Blood - much like other things we take for granted until we don't have them, such as functioning plumbing and heating - is one of those great equalizing factors in life that transcends all other societal labels. If you need blood, and you can't get any, more

Politics as a profession may be described as being reliant on mastering the difficult duality between offering lofty promises of positive change with the harsh reality of understanding what can feasibly be accomplished by any one person or government more

As the clock ticks down on 2021, there are reasons to be optimistic and reasons to be cautious regarding a return to “normalcy” in the New Year, whatever that even means anymore in this … more

Ollie’s beseeching eyes didn’t leave us Christmas morning. While our kids now have kids of their own and have long left the house, we keep up the ritual of stockings. We don’t … more

This sick situation has provided far more questions than answers. Do you feel that phlegm in the back of your throat? Did you just sneeze? Or was that a cough? Are you suffering from an annual case of the seasonal sniffles? Or are you infected with the more

Another New Year will soon be upon us, and with it comes another reason to assess the past 12 months and look ahead to what might come in the future. It has been a year rife with ups and downs. We have made progress against COVID only to see variants of more

Remote participation must be allowed There have been very few silver linings throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, but realizing the potential of remote participation in municipal meetings has been one of significance. During the statewide lockdowns of more

Time for the public to look at redistricting One thing can be said for sure about the redistricting process that occurs once every decade in Rhode Island - it's going to ruffle feathers one way or another. Ongoing questions about the objectivity of the more

Barbara Corcoran called Monday morning to report that residents of Sparrow's Point 1 housing had collected toys for the Warwick Police Toy Drive and that officers would be coming later in the day to pick them up. Barbara didn't need to convince me that more

A common thread of darkness has suspended over the country in recent years, highlighted by tangible health concerns due to COVID-19 and more abstract fears related to our growing sense of ideological division within our states, smaller communities and more

The school administration couldn't have made a better choice to be a high school principal than Gerry Habershaw. For starters he was big, not just in stature but in his presence. You knew Gerry was there. He was so much more. He listened. He was fair. He more

Dreams are such a wonderful part of life. I'm not talking about hopes and aspirations that indeed enrich our lives, giving us goals and purpose. They could be big dreams like starting a business, learning how to play an instrument, sailing across the more