Sign of the times? Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán concedes defeat after 'painful' election result apnews.com/article/hung...

This week, I visited the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, scene of the unsolved 1990 heist of millions of dollars worth of art, including works by Vermeer and Rembrandt. Frames are left empty as a reminder of the theft. Last is Mrs. Gardner, painted by John Singer Sargent. #Photography

From the middle of a thread by Congressman McGovern @repmcgovern.bsky.social‬ during an unannounced inspection of an ICE "detention facility" in Massachusetts

Hang on to your socks for this one from bsky.app/profile/kait... !! The Lutnick Deal: Why Did Jeffrey Epstein Control the Terms of a Business Pipeline Between Prince Andrew and Howard Lutnick’s Firm? open.substack.com/pub/kaitjust...

Happy Local News Day to all who celebrate! localnewsday.org

Citizens Bank annual shareholder meeting (April 23rd in Providence Rhode Island) to face protesters critical of the bank's financial ties to ICE: www.mobilize.us/southcountyr...

Rhode Island needs dedicated reporters like Steve Ahlquist, he is dogged and relentless, in the best tradition of advocacy journalism. He can use support! “I don't see myself stopping”: An interview with Steve Ahlquist ahead of his April 19 Fundraiser open.substack.com/pub/steveahl...

A Rhode Island judge

One third of American voters couldn’t be bothered to vote in the 2024 presidential election.

Really? Eulogy for the CIA Factbook: The free standard for world facts, long an educational staple, is gone apnews.com/article/cia-...

Scary stuff. But few people are as clear-thinking as Timothy Snyder, and he offers ways to prepare...

Over 100 International Law Experts Warn: U.S. Strikes on Iran Violate UN Charter and May Be War Crimes at www.justsecurity.org/135423/profe...

Really?

Brown University is home to George Orwell's original manuscript of 1984. Most of it is marked up heavily in Orwell's hand-writing but this untouched page caught my eye.

Scenes Fort Phoenix, Fairhaven Massachusetts on a rainy Thursday afternoon. #Photography

And so it begins...

At the ribbon-cutting for the new, Central Falls Rhode Island High School

I just watched an important documentary on librarians' resistance to efforts to ban books. youtu.be/ywQOCY-qDzE?...

Headed to Newport by way of Bristol RI to test out a new lens. It works! #Photography

More than 100 Jewish faculty and staff members at Harvard University have signed a letter condemning the Trump administration's latest lawsuit against the school, saying  the Justice Department "paints a portrait of a Harvard that we do not recognize."

A Report You Need to Read open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

Edward R. Murrow famously used his platform on CBS to criticize the witch hunts led by Joseph McCarthy in the 1950s. He got his start on CBS Radio, which will sadly be shut down after nearly 100 years of operation. We need more journalists holding the powerful accountable like this.

One of the now former rising stars of the once great CBS News is going his own way. Should make for compelling listening.

Mark Rayha, President of General Dynamics' Electric Boat division offers the submarine builder's annual public update on its work in Connecticut and Rhode Island. He expects EB to again boost hiring in the year ahead, and says construction of the next generation Columbia-class subs is running apace.

MacFarlane News macfarlanenews.substack.com?r=fgndw&utm_...

"Trump must endlessly praise himself—because deep down, he knows what we all know: Robert Mueller was the better man." open.substack.com/pub/terrymor...

Perhaps I was incommunicado - and that’s why I missed yesterday’s celebration of National Alien Abduction Day. Hope all who observed had a happy one! 👽 #NationalAlienAbductionDay

No news is downright sad news

What the World Happiness Report reveals about social media and the world's happiest country apnews.com/article/worl...

Say it ain't so...

Eilen Jewell Saturday night, March 14, 2026 at The Narrows Center After a 20+ year career of touring Eilen Jewell said she's "coming off the road" for a while, inviting the audience to come see her perform in her native Idaho. A lovely set, capped with the perfect encore, the Doors' "Soul Kitchen"

Really?

Heresy of heresies: www.bostonglobe.com/2026/03/12/b...

A packed house last night at Myrtle in East Providence, Rhode Island at the fundraiser for Providence Porchfest! Featuring: The Moonlight Ramblers, Beth Barron & James Sharp Shooter Cappelletti and The Lost & Found. Porchfest is Saturday, May 30th.

Heather Reese put her finger on it: open.substack.com/pub/heatherd...

Some say it can't happen here, but...

Some of the photos from my recent trip to the Dominican Republic, with a focus on the children I encountered. #Photography #DominicanRepublic

Long-delayed Jan. 6 plaque honoring police quietly erected overnight at Capitol www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Reverend Jesse Jackson called on each of us to be heralds of change, to be messengers of hope; to step forward and say “Send me” wherever we have a chance to make an impact. How fortunate we were that Jesse Jackson answered that call. What a great debt we owe to him.

Really?

Trump says he's replacing Homeland Security Secretary Noem with GOP Sen. Markwayne Mullin apnews.com/article/trum...

From "Umbrella Street", which caters to tourists in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic

Huh?

ALERT: Average price for gallon of gasoline jumped 11 cents overnight to about $3.11 According to report from motor club AAA

The return to winter #Photography

New from me: last week, Gov. Dan McKee called his primary challenge from fellow Dem. Helena Foulkes "disgraceful." I wrote an op-ed about why this was so alarming. An excerpt: "[T]he language McKee used to describe Foulkes’s primary challenge is more fiery than his response to Trump’s actions."

Whipped up a quick chart of views of Iran for the newsletter this morning. Long story short: Same old story. Read more: www.howtoreadthisch.art/this-way-mad...

Perceptive analysis by Heather Delaney Reese: The president didn't do this because he cares open.substack.com/pub/heatherd...