By Gode Davis, political staff columnist – June 8, 2010 The most horrific crime of genocide existed long before the word was invented. This very specific term, a reference to violent crimes committed against a group of people with the malevolent intent of destroying the very existence of that group, was coined in 1944 by [...]

By Gode Davis, political staff columnist – May 11, 2010 The early months of 2010 featured yet another sensational scandal with the Roman Catholic Church in a starring role. Sordid topics related to child molestation command center stage. In these latest accusations, the current pontiff, Pope Benedict XVI, has been implicated, if not by fact, [...]

By Gode Davis, political staff columnist – April 22, 2010 On March 27, 2008, Republican Governor Donald B. Carcieri signed a six-point executive order which he said at the time would enable “a vast array of state government agencies” to address illegal immigration in Rhode Island. I happen to live in Rhode Island and find [...]

By Gode Davis, staff columnist – April 1, 2010 2010 began with an unlikely bang initiated by a U.S. agency. It seemed innocent enough. “It” was a 19-page memorandum issued on January 8th by Donald Neufeld, Associate Director of Service Center Operations for the Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS) agency, and “it,” intended to clarify [...]

By Gode Davis, staff columnist – March 25, 2010 The Christian Right and their interpretations of Christianity have become a “given” in American society in recent decades. The current culture of Christianity boasts luminaries such as George W. Bush, Sarah Palin, Tim LaHaye, and Joel Osteen among many contemporaries wielding pervasive influence and power. It [...]

By Gode Davis, staff columnist – March 16, 2010 According to the book Cooperstown, [1] which chronicles the exploits of men elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York; including, most notably, those who played what used to be called The National Pastime, Jim Bunning was “the consummate intelligent professional pitcher.” If [...]

By Gode Davis, staff columnist – February 25, 2010 I was watching my television the other day, and it seemed like déjà vu. An aircraft, in this case a Piper Cherokee PA-28 single-engine small plane, was deliberately crashed into the IRS Building in Austin, Texas by one A. Joseph Stack III, in what I’ve taken [...]

By Gode Davis, staff columnist – January 22, 2010 What I know about the U.S. Senators surnamed Brown can probably fit on the head of a pin, but here goes. Should I start with Sherrod from Ohio, or Scott from Massachusetts? Both have been much maligned, depending upon who’s doing the talking. They seem on [...]