In Rhode Island politics, corruption is nothing new, so when former Speaker of the Rhode Island House of Representatives Gordon Fox pled guilty this week to federal corruption charges, it wasn’t a complete shock. And earlier this year when House Deputy Majority Whip Joseph Almeida was arrested for similar charges of misappropriating campaign funds, it was no […]
Gordon Fox Pleads Guilty
Former Rhode Island House Speaker Gordon Fox pleaded guilty Tuesday for taking bribes, wire fraud and filing a false tax return. He accepted $52,500 in bribes to help a bar and restaurant get a liquor license and illegally diverted $108,000 in campaign funds to pay for personal expenses.
Who is John Galt?
Happy Birthday Ayn Rand. You would have turned 110 this week. Long live the power of the individual.
Breaking News: A New Libertarian Think Tank
Niskanen Center CEO Jerry Taylor plans to alter the dynamics in Washington. I know Jerry well from his years at the Cato Institute, where Jerry was unquestionably one of the most energetic members of Cato’s great team. At his new think tank, the Niskanen Center, named after former Cato chairman Bill Niskanen, Jerry’s goal is […]
“Reverend” Hustler or Criminal?
According to the erudite Taki Theodoracopulos, the mind-warping distortion of the idea of reverence being associated with a hustler and criminal like Al Sharpton necessitates the use of quotes around reverend. Taki writes, “In view of the recent cold-blooded murders of two policemen, the depraved anti-cop rhetoric of Sharpton and de Blasio (NY mayor Bill) […]
Hostility and Anger Among Democrats
Pat Buchanan explains that NY Mayor Bill de Blasio, Al Sharpton, Eric Holder and President Obama have all given aid and comfort to the war on cops. They “all out on point saying that blacks, especially young black males, were all too often victimized by racist cops.” Pat concludes: “Whether the issue is income inequality […]
Anybody Home?
Ferguson, ISIS, Ebola, VA scandal, IRS misconduct, Texas border crisis, ObamaCare malfunctioning, White House intrusions? Is it any surprise that, according to a recent poll, 64% of voters think America is on the wrong track? The very theme of the Obama presidency has been that government can do great things; that we need to hand […]
Ditch your iPhone
NSA can track you even if your phone is OFF! Sound like science fiction? Sorry, and the news gets a lot worse as you will read here. Just because you turned off your phone doesn’t mean the NSA isn’t using it to spy on you. Edward Snowden’s latest revelation about the NSA’s snooping inspired an […]
Shame on Us
On reading an article on Eric Shinseki, a retired four-star general and now secretary of Veteran Affairs, I was puzzled and saddened to learn of Mr. Shinseki’s history. Obviously, the guy is no slacker and certainly not immune to pain and suffering. From what was presented in the article, he appears to be a caring, […]
Our Tweeter-in-Chief
In his commencement speech last week to graduating students at Boston College, John Kerry warned of the “crippling consequences” of climate change. The figure he used to back up his dire predictions was “97% of the world scientists.” In the WSJ, Joseph Bast, president of the Heartland Institute, and Roy Spencer, principal research scientist for […]
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