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1. STORY OF THE WEEK: “Don’t tax you, don’t tax me, tax that fellow behind the tree!” -- the timeless aphorism from the late U.S. Sen. Russell B. Long of Louisiana -- speaks …
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By Ian Donnis
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3/17/25
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To the editor: Last week, in President Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress, he laid out his vision, made a 13-year-old cancer survivor an honorary Secret Service agent, and announced …
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3/13/25
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How unfortunate for the Town of Bristol to let our historic 4th of July celebration be held hostage and the volunteers to be disparaged by a select group calling themselves the …
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3/13/25
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It’s a wonderful month — “Irish Heritage Month,” and like many of you I am a descendent of Irish immigrants. My grandparents left Ireland in the …
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3/13/25
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STORY OF THE WEEK: Tariffs “will always tend to crush the spirit of enterprise and cripple the productive energies of a country.” If that sounds like a gripe from Canadian Prime Minister …
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By Ian Donnis
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3/10/25
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To the editor:
It’s a wonderful month — “Irish Heritage Month,” and like many of you I am a descendent of Irish immigrants.
My grandparents left Ireland in …
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3/9/25
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To the editor:
Mr. Trump is right about a few things.
First, the long-standing dispute between Israel and the Palestinians can be resolved by asserting that Palestinians don’t matter. …
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3/7/25
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To the editor:
I am writing in response to the Feb. 24 Barrington Times article reporting on Representative Jennifer Boylan’s efforts to introduce two bills in the legislature to address …
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3/6/25
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As the citizens group Save Bristol’s 4th continues to fight against what they see as an unjust change of venue for the July 4th concert series, they are using the tool of the citizen’s …
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3/6/25
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To the editor:
The new leader of the local state Republican party seems to be pursuing totally misguided political goals. The only thing to possibly learn from eccentric megalomaniacal …
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3/5/25
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To the editor:
I am writing, once again, to express my concerns about the proposal to build an 80-room Comfort Inn & Suites on wetlands off Gooding Avenue. I shook my head in disbelief when …
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3/5/25
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To the editor:
The fallout from the controversial decision by the Bristol 4th of July committee to move the summer concerts from Independence Park to Roger Williams University reached a new …
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3/5/25
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Most Americans a month ago had zero awareness of the US Aid Program — what it did; who it benefitted; what it cost. But since Trump and Musk tried to cut off funding for these programs, we have …
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3/5/25
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To the editor:
Criminals have found a new way to steal millions of dollars from older Americans. This legislative session, elected officials in Rhode Island can take action to stop them. …
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3/3/25
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To the editor:
I am writing about the recent erroneous reports and statements from the President and Mr. Musk about possibly millions of dead people receiving Social Security benefits. I worked …
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3/3/25
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To the editor:
When I first came to Rhode Island more than 50 years ago, it took me some time to find Rod’s Grill. My first memory of Rod’s was how people order their weiners: two …
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3/3/25
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To the editor:
“Thank you” are two small words, and very often don’t seem enough to express the appreciation from the residents of our home. A staff member made a call on Super …
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3/3/25
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To the editor,
As an almost 50-year resident and taxpayer of Bristol, and a recent deck hand on the Prudence Island ferry, I would like to comment on the ongoing parking struggles that Prudence …
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3/3/25
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Despite the breakneck pace of President Trump and Elon Musk as they try to remake the federal government, Attorney General Peter Neronha said, “I think you can, for the most part, put Humpty Dumpty back together again.”
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By Ian Donnis
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3/3/25
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To the editor:
I’ve read with interest that 65 percent of Rhode Islanders support a gun ban (which, make no mistake about it, is what they are proposing, a near total gun ban).
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3/3/25
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To the editor:
Genuine human contact is important for both personal mental health and community well-being, but this should be balanced with other realities. COVID remains a very serious disease …
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2/20/25
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Nobody would argue that government is not corpulent and needs a diet, which the President is doing. While scholars are focused on whether much of President Donald Trump’s purge of programs and …
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By Arlene Violet, Esq.
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2/18/25
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STORY OF THE WEEK: Providence is Rhode Island’s ground zero for an array of possible cuts sparked by the administration of President Donald Trump and his GOP congressional supporters. With …
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By Ian Donnis
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2/18/25
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To the editor:
First off, there are no "assault weapons" out there. That term was first coined back in 1984 by an anti-firearm group calling themselves Handgun Control, Inc., and the term was …
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2/17/25
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To the editor:
This is in response to the recent stabbing. Two women were attacked in our town. The alleged assailant lived with them and has multiple charges of domestic violence to his name. …
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2/17/25
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