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Author Archives: Gerry Goldstein

Gerry Goldstein, an occasional contributor to What's Up, is a retired Providence Journal editor and columnist who has been writing for Rhode Island newspapers and magazines for 60 years

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Gerry Goldstein: Humanity in history, from racism to Roe

by Gerry Goldstein August 11, 2022August 11, 2022

One could accurately say that history shifted because the late Bruce Boynton craved a cheeseburger. A Black law student at Howard University in Washington, Boynton was en route home to Alabama on Christmas break in 1958 when his Trailways bus made a rest stop at a terminal in Richmond, Va. Noting that the Black section […]

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Gerry Goldstein: In the books, a supremely odious decision

by Gerry Goldstein July 23, 2022July 23, 2022
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Gerry Goldstein: No word of lie, a fascinating holiday’s ahead

by Gerry Goldstein June 28, 2022June 28, 2022
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Gerry Goldstein: Tracing footsteps of our fathers

by Gerry Goldstein June 13, 2022June 13, 2022
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Gerry Goldstein: With this ring (and ancient rites) I thee wed 

by Gerry Goldstein May 28, 2022May 28, 2022
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Gerry Goldstein: Nicknames of brass can display their mettle

by Gerry Goldstein May 16, 2022May 16, 2022
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Gerry Goldstein: Dustups on and off the big screen

by Gerry Goldstein April 28, 2022April 28, 2022
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Posted inColumn

Gerry Goldstein: A perfect time to appreciate English, ain’t it?

by Gerry Goldstein April 15, 2022April 15, 2022
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Gerry Goldstein: Brotherly love adds punch to their resistance 

by Gerry Goldstein March 23, 2022March 23, 2022
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Gerry Goldstein: An ideal month for hoping the darkness will lift

by Gerry Goldstein March 16, 2022March 16, 2022
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Gerry Goldstein: As Red Sox Nation abides lockout, an elegy  

by Gerry Goldstein February 26, 2022February 26, 2022
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Gerry Goldstein: By any definition, these folks watched their words

by Gerry Goldstein February 13, 2022February 13, 2022
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Gerry Goldstein: Sen. Marshall’s `B.S.’ degree tells the whole story

by Gerry Goldstein January 28, 2022January 28, 2022
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Gerry Goldstein: What’s in a name? Sometimes, vitriol

by Gerry Goldstein January 14, 2022January 15, 2022
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Gerry Goldstein: In uncertain times, advice for moving on

by Gerry Goldstein December 29, 2021December 29, 2021
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Gerry Goldstein: A dark portrait in a bright season of the year

by Gerry Goldstein December 14, 2021December 14, 2021
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Gerry Goldstein: Holiday sweets, baked strictly by the numbers

by Gerry Goldstein November 28, 2021November 28, 2021
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Gerry Goldstein: At season’s end, a new start in the soil

by Gerry Goldstein November 15, 2021November 15, 2021
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Gerry Goldstein: Horse sense from a cowboy philosopher

by Gerry Goldstein October 28, 2021October 28, 2021
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Gerry Goldstein: For Mercy’s sake, he stood guard through the night

by Gerry Goldstein October 16, 2021October 16, 2021
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Gerry Goldstein: The two faces of our beguiling but fickle sea

by Gerry Goldstein September 28, 2021September 28, 2021
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Gerry Goldstein: Music, with nature calling the tune

by Gerry Goldstein September 15, 2021September 20, 2021
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Gerry Goldstein: All aflutter with good news on disease

by Gerry Goldstein August 28, 2021September 20, 2021
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Gerry Goldstein: When lefties join hands for the right stuff

by Gerry Goldstein August 9, 2021September 20, 2021
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Gerry Goldstein: Word horseplay draws some pun-gent responses

by Gerry Goldstein July 29, 2021July 29, 2021

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