Rhode Island Competitiveness Report Card, 2015

[vc_row hide_row=”ct_tt_hide_content_timeline”][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”102″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1451960840593{background-color: #ffffff !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: contain !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1451960545644{background-color: #ffffff !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: contain !important;}”]The 2015 Competitiveness Report Card was the fourth that the RI Center for Freedom & Prosperity has released.  For this edition, in addition to researching new data sources and compiling all of the updated data,…

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Parody Song

[vc_row hide_row=”ct_tt_hide_content_timeline”][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”129″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1452050317272{background-color: #ffffff !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: contain !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text] Seventeen Tolls [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] [/vc_column_text][vc_accordion active_tab=”false” collapsible=”yes”][vc_accordion_tab title=”Lyrics”][vc_column_text]One study says RhodeWorks would pay for itself Another one says there ain’t no projects on the shelf Nobody’s sure just what the DOT does But we need truck tolls now… just because You pay…

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Providence Journal Commentary

[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1452131937087{background-color: #ffffff !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: contain !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text] State government makes Rhode Islanders’ lives less fulfilling Rhode Island is stealing our opportunity to fulfill our potential and be self-sufficient. We’re becoming increasingly dependent on subsidies from government, jobs remain scarce, and the state’s latest programs are designed to make things worse. Here’s one…

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Parody Song

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Rhode Island Catholic Essay

[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1452132464989{background-color: #ffffff !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: contain !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text] What is the ideal relationship between men and women? When I used to serve as a lector during Sunday Mass in Fall River, Mass., that reading from St. Paul’s letter to the Ephesians was like pulling the short straw. You know the one: “Wives should…

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Dan Yorke State of Mind Appearance

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Ocean State Current Commentary

[vc_row hide_row=”ct_tt_hide_content_timeline”][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”165″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1452469077844{background-color: #ffffff !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: contain !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text] State Police Tell Story of Heroes and Villains in Cranston A basic rule of literary analysis is that every document is a text, every text has an author, and every author has his or her own set of beliefs, biases, limitations,…

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Rhode Island Catholic Essay

[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1452565516514{background-color: #ffffff !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: contain !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text] Making Millennials Hear the Confidence of Millennia Father John Kiley’s “Quiet Corner” column in the June 25 issue of Rhode Island Catholic helped me bring together a few thoughts that have been drifting in and out of my mind lately. As somebody who works to…

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Bringing All-Day Kindergarten to Tiverton Schools

[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1452649397567{background-color: #ffffff !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: contain !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text]After the 0.9% budget petition that Justin submitted for Tiverton’s 2016 fiscal year won with a substantial majority, the School Committee canceled plans to introduce all-day kindergarten to the school district for the first time because the budget reduced its requested increase.  Justin worked with one local affected…

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Portsmouth Institute Coverage

[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1452389338951{background-color: #ffffff !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: contain !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_column_text]The 2015 Portsmouth Institute conference, on “Understanding the Francis Papacy,” was the sixth that Justin has covered, with multimedia recordings and written commentary. Browse through the tabs at right for video to access Justin’s commentary.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_tabs][vc_tab title=”Day 1, Session 1″ tab_id=”83c884eb-833b-7″][vc_video link=”https://youtu.be/zIaqCQp2Qrg”][vc_column_text] Thoughts on Anna…

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