Columnist Bob Kerr spent a year in Vietnam as a combat correspondent with the marines. He’s been processing the experience ever since, and trying to…
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Bob Kerr: Lessons Learned While Driving With Veterans
On this Veteran’s Day, columnist Bob Kerr shares his experiences as a volunteer driver for veterans. Kerr says it’s the conversations he cherishes,…
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Bob Kerr: Retiring, After Decades Of Service To Rhode Island’s Poor
Henry Shelton, the longtime leader of the George Wiley Center in Pawtucket, has championed the rights of Rhode Island’s poor and the working class…
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Bob Kerr: Mill Buildings Stand As A Reminder Of Our Past
At a time when unemployment, and economic development, remain at the forefront of many people’s minds, columnist Bob Kerr reflects on a once thriving l…
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Bob Kerr: Thankful For A Life Well Lived
As we near Thanksgiving Day, it is, of course, a time to give thanks for good friends and food, for the time to take stock of the things that matter….
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Bob Kerr: Honoring Gunny Sullivan
Rhode Island Public Radio columnist Bob Kerr, who spent two years in the Marines in the 1960’s, reflects on the shootings at two military facilities in…
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Bob Kerr: Transcending Prison Walls
My friends Joe Labriola and Mike Skinner did the Walk for Hunger a few weeks back. They have done the walk before. They have done walks for Toys For…
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Bob Kerr: We Have Seen The Best And The Worst
For more than 40 years, Bob Kerr worked at the Providence Journal, where he was beloved by many readers for his columns about the people and the issues…
