Government

Marriage Inequality: From A Social To A Personal Issue

• Karen Paley
• Sep 4, 2012

Because the Social Security Administration and the federal government do not recognize the legal status of domestic partnership in Rhode Island, Paley will have to pay a financial penalty.

Crime

Credit/Debit Card Fraud – How To Prevent It?

• Karen Paley
• Jul 26, 2012

Reader needs practical with attempted credit/debit card fraud.

Awareness

Ives Road Inventory

• Karen Paley
• May 4, 2012

Writer inventories the empties she retrieved on Ives Road during an afternoon walk.

Sports

Stop Booing Bobby Valentine

• Karen Paley
• Apr 24, 2012

Long time supporter of the Boston Red Sox says when we boo the new manager, Bobby Valentine, we are booing the wrong man.

Government

Tax Time and Henry David Thoreau

• Karen Paley
• Apr 17, 2012

As we pay our taxes, let us give some thought to the tax protests of Henry David Thoreau in the 19th and the Occupy movement this past fall, no matter what our beliefs on the topic.

Government

No itemized deductions in RI?

• Karen Paley
• Apr 12, 2012

Complaining about and publicizing an important change in RI tax law for 2011

Tulipmania Today

• Karen Paley
• Apr 7, 2012

A story of local tulip envy with historical notes on what was called tulipmania in Holland a few centuries ago. I have some very unusual Dutch bulbs ready to crack through the dirt.