The Agenda

by Saruman the White, Chief Scientific Policy Advisor to President Bush

[This article first appeared in The Agenda #14, January 2006]

Honestly, you people with your ridiculous “science.” Bah! When I bring agony and ruin upon your villages with the power of the One Ring, will the pathetic explanations of those blasphemous witch doctors you call “scientists” ease the pain of your destruction? I ask you, will their “logical conclusions” based on “data” and “experiments” drown out your screams? Only so foolhardy a race as men could build a society based on “scientific methods” and “empirical evidence.” Such nonsense! Istari magic and the visions of my palantir—those are the foundations of a functioning society.

The Agenda was saddened to learn
of the recent passing of a beloved figure in Providence's arts & music community. The
following memorial for Eugene P. Severens was written by longtime friend and
musical contemporary Terry Linehan.

July 15th – 21st.

The Providence Black Repertory Company and The City of Providence, David N. Cicilline, Mayor are pleased to announce New England’s premier genre-defying summer music festival, Providence SoundSession ’07.

by Chris Ackley

I work in the gas world. It’s a small subcontracting operation, but we do bidding for the big boy, National Grid. In case you missed it, this utility ogre recently bought out New England Gas Company and now controls both gas and electric in the Ocean State. Horrible consolidations of power aside, the gas company is a pretty interesting gig.