Wednesday, March 4

RI in the NY Times: Smallest State Grapples With Oversize Problems

Here is some recommended reading from Bishop Wolf and Dean Krauss of the Cathedral of St John. It is an evocative article, recently published in The New York Times, presenting an outsider's perspective on the past and future of Rhode Island. Is it right on? Way off base? Illuminating? Misleading?

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/01/us/01rhode.html


True or False, this is how Rhode Island is being presented to the world.
How do we as a faith community react?


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  1. Anonymous6:05 PM

    I think we could learn from this:

    ". . . many of those interviewed said that, instead, the smallness has trapped the state in parochialism, insecurity and outdated traditions that block change at every turn.

    'The whole political system is based on back scratching and getting things for your friends . . . That’s true for every place, but more so here because of the intimacy — you keep bumping into people you know.'"

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