By Chris Powell Some Jews in Connecticut and around the country are upset with the extent of the destruction Israel is committing in Gaza to uproot the territory’s rulers, the terrorist group Hamas. Participants in a rally in West Hartford last week called for a “ceasefire” and chanted, “Not in my name!” But Israel isn’tContinue reading “Compassion for Palestinians comes easy in West Hartford”
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Will governor dare to make UConn Health Center solvent?
By CHRIS POWELL When government officials face a problem of administration whose solution will cause great controversy, they typically appoint a study committee or hire a consultant to provide political cover for whatever will have to be at least proposed. That’s what Governor Lamont and University of Connecticut President Radenka Maric have agreed to doContinue reading “Will governor dare to make UConn Health Center solvent?”
Goodbye to school integration; and college is way overpriced
By CHRIS POWELL For decades, even before the state Supreme Court decision in the school integration case of Sheff v. O’Neill 27 years ago, educators in Connecticut have been telling the state that racial integration in education is crucial to better student performance, especially for children from minority groups. In response Connecticut built and operatedContinue reading “Goodbye to school integration; and college is way overpriced”
Plenty of room at the inn but who’ll unlock the door?
By Chris Powell Congratulations to Danbury. A Superior Court judge has ruled that the city was within its rights and zoning law to prevent a social-service organization, Stamford-based Pacific House, from operating a vacant motel as a shelter for the homeless. Pacific House was operating the motel under one of Governor Lamont’s emergency orders duringContinue reading “Plenty of room at the inn but who’ll unlock the door?”
Enough ethnic pandering already, and enough stereotyping as well
By Chris Powell Has Connecticut been more Balkanized or less so by Groton’s decision to replace its observance of Columbus Day with a holiday that will be both Italian Heritage Day and Indigenous Peoples Day? Columbus now is considered politically incorrect for having helped to open the Western Hemisphere to the European exploration and colonizationContinue reading “Enough ethnic pandering already, and enough stereotyping as well”
‘Gun safety’ is camouflage for going easy on crime in Connecticut
By Chris Powell Connecticut doesn’t do “gun control” anymore. Elected officials have euphemized it into “gun safety,” but it’s the same old thing: laws that make it harder for law-abiding and responsible people to exercise their federal and state constitutional rights to own and carry guns. Ironically, Connecticut’s Constitution is even more emphatic about gunContinue reading “‘Gun safety’ is camouflage for going easy on crime in Connecticut”
Reality is sinking car ban; and unfix the ‘fixed costs’
By Chris Powell Hardly had the General Assembly’s Regulation Review Committee, the energy and environmental protection commissioner and Governor Lamont withdrawn a regulation that would have banned the sale of new gasoline-powered cars in Connecticut after 2035 when the idea’s political correctness crashed into more reality. While Lamont insisted that a ban by 2035 wouldContinue reading “Reality is sinking car ban; and unfix the ‘fixed costs’”
Gas-car ban’s P.C. authoritarianism fails quickly in face of basic questions
By Chris Powell Never has the cart been put farther before the horse than with the environmental regulation the Lamont administration would have adopted this week except for the clamor raised by Republican state legislators, talk radio, and ordinary people paying attention. The regulation would have prohibited the sale in Connecticut of new gasoline-powered carsContinue reading “Gas-car ban’s P.C. authoritarianism fails quickly in face of basic questions”
Can Connecticut’s Democrats find the courage to retire Biden?
By Chris Powell Have the country’s two major political parties ever been as disgraceful as they are today? Most Republicans remain devoted to Donald Trump despite his dishonesty, recklessness, hatefulness, cruelty, and authoritarianism. Or maybe Republicans are devoted to Trump because of those characteristics. For as he runs for president again, Trump continues to embodyContinue reading “Can Connecticut’s Democrats find the courage to retire Biden?”
Poverty worsening in state; and tax on ‘nips’ falls short
By Chris Powell According to President Biden, Governor Lamont, and liberal commentators like Paul Krugman of The New York Times, the economy is strong. But opinion polls find that most people disagree, and practically every week produces price increases far above what the federal government claims to be the inflation rate, 3.4%. Last week thereContinue reading “Poverty worsening in state; and tax on ‘nips’ falls short”
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