By Chris Powell A principle of propaganda is to accuse your adversaries of doing what you are doing or have done yourself. Connecticut U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy has taken this to heart. Public schooling’s danger exceeds home schooling’s Cheng scandal suggests that higher education needs scrutiny Immigration law enforcement shocks Connecticut’s nullifiers In a recentContinue reading “Murphy accuses Trump of what Democrats did”
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Public schooling’s danger exceeds home schooling’s
By Chris Powell At this week’s hearing at the state Capitol on false claims of home-schooling that conceal child abuse, state officials stressed that they weren’t accusing home-schoolers of doing anything wrong. They were only asserting the need to check periodically on children who have been removed from public schools — to make sure thatContinue reading “Public schooling’s danger exceeds home schooling’s”
Cheng scandal suggests that higher education needs scrutiny
By Chris Powell Apparently the nearly half-million-dollar severance award for the chancellor of the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities System is so outrageous that even Democratic state legislators can acknowledge the scandal. But their acknowledgment is just for show, for none of them will actually do anything about it. Immigration law enforcement shocks Connecticut’s nullifiersContinue reading “Cheng scandal suggests that higher education needs scrutiny”
Immigration law enforcement shocks Connecticut’s nullifiers
By Chris Powell Howls of outrage erupted on the political left in Connecticut after federal agents were spotted enforcing immigration law last Tuesday morning outside the courthouse in Middletown, descending on someone waiting for the courthouse to open. The howls were laughable. Emperor Ned promises to put his legions first Illegal immigration’s backers in ConnecticutContinue reading “Immigration law enforcement shocks Connecticut’s nullifiers”
Emperor Ned promises to put his legions first
By Chris Powell Last weekend Governor Lamont took an oath that was more politically consequential than the one he took to assume office after his elections as governor in 2018 and 2022. Cheng scandals provides a scolding for higher education Illegal immigration’s backers in Connecticut overlook its enormous costs Democrats are frantic to spend moreContinue reading “Emperor Ned promises to put his legions first”
Why Lincoln remains basic to American politics
Remarks by Chris PowellLincoln Day DinnerBristol Republican Town CommitteeDouble Tree by HiltonBristol, ConnecticutTuesday, April 29, 2025 Here is a parable about Connecticut politics that should be in the New Testament: One day Jesus was sitting in the back of a diner on the Berlin Turnpike having lunch. A Republican in a wheelchair entered the dinerContinue reading “Why Lincoln remains basic to American politics”
Cheng scandal provides a scolding for higher education
By Chris Powell While the Board of Regents of the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities System wants to be rid of its chancellor, Terrence Cheng, his contract extends for another 14 months and apparently the board feels that it can’t fire him outright — either because he doesn’t deserve to be kicked out that hardContinue reading “Cheng scandal provides a scolding for higher education”
Illegal immigration’s backers in Connecticut overlook its enormous costs
By Chris Powell Last week two groups supporting illegal immigration, Connecticut Voices for Children and the Immigration Research Initiative, issued a report warning that mass deportation of the state’s illegal immigrant population — estimated at as many as 150,000 people — would be disastrous for the state’s economy and state government. The report claimed that illegal immigrantsContinue reading “Illegal immigration’s backers in Connecticut overlook its enormous costs”
Democrats are frantic to spend more as economizing is forbidden
By Chris Powell What’s most remarkable about the state budget being devised by the Democratic majority in the General Assembly isn’t the scrambling to dismantle or evade the constitutional spending cap — the “fiscal guardrails” that have kept state government more or less solvent in recent years — though there is plenty of desperation aboutContinue reading “Democrats are frantic to spend more as economizing is forbidden”
Trump isn’t what’s wrong with education in Connecticut
By Chris Powell Governor Lamont and state Education Commissioner Charlene Russell-Tucker are being cheered for refusing to certify to the U.S. Education Department that state government is in compliance with the Trump administration’s view of civil rights law. The administration’s view is that “diversity, equity, and inclusion,” the slogan of leftist education, is unconstitutional becauseContinue reading “Trump isn’t what’s wrong with education in Connecticut”
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