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Greens would cripple democracy in guise of making state cleaner

By CHRIS POWELL Connecticut’s so-called environmentalists are following the state’s employee unions in contriving new ways of destroying what is left of democracy and accountability in state and municipal government. They want to put a “green” amendment in the state Constitution to guarantee everyone the right to a clean and healthy environment. Students visiting stateContinue reading “Greens would cripple democracy in guise of making state cleaner”

Students visiting state Capitol insist money equals education

By CHRIS POWELL High school students were brought to the state Capitol last week to rally with teachers, school administrators, and others on government’s payroll in support of big increases in state financial aid to municipal school systems. Democrats would nullify more; and parks won’t save cities Just another week in Hartford as state legislatorsContinue reading “Students visiting state Capitol insist money equals education”

Democrats would nullify more; and parks won’t save cities

By CHRIS POWELL Most Democratic officials in Connecticut insist that theirs is not a “sanctuary state,” a state that obstructs enforcement of federal immigration law, even as nearly every week they call for more such obstruction. Just another week in Hartford as state legislators look away Federal aid isn’t really free; and stop exalting abortionContinue reading “Democrats would nullify more; and parks won’t save cities”

Federal aid really isn’t free; and stop exalting abortion

By CHRIS POWELL Commenting a few weeks ago about the public water system disasters from failed pipes in Waterbury, Connecticut U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal said, “There is no free water, just like there is no free lunch.” Can Connecticut Democrats rise above identity politics? Throwing money at schools hides the learning problem Hartford’s new curriculum:Continue reading “Federal aid really isn’t free; and stop exalting abortion”

Can Connecticut Democrats rise above identity politics?

By CHRIS POWELL Why are some people Democrats and others Republicans? Personal identities have always had something to do with it. Some people inherit party affiliations from parents. Many Democrats come from the working and government classes. Many Republicans come from the propertied and professional classes. Throwing money at schools hides the learning problem Hartford’sContinue reading “Can Connecticut Democrats rise above identity politics?”

Throwing money at schools hides the learning problem

By CHRIS POWELL While Governor Lamont has proposed a state budget that would increase spending by $1.2 billion or 4.4%, it has prompted furious if predictable complaints from municipal school systems, higher educators, hospitals, social service agencies, and others. They say the governor’s budget isn’t nearly enough, even though the his proposal comes within aContinue reading “Throwing money at schools hides the learning problem”

Hartford’s new curriculum: toilet training and diapers

By CHRIS POWELL Teachers in Connecticut, especially those in the poverty factories that are the state’s cities, long have lamented that many of their youngest students arrive in school grossly unprepared even for kindergarten, unable to identify things as simple as letters and colors because of a lack of parenting. Fault in paralyzed man’s caseContinue reading “Hartford’s new curriculum: toilet training and diapers”

Fault in paralyzed man’s case is more fairly settled at last

By CHRIS POWELL While there was plenty of negligence in the case of Randy Cox, the man who was paralyzed after his arrest by New Haven police in 2022, the court decision concluding the case’s criminal aspects suggests that the negligence really wasn’t that of the officers it was blamed on. Is there any policyContinue reading “Fault in paralyzed man’s case is more fairly settled at last”

Is there any policy reason not to renominate Larson?

By CHRIS POWELL Will former Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin ever come up with a reason for his challenge to U.S. Rep. John B. Larson’s renomination by the Democratic Party besides the claim that Larson, at 77, is too old? Teacher union’s political racket is ready to take over Connecticut Republican senators top governor’s tax cutContinue reading “Is there any policy reason not to renominate Larson?”