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Inside 'the system'; government at its worst; Dylanology
Politics as usual in the Biggest Little.

By: PHILLIPE AND JORGE | May 14, 2013

Untrue confessions; gun control at URI; Wolpaw's 'Best Judgment'
We recently heard about the booking of Worcester Bishop Robert McManus for a DUI and hit-and-run on the night of May 4 in Narragansett, where the good Bish has a vacation home in Bonnet Shores.

By: PHILLIPE AND JORGE | May 08, 2013

Circulation problems

Phillipe & Jorge's Cool, Cool World
The ProJo's mounting woes; bus riders unite; making musical memories

By: PHILLIPE AND JORGE | May 01, 2013

Wedding bells?

Another step toward equality; Big @#!%-ing Papi; musical musings
There is little mystery where your superior correspondents stand on marriage equality. We are for it, as we have been for full equality and rights for Vo Dilanduhs of all sexual orientations for the entire 33 years of this column.

By: PHILLIPE AND JORGE | April 24, 2013

New kids on the block

Congrats to Marcel and Karen; reading with Sheldon; farewell, Jonathan
Though he spent a stint as executive director of the Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation under Governor Lincoln "Missing Linc" Almond, Marcel Valois — the newly named head ramrod of the beleaguered EDC — is hardly a household name in The Biggest Little. (Unless, of course, you live in a household with a lot of people named Marcel or Valois.)

By: PHILLIPE AND JORGE | April 17, 2013

Gina burnt

Forbes reams Raimondo; raging with Riley; chewing out Brown
Forbes magazine recently torched Vo Dilun Treasurer Gina Raimondo with a blog post titled, "Rhode Island Public Pension 'Reform' Looks More Like Wall Street Feeding Frenzy."

By: PHILLIPE AND JORGE | April 10, 2013

Play ball; when 'wireless' meant radio; on the green

161 to go
Phillipe was on suicide watch when news broke that the New England Patriots had allowed Wes Welker to sign with the Denver Broncos. And when the Red Sox opened the season April 1 against the damn Yankees in New York, P. had his gun to his head once again.

By: PHILLIPE AND JORGE | April 03, 2013

An Arctic adventure; documenting Daniels; hoop dreams

Ice cream
Sprague Theobald, the local filmmaker and author you may remember as a co-host of Channel 10's old 'PM Magtazine' (also a jumping-off point for Matt Lauer and Meredith Vieira), has produced a wonderful documentary which just premiered in New York City: 'The Other Side of the Ice.'

By: PHILLIPE AND JORGE | March 27, 2013

Ethics, shmethics; bottom-feeding in Florida; Roomful of news

St. Patrick?
In one of the most appalling abuses of power P&J have seen at Halitosis Hall, Speaker of the House Gordon "38 Studios" Fox recently cashiered Representative Patrick O'Neill from his position on the House Judiciary Committee because he had the gall to push through the committee — on a unanimous vote, mind you — a badly needed ethics reform bill.

By: PHILLIPE AND JORGE | March 20, 2013

What is Linc hiding?; the Big East gets small; blunders at Halitosis Hall

Show us your hands
"What's that you're holding behind your back?"

By: PHILLIPE AND JORGE | March 13, 2013

Ya gotta have heart; hoping for fresh air; more dirt at the Vatican

Thanks, Dr. Koop
You may have noticed the passing of former US Surgeon General C. Everett Koop, who turned in his famous braided Salvation Army captain's uniform on February 25, at age 96.

By: PHILLIPE AND JORGE | March 06, 2013

Picking on the Pope; pithy phrases; creative economy stimulation

Stolen jokes of the week
While Phillipe and Jorge are bona fide yucks-a-minute geniuses, we must occasionally draw on other sources for the boffo humor our readers deserve.

By: PHILLIPE AND JORGE | February 27, 2013

WPRO axes St. Pierre; LaPierre misses the mark; who wants to be pope?

Ronzo gets the boot
News broke late Thursday that talk radio station WPRO had laid off Ron St. Pierre, a Rhode Island Radio Hall of Famer who was serving as producer and de facto co-host of Buddy Cianci's show.

By: PHILLIPE AND JORGE | February 20, 2013

The Pope cashes out; a nod to Salty; the police blotter

Pontiff’s pension ploy
Phillipe and Jorge have conducted an extensive investigation into Pope Benny Andajets' decision to resign from his exalted post, and we've discovered that the first Catholic pontiff to bail since the 1400s has done so for one reason and one reason only: he has a pisser pension deal he wants to cash in on.

By: | February 13, 2013