Michael Pare Editor
At San Miguel, miracles are plausible
I’m not sure which part of my visit to the San Miguel School in the West End of Providence I liked best.
It was great...
For goodness sakes, polish the jewel
There’s a real good chance that after some folks read this column, I’ll get
a call. It could come from someone at...
Trinity Rep bigger than any individual
This column centers on the arts. And so, in the interest of full disclosure, it should be noted that I am not as cultured...
Boxing, Rhode Island a solid combination
If you’ve been around Rhode Island for a while, you probably remember Jimmy
Burchfield’s Classic Restaurant on Charles Street. When Burchfield got...
Hoping for high voter turnout
Some random thoughts…
• Like it or not, the issue of gambling is not going away anytime soon. People like to gamble –...
Hispanic buying power formidable
Is there an individual at your company or organization who speaks Spanish? And I don’t mean at home or casually amongst co-workers, but...
Burden of benefits only gets worse
You do not have to be especially good at math to reach the conclusion that the crisis of rising health insurance costs is...
Colleges get an ‘F’ for affordability
Maybe I am especially sensitive to this subject because – if all goes according to plan – my children will be graduating from...
Project Hope proves kids want to work
Tierra Johnson, a student at Hope High School, spent six weeks this summer as an intern at Women & Infants’ Hospital, specifically, in the...
On diplomacy, doughnuts and downtown
Some random thoughts…
• If the 2004 legislative session had been a baseball
season, the General Assembly would not have made...
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