2010, Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch has assembled an eclectic and sometimes contrary portfolio of issue-related stances.

By IAN DONNIS | July 09, 2008

State’s renewable energy effort goes into neutral

Talking Politics
When it comes to advancing the cause of solar energy in Rhode Island, nothing is ever easy, or so it seems.

By IAN DONNIS | July 02, 2008

Mixed reviews: A state budget for desperate times

Talking Politics
The budget consensus reached by Governor Carcieri and legislative leaders last week represents just another marker of Rhode Island’s ongoing dire straits.

By IAN DONNIS | June 25, 2008

Scott takes another bite at the Kennedy apple

Talking Politics
Anyone running against a Kennedy can count on a very stiff challenge.

By IAN DONNIS | June 11, 2008

Claiming the nomination, Obama achieves the re-markable

Talking Politics
On Tuesday, the Democratic Party’s historic embrace of a black presidential candidate seemed both unremarkable and amazing.

By IAN DONNIS | June 09, 2008

Ten-5 plan for Providence City Council sparks sharp debate

Ten-5 plan for Providence City Council sparks sharp debate
Critics react to the plan to reformulate the Providence City Council.

By IAN DONNIS | May 21, 2008

BeloJo celebrates Black History Month

Carcieri appointment wins Casa Diablo approval
Is it just Phillipe & Jorge, but something seemed patently wrong, if not offensive, when the Urinal ran a headline on the top of its February 20 Vo Dilun section that read: “Black lawyer named to judicial panel.”

By PHILLIPE AND JORGE | February 21, 2007

The Milquetoast and the Blowhard

Rhode Island’s Shakespearean Senate battle
Now is not the time for Lincoln Chafee to be timid.

By ADAM REILLY | September 08, 2006

Depena leaving RI Democratic Party post for city job

Talking politics
After attracting mixed reviews during two-and-a-half years in the job, Depena is leaving to take a position next month as executive director of the moribund Providence Human Relations Commission.

By IAN DONNIS | June 14, 2006

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