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m. charles bakst 05/18/2008

Bakst: Darrell West’s parting words
You may have read that Darrell West, the Brown University political scientist I call Professor Sound Bite, is leaving town and heading for Washington.

05/15/2008

Bakst: Gay equality at issue at the State House and beyond

05/13/2008

At CVS trial, things already are depressing
No matter how it turns out, it was obvious from yesterday’s opening arguments that the trial of two former CVS executives on federal corruption charges is not going to be pretty.

05/11/2008

Bakst: Gambling’s reach grows longer
I commend Governor Carcieri for vetoing legislation for round-the-clock gambling on weekends and holidays at Twin River and Newport Grand.

05/08/2008

Democratic nomination race at an end?
Thoughts about Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton as the Democrats turn to West Virginia, scene of a historic 1960 primary:

05/06/2008

Bakst: Can’t imagine Reed rejecting a call to duty
Sen. Jack Reed insists he doesn’t want to be Secretary of Defense.

05/04/2008

M. Charles Bakst looks back in time at Classical High School
They were nice enough to invite me and I was pleased to go.

05/01/2008

Amid the storms, Obama struggles to hang on
As punishing on voters as long presidential campaigns can be, at least they usually provide a chance to see a candidate forced to confront a crisis.

04/29/2008

Carcieri, clergy: Little drama, little urgency
I don’t say that the three top religious leaders who conferred last Friday with Governor Carcieri and joined him in meeting reporters lost their nerve. But if you’d like to say it, be my guest.

04/27/2008

Issues surrounding smoke shop trial aren’t settled
Bad vibes linger from the Narragansett Indian smoke shop trial in Superior Court.

04/24/2008

Obama and Clinton locked in an enduring battle, but to what end?
Hillary Clinton defeats Barack Obama in Pennsylvania, and so the Democratic Party’s excitement — and agony — continues.

04/22/2008

At Angelo’s, celebrating Rhode Island
When the U.S. Small Business Administration recently named Angelo’s restaurant on Federal Hill its family-owned business of the year, proprietor Bob Antignano laid out a spread that included veal and peppers and fried calamari.

04/20/2008

M. Charles Bakst looks at the latest sparring between Clinton and Obama
If I were a Democratic partisan with my heart set on the party’s winning the White House this year, right about now I’d cry.

01/04/2006

M. Charles Bakst:
Mimi Burkhardt:
Editor, perfectionist
If you want to know the legacy of Mary Dolbier Burkhardt, a 52-year-old Providence Journal editor who died suddenly last Friday, listen to the reporters who worked with her.