Edward Fitzpatrick

11/26/2009

Edward Fitzpatrick: Giving thanks on more than one day a year
When asked to pray at the family dinner table, Bart Simpson said, “Dear God, we paid for all this stuff ourselves, so thanks for nothing.”

11/24/2009

Edward Fitzpatrick: Federal shield law for journalists still needs a completion to win
To punt or not to punt.

11/22/2009

Columnist Edward Fitzpatrick: The conservative case for gay marriage
Conservatives shouldn’t just allow same-sex marriage. They should insist on it.

11/17/2009

Columnist Fitzpatrick says R.I. judicial selction process needs transparency
Roger Williams University law Professor Michael J. Yelnosk said he heard a lot of great stories as he was organizing a Nov. 13 symposium on how Rhode Island picks state judges.

Columnist Fitzpatrick says R.I. judicial selction process needs transparency
Roger Williams University law Professor Michael J. Yelnosk said he heard a lot of great stories as he was organizing a Nov. 13 symposium on how Rhode Island picks state judges.

11/19/2009

Edward Fitzpatrick: Access to information is vital
The government and the press grapple over access to information and public documents on a daily basis — in Manhattan and in Orange County, N.Y., in China and in Providence.

11/17/2009

Columnist Fitzpatrick says R.I. judicial selction process needs transparency
Roger Williams University law Professor Michael J. Yelnosk said he heard a lot of great stories as he was organizing a Nov. 13 symposium on how Rhode Island picks state judges.

11/15/2009

Edward Fitzpatrick: Health-care bill at least a good start
For Halloween, I was thinking of going out as the public option, but I didn’t want to scare conservatives that much.

11/12/2009

Edward Fitzpatrick: Find a better way to get this party started
The newly recognized Moderate Party of Rhode Island focuses on four issues that begin with the letter “e”: economy, ethics, education and the environment.

11/10/2009

Ed Fitzpatrick: ‘Fundamental’ changes point toward new freedom
While some fear a surge in religious fundamentalism, the world is actually moving toward religious freedom and choice, Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne Jr. said Sunday night at Central Congregational Church in Providence.

11/08/2009

Edward Fitzpatrick: R.I.’s new U.S. Attorney is a veteran prosecutor
If you’d asked him a year ago if he expected to become Rhode Island’s top federal prosecutor, Peter F. Neronha probably would have laughed.

11/05/2009

Suggested gift for the courts: A new judge
Nearly a year has passed since District Court Chief Judge Albert E. DeRobbio Sr. died, yet Governor Carcieri has not nominated a replacement.

11/03/2009

Columnist Ed Fitzpatrick: Who should be redrawing districts after 2010 census?
At the Common Cause Rhode Island annual meeting, executive director John M. Marion pointed out an object looming on the political horizon: the once-a-decade process of redrawing political maps.

11/01/2009

Columnist Edward Fitzpatrick: What R.I. needs is creative thinking on revenue
The General Assembly just plowed through about 200 bills in a two-day spasm of speechifying and legislating. The bills dealt with everything from mixed-martial arts to New England Patriots license plates, but they did precious little to address the state budget crisis.

10/29/2009

Columnist Edward Fitzpatrick: Lawless urges more women to run for office
Jennifer Lawless, the former Brown University professor who lost a 2006 Democratic primary to U.S. Rep. James R. Langevin, delivered the keynote address at an Oct. 22 fundraiser for the Women’s Fund of Rhode Island, and each of the 275 people in attendance received a red-white-and-blue button that read “Jennifer Lawless: 20??”

10/27/2009

Edward Fitzpatrick: A name can get you only so far
You didn’t have to guess which one was former U.S. Rep. Barry Goldwater Jr.