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The email was only a couple of sentences, but it had a way of turning everything upside down.
Jack, my eldest son who is living in Vietnam, planned to fly into JFK Airport Saturday morning, spend …
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John Howell
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12/27/12
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12 views
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*Editor's note: The following commentary was extracted from Lonnie Barham's weekly column.*
I have purposely refrained from joining the myriad of commentators who issued immediate "gut …
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Lonnie Barham
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12/27/12
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29 views
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JUDICIAL TRAVESTY: Superior Court Judge Sarah Taft-Carter has proven that she is unfit for her job! Instead of taking the high ground and ruling on whether the pension reform bill passed by the …
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Lonnie Barham
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12/27/12
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21 views
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COLLEGES HAVE BECOME TRADE SCHOOLS: Roger Williams University just announced that it will no longer require applicants to submit SAT or ACT test scores. It will base admittance on high school grades, …
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Carol didn’t say a word; she didn’t have to.
Two boxes of Christmas lights sat on the entryway table. She knew I had seen them. I didn’t say anything. I got the message – Christmas is …
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John Howell
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12/18/12
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10 views
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GOVERNOR'S WAFFLING ON PENSION REFORM: Governor Chafee is running scared. Elected in 2010 with only 36 percent of the vote and most of that from public sector union members, Chafee has come to …
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Lonnie Barham
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12/13/12
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23 views
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I stepped back into time as soon as I entered the Iannotti Funeral Home to pay my respects to the family of Walter Richardson, who died Nov. 30 at the age of 88.
Like many other wakes, a display …
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John Howell
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12/11/12
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15 views
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"AMERICA NEEDS TO GO OVER THE CLIFF": This came from a 38 year old mother of two whose household income is well below the $250,000 that President Obama considers "wealthy," and thus her family would …
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Like the first traces of snow on the ground to signal winter’s arrival, the fallout from the 38 Studios disaster is beginning to be felt in the Ocean State. Yet another state-by-state ranking – …
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John Hazen White, Jr.
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12/6/12
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53 views
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There’s something good to be said for losing things.
Of course, it doesn’t seem that way at the time, especially if it’s the car keys and you’re standing outside a locked car in the …
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John Howell
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12/4/12
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7 views
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