Rhode Island Tag

Rhode Island’s “Victory [Over Japan] Day” Holiday May Fall Victim To Ongoing Historical Purge

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 15, 2020 38 Comments

"But amid the national reckoning on racism, those calls [to change the name] have been renewed ...

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Naval War College Official Placed on Leave Over Pornographic Link in Email

Posted by Mike LaChance on August 03, 2020 5 Comments

“The matter is currently under investigation”...

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Connecticut pathologist’s study shows CDC coronavirus test kits generate 30% false positive results

Posted by Leslie Eastman on July 19, 2020 63 Comments

As the American press paints a dire picture of all the new cases of coronavirus out there, to inspire another economy-crushing set of closures, it would be wise to step back and start questioning the numbers.

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“Connotation” phase of the cultural purge: Rhode Island loses its “Providence Plantations”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 24, 2020 40 Comments

Rhode Island's official full name is State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. The word "Plantations" in Rhode Island history giving rise to the name has nothing to do with slave ownership or slave plantations. Rather, at the time Rhode Island was founded, the term plantation simply signified an early settlement:

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Man Arrested for Allegedly Painting Swastikas on Gravestones at Providence College

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 24, 2020 11 Comments

"spray-painted swastikas, defaced multiple gravestones, then attempted to set a grass area on fire at the Dominican Cemetery on campus"...

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Middle School Teacher Among Those Arrested for Allegedly Vandalizing Columbus Statue in RI

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 14, 2020 5 Comments

"Pawtucket Superintendent Cheryl McWilliams told WPRI 12 on Saturday afternoon that Garforth is out on leave pending an investigation."...

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Officials at Providence College Apologize Following Large Gathering of Students

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 18, 2020 1 Comment

"Many were seen gathered in groups larger than five and not wearing cloth face coverings"...

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Wuhan Virus Watch: Texas, California, and Iowa among states lifting lockdown rules

Posted by Leslie Eastman on May 09, 2020 24 Comments

On Friday afternoon, my company discussed the development of recommissioning plans.

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Community fundraises to bring food and PPE for struggling workers at Rhode Island’s Orchard View Manor nursing home

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 18, 2020 15 Comments

The last we wrote about the Wuhan coronarivus situation in Rhode Island, Governor Gina Raimondo had ordered the State Police and National Guard to stop vehicles with New York plates, expanded to all out-of-state plates after NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo threw a fit.

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Rhode Island does not welcome you

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 29, 2020 58 Comments

Rhode Island's Governor Gina Raimondo announced last Thursday that the State Police would be stopping cars with New York plates entering the state, and requiring drivers from New York who planned on staying in Rhode Island to self-quarantine.

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Support your local businesses, while they still exist

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 21, 2020 72 Comments

I went to Walmart early this morning, hoping to pick up a few things before the crowds arrived. The bad news is the shelves were really picked over, frighteningly so, and not just for food. The good news is the aisles were filled with wrapped pallets of food and assorted other things, with workers feverishly unpacking and shelving items. Seems I got there just a little too early.

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On the beach, waiting for Wuhan coronavirus

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 14, 2020 72 Comments

There are a small number of movies that had a profound impact on me as a child. Having grown up in the generation for whom nuclear war was the looming threat, many of those formative movies concerned the aftermath of nuclear war. I particularly remember Fail Safe and Dr. Strangelove.

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Linc Chafee files to run for president on Libertarian Party line

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 06, 2020 31 Comments

Readers of Legal Insurrection know who Linc Chafee is. For several years we covered the once-upon-a-time Republican Senator (in a seat he inherited from his father), and Independent former Governor of Rhode Island, is quirky, to put it mildly.

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Court: Expelled Johnson & Wales male student gets trial on claim of unfair disciplinary process

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 27, 2019 12 Comments

In January 2018, I wrote about the Kafkaesque campus sexual assault tribunal at Johnson & Wales alleged in lawsuit. The case involved all-too-common really troubling procedural twists:

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Stand-up Comedy Routine Sparks Racial Bias Investigation at Bryant University

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 25, 2019 3 Comments

“There’s no place at Bryant for that stuff and nobody feels like that. There’s just one bad egg that makes us look bad.”...

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Where I’ve ****

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 18, 2019 50 Comments

You may have noticed I've been a little thin around here lately. It's been crunch time for me as the semester is nearing an end, and I've also had some personal matters to attend to.

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Judicial Watch Files Complaint Against RI Sen. Whitehouse Alleging Unauthorized Practice of Law

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on August 19, 2019 43 Comments

Monday, Judicial Watch filed a complaint with the Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee of Rhode Island's Supreme Court against Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, alleging he engaged in the unauthorized practice of law.

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Victory Over Japan Day

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 12, 2019 29 Comments

It's a little quiet here in the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. Because today is Victory Day, formerly known as VJ Day, formerly known as Victory Over Japan Day. The progression of names to the generic Victory Day was to accomodate the hurt feelings of, umm, who exactly? The Japanese over whom we were victorious and who started it but couldn't finish it? Historically the day is to mark Victory Over Japan, but history is a casualty of the war waged by political correctness and hurt feelings.

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