To the Editor,   Poor Lonnie Barham is showing the telltale signs of Trump Derangement Syndrome(TDS). This condition, characterized by an irrational, yet intense, dislike for all things … more

Dear Editor, Putin says prosecution of Trump shows the U.S. political system is “rotten.” Why does Putin support Trump, and Trump support Putin? The short answer is that … more

By GARY SASSE After inciting an unprecedented attack on the nation's Capitol, the Trump presidency is ending as a tragedy with the Republican Party at the brink of a civil war. The timing could not be worse because the 2022 campaign may be a pivotal more

To the Editor: Just as the king cobra lies low and waits to strike, ever rising slowly, steely eyes holding the victim transfixed, Trump like the king cobra, rose up to full ugly height and struck! Like that cobra's stare, he has encouraged and incited more

To the Editor, With all due respect to comedian Charlie Hall, I must take issue with the message conveyed by his cartoon depicting Santa's sleigh delivering Coronavirus vaccine for Christmas. (Beacon, Dec. 10) Sorry, Charlie, but it was not Santa Claus more

By JOHN HOWELL The bugler sounded the call to charge, galvanizing flag-waving Trump supporters to cross the Rocky Point parking lot, climb over the railing and head for what was once the site of the Shore Dinner Hall overlooking Narragansett Bay and the more

By THOMAS GREENBERG -- Keep smiling in the face of "number twos." That's what Reverend Justin Lester told the crowd at Rhodes on the Pawtuxet on the morning of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. more