By Chris Powell Like public education in most American cities, public education in Connecticut’s cities has been chaotic and ineffective for decades. Ever since the enactment of the Education Enhancement Act in 1986 the state’s response to this failure has been to throw money at schools and particularly at teacher salaries, on the premise thatContinue reading “Throwing money at schools is a policy needing an audit”
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Murphy commercial hints at the issues against him
By Chris Powell Connecticut got its nickname as “the land of steady habits” in part because of its resistance to political change and its inclination to keep the same people in elective office for a long time. Comments made by Thomas Jefferson about Connecticut politics in 1801 have been aphorized as “few die and noneContinue reading “Murphy commercial hints at the issues against him”
Lamont’s posturing won’t put Connecticut ahead of Florida
By Chris Powell One of these days Governor Lamont may show Florida a thing or two. But probably not soon. Without explanation, Florida’s tourism internet site recently removed a section touting destinations in the state said to be particularly attractive to members of sexual minorities. This renewed complaints that the state is hostile to thoseContinue reading “Lamont’s posturing won’t put Connecticut ahead of Florida”
New Haven apologizes as cops defend themselves
By Chris Powell Here is what Connecticut has come to. Last week a career criminal from New Haven wanted on a federal warrant for robbery and gun crime was cornered by police at a car wash just over the city line in West Haven. He pulled out a stolen gun and shot at the manyContinue reading “New Haven apologizes as cops defend themselves”
The ‘banned books’ racket; and busway’s costs hidden
By Chris Powell This week is what librarians and leftists in Connecticut and throughout the country call Banned Books Week. A more accurate name for it would be Submit to Authority Week. The week is misnamed because in the United States there are no banned books at all — no books whose publication and possessionContinue reading “The ‘banned books’ racket; and busway’s costs hidden”
Ethnic pandering in politics is out of date in Connecticut
By Chris Powell Stamford state Rep. Anabel Figueroa, a member of the city’s Board of Representatives, may be a bit of a demagogue. But is she really a hater of Jews? That’s the charge leveled against her by the Democratic City Committee, which is moving to expel her this week. Figueroa is in trouble forContinue reading “Ethnic pandering in politics is out of date in Connecticut”
There’s a better innovation; and prohibit the looting of hospitals
By Chris Powell Connecticut’s state auditors are on a roll with their critical report about state government’s “venture capital firm,” Connecticut Innovations, which was published the other day soon after the critical audits about expensive management failures at Central Connecticut State University, the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, and the Correction Department. TheContinue reading “There’s a better innovation; and prohibit the looting of hospitals”
Politically correct electricity will raise rates while failing climate
By Chris Powell How much do Connecticut and Governor Lamont want to commit to buying a lot of politically correct electricity to reduce “global warming” before ascertaining and understanding its price? Not as much as they used to. Reality is catching up with political correctness in energy costs. For Connecticut residents are angry at theirContinue reading “Politically correct electricity will raise rates while failing climate”
Zoning comes for a mouse; and don’t blame Facebook
By Chris Powell A tiny cluster of low-lying rocks in Long Island Sound just off the coast of Connecticut at Groton is aptly named: Mouse Island. Robinson Crusoe was more removed from civilization, but the residents of Mouse Island’s three houses, occupying lots of barely a quarter acre each, might have considered the island aContinue reading “Zoning comes for a mouse; and don’t blame Facebook”
Abortion extremists are pushing Connecticut far ‘beyond Roe’
By Chris Powell Now that the issue has been returned to the states and democracy, abortion extremism has revived throughout the country. In some states this extremism aims to make abortion virtually impossible, limiting it to the earliest weeks of pregnancy, sometimes before women may realize they are pregnant. But in Connecticut the extremism goesContinue reading “Abortion extremists are pushing Connecticut far ‘beyond Roe’”
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