Op-ed
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The Centers for Disease Control is out pimping the Flu Shot and most of you get it with Thimerosal. It’s going to be a bad flu season they say…I hear this every year. “Five people have died so …
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Suzanne Arena
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12/28/12
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238 views
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Read the first-person account of Caroline Cowart, a 12-year-old Cranston student who was selected to visit the White House for the healthy egg white omelette recipe she entered into a contest!
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Caroline Cowart
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8/29/12
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81 views
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I met with a good friend in the U.S. Secret Service recently. We had breakfast and talked over money, specifically, United States currency. There are innumerable ways to counterfeit American bills, …
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Imagine if your taxes tripled – literally overnight.
The so-called Bush tax cuts are set to expire at the end of the year. That means that all of the current income tax rates will rise to …
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Merrill Matthews
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7/18/12
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65 views
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It was announced last month that Goldman Sachs would invest nearly $10 million in a new four-year program aimed at reducing recidivism – the tendency for released offenders to reoffend – at …
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William L. Swann
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9/13/12
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67 views
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It has been nearly six months since the culmination of a premeditated attack on public employees/teachers’ retirement security. The general treasurer, along with the General Assembly and aided by …
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Mike MacDonald
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6/28/12
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62 views
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This fall, the Rhode Island Community Food Bank visited food pantries and meal programs across the state and asked people to step out of line for a moment to write a quick note on a paper plate …
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Andrew Schiff
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2/7/13
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92 views
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As the presidential candidates debate their various best versions of how Medicare and Medicaid, good enduring insurance programs from the mid-’60s, should be rolled out after the dust settles …
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Michael W. Fink
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8/16/12
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62 views
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The Congressional Budget Office just announced that President Obama's healthcare law would reduce the deficit by $84 billion more than previously thought, thanks to the Supreme Court's decision to …
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Janet Trautwein
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11/29/12
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73 views
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When my son and I moved to Rhode Island from the West Coast in 1999, I had one year to make a critical decision for my son: where to enroll Ryan in school. I very much wanted my son to go to a school …
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Terry Novak
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1/24/13
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61 views
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