Providence Journal Essay

By Justin Katz | June 1, 2015

[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1452735974507{background-color: #ffffff !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: contain !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text] How to interpret Pope Francis What’s the deal with Pope Francis? If you’re a Roman Catholic, you are obliged to believe that he’s the leader that God wants the Church to have right now. Contrary to popular misunderstanding, however, that does not mean every statement…

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Another Reasonable Budget in Tiverton

By Justin Katz | May 16, 2015

[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1452737211257{background-color: #ffffff !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: contain !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text]For the second year in a row, a budget for the Town of Tiverton, Rhode Island, submitted by Justin won the vote at the financial town referendum (FTR) — 1,535 versus 1,066.  The elector petition set expenditures for the town and schools at $48,476,958, resulting in an…

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Sakonnet Times Commentary

By Justin Katz | May 11, 2015

[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1452994095154{background-color: #ffffff !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: contain !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text] Ignore the threats and lies; vote for budget #2 Supporters of higher taxes in Tiverton are saying a lot of negative things. They’re calling people who disagree with them “outsiders,” as if we don’t count in our own community. They’re threatening to take full-day kindergarten…

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RI-DIMES School Choice Financial Model

By Justin Katz | April 16, 2015

[vc_row hide_row=”ct_tt_hide_content_timeline”][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”194″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1452995096977{background-color: #ffffff !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: contain !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text]For its 2015 promotion of education savings accounts (ESAs) to provide school choice to Rhode Island families, the RI Center for Freedom & Prosperity developed the Rhode Island District Impact Model for Educational Scholarships (RI-DIMES) fiscal modeling tool to predict the effect on…

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State of the State Appearance

By Justin Katz | April 9, 2015

[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1452995774351{background-color: #ffffff !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: contain !important;}”][vc_column][vc_video link=”https://vimeo.com/124710744″][vc_column_text]Richard August invited Justin to appear on his public access show State of the State to inform viewers about recent and future developments with Rhode Island’s Affordable Care Act (ACA; aka ObamaCare) health benefits exchange, HealthSource RI.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]

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Providence Journal Commentary

By Justin Katz | March 31, 2015

[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1453677555307{background-color: #ffffff !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: contain !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text] Choice that helps R.I. students Even advocates for school choice have to admit that Rhode Island’s public school districts have a point when they complain about the financing of charter schools. Charters are new public schools funded largely with taxpayer dollars, and not only do…

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Parody Song

By Justin Katz | March 21, 2015

[vc_row hide_row=”ct_tt_hide_content_timeline”][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”213″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1453678320334{background-color: #ffffff !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: contain !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text] Blank Check [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] [/vc_column_text][vc_accordion active_tab=”false” collapsible=”yes”][vc_accordion_tab title=”Lyrics”][vc_column_text]Welcome home, where you been? Winter here has been so long Leaving this house is a sin See it here, and we think: “Golly gee, look at this place That assessment’s a disgrace” Taxing games…

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Parody Song

By Justin Katz | February 27, 2015

[vc_row hide_row=”ct_tt_hide_content_timeline”][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”223″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1453858178385{background-color: #ffffff !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: contain !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text] RI’s Economic Development Shuffle [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] [/vc_column_text][vc_accordion active_tab=”0″ collapsible=”yes”][vc_accordion_tab title=”Lyrics”][vc_column_text]Well, Gina, she called me, just the other day She’s our new Wall Street gov’nor, so I heard what she had to say She said, “I need you to set Rhode Island right.”…

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Anchor Rising-Ocean State Current Blogging

By Justin Katz | February 12, 2015

[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1453945244710{background-color: #ffffff !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: contain !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text]Back to college and before, one sure-fire motivation to draw Justin toward writing has come from statements that he takes simply to be false, and research-driven responses to others’ analysis and commentary has characterized his blogging from the start.  In early 2015, the possibility that data…

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Parody Song

By Justin Katz | February 2, 2015

[vc_row hide_row=”ct_tt_hide_content_timeline”][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”231″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1454285831243{background-color: #ffffff !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: contain !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text] PolitiFact Can [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] [/vc_column_text][vc_accordion active_tab=”0″ collapsible=”yes”][vc_accordion_tab title=”Lyrics”][vc_column_text]Who could take a true thing Sprinkle it with spin Cover it with context ’till the truth is wearing thin? PolitiFact.  PolitiFact can. PolitiFact can because they write it like it’s news And make the…

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