The show must go on. Your tips and comments are welcome. You can follow me through the week on the twitters. *** Want to get my column in your inbox every Friday? Just sign up right here *** STORY OF THE WEEK: “It’s absolutely soul-crushing, heart-breaking,” the Rev. Borislav Kroner, pastor of St. Michael’s Ukrainian […]
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Political Roundtable: Cicilline on Ukraine, Biden, Democrats’ election outlook & more
U.S. Rep. David Cicilline is the guest this week on Political Roundtable. The topics include Ukraine, President Biden, the outlook for elections this year in the U.S. House and more. Cicilline, a Democrat, has represented the First Congressional District since first winning election in 2010. Transcript: IAN DONNIS: You say Vladimir Putin should pay a […]
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Winners and losers from the Beijing Winter Olympics
Norway remains the winter sports capital of the world.
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What’s the impact of buying flowers in the winter?
In the gray gloom of winter, I like to brighten up my house with a colorful bouquet of flowers. And I got to wondering, where do these pristine flowers come from and should I be worried about the carbon emissions it took to get them here?
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TGIF: Ian Donnis’ Rhode Island politics roundup for February 18, 2022
It’s time to start thinking about skits for an imaginary Providence Newspaper Guild Follies. Your tips and comments are welcome. You can follow me through the week on the twitters. *** Want to get my column in your inbox every Friday? Just sign up right here *** STORY OF THE WEEK: The Federal Trade Commission […]
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Mosaic Community Essay: The Dream
The Public’s Radio’s podcast on immigration, Mosaic, has a series of community essays. This one is called “The Dream” by Ruth Machie who lives in Rehoboth, Massachusetts. I remember it was a February afternoon, the snow was coming down, I was excited. I was going to touch and feel the snow for the first time. […]
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Political Roundtable: Euer on climate change, infrastructure and ‘gilded age 2.0’
State Sen. Dawn Euer (D-Newport) is the guest on Political Roundtable this week
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Nationalism, flag waving, and U.S.-Canada women’s hockey at the Olympics
Showing a little national pride at the Olympics is okay.
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A pandemic love story from 1892
For Valentine’s Day we present a special Artscape: local restaurant owner and history buff Bob Burke tells the love story of Italian Count Paolo Bajnotti and Carrie Brown, grand-daughter of Nicholas Brown Jr., the namesake of Brown University in Providence. In Burke’s telling, it’s a story of love and tragedy, of death in a pandemic, and the desire to triumph over death by creating a series of memorials to a timeless love.
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Are some teas more environmentally-friendly than others?
It’s cold outside, so you might be reaching for a warm cup of tea more often. That has us here at Possibly wondering: are some teas more environmentally-friendly than others?