Ocean State Current Commentary

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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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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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Providence Journal Essay

[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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Sakonnet Times Commentary

[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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Providence Journal Commentary

[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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Anchor Rising-Ocean State Current Blogging

[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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