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 Figueroa is in trouble forContinue reading “Ethnic pandering in politics is out of date in Connecticut”
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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’”
Welcome to Connecticut, home of wasted payroll
By Chris Powell Since Connecticut state government is a big place, it will make mistakes even in the best of circumstances. But Governor Lamont and state legislators should pay much more attention to state government’s most expensive undertaking — payroll administration — and less attention to what engaged them last week — new highway signsContinue reading “Welcome to Connecticut, home of wasted payroll”
Baseball stadium isn’t crucial for turning Hartford around; housing is
By Chris Powell While downtown Hartford’s Dunkin’ Park, which opened in 2017, may be the most beautiful minor-league baseball stadium in the country, it will be a long time before it can be considered a success. For the Hartford Courant reported the other day that city government is losing more than $3.7 million per year on theContinue reading “Baseball stadium isn’t crucial for turning Hartford around; housing is”
Connecticut’s working class is put on the path to oblivion
By Chris Powell Over the Labor Day weekend leading Democrats — starting with President Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, and vice-presidential nominee Tim Walz — claimed loudly that theirs is the party of organized labor and working people. Insofar as organized labor — unions — consists these days mostly of government employees, the Democrats wereContinue reading “Connecticut’s working class is put on the path to oblivion”
What do Connecticut college students mean by ‘free Palestine’?
By Chris Powell College is back in session and students are returning not just to their studies but also to protests on campus about the war in Gaza. At the University of Connecticut at Storrs, Yale University in New Haven, and other institutions, students are chanting and carrying signs reading “Free Palestine!” Journalism not beingContinue reading “What do Connecticut college students mean by ‘free Palestine’?”
Senator Murphy keeps excusing crimes from open borders
By Chris Powell Connecticut’s junior U.S. senator, Democrat Chris Murphy, seems to be running for re-election on the premise that open borders are good policy. First the “compromise” border security legislation he negotiated this year with a Republican senator and a nominally independent senator formally excused thousands more illegal entries indefinitely into the future. The legislation seemedContinue reading “Senator Murphy keeps excusing crimes from open borders”
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