Alt-Facts: Far-I-Ners
A foreign country, far, far away, full of far-i-ners, seems to want our help. At least that’s what about half of Americans seem to believe – possibly including our President, […]
Events:
The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
Who Was the Mysterious Columbus?
Christopher Columbus has become a controversial figure: He is simultaneously honored by the Italian-American community as their foremost symbolic personage and reviled by Native Americans as the bringer of near-genocide. […]
Phillipe & Jorge’s Cool, Cool World: Bye, Benny’s, PawSox and the Main Event
Benny’s – Sign of the Apocalypse It is easy to talk about the impact on local businesses of Walmart, Home Depot and online shopping, but then comes the announcement that […]
AltFacts
Tragic events in Georgia shortly before press time have added an element of gritty reality to the topic of campus shootings. Scout Schultz of Georgia Tech was shot and killed […]
News Analysis: RI to Study, not Legalize, Cannabis
Every year a bill is introduced at the RI General Assembly to legalize recreational use of cannabis, regulating and taxing it similarly to alcohol. The state legalized medical marijuana in […]
Opinion: Houston and the Flood
I think we are all saddened and upset about what is happening in Houston. The worst rainstorm in US history. Houston will be years in recovery and we […]
AltFacts: WBRnew
Music fans from throughout the state recently turned on their cars to find Christian rock exuding from their speakers unexpectedly. Even for the conscientious listeners of WBRU, who’d known for […]
Phillipe & Jorge’s Cool, Cool World: Bye BRU, Budget and Brown
RIP, BRU There is sadness at Casa Diablo over the demise of the legendary WBRU. And it is indeed the end of the line for one of Little Rhody’s signature […]
Opinion: The Pope on Galileo
(Originally published December 23, 2008; this is re-published here as a sidebar to my review of Galileo by Bertolt Brecht performed by Burbage Theatre: motifri.com/galileo-burbage-2017 ) Pope Benedict XVI in […]
Opinion: Sale of the WBRU FM Signal is Change We Have to Accept
At 11:59pm on August 31, 2017, Providence’s media landscape will change forever: 95.5 WBRU, Brown University’s radio station that was for over 40 years a haven for alternative rock and […]