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Romance of rail travel won’t ever pay the bills in Connecticut

By CHRIS POWELL Within living memory one could go almost anywhere in Connecticut by train or at least take a train to a station near one’s destination. Traveling from north to south across the state by train was much quicker than traveling east to west, the topography presenting more obstacles to east-west railroads. But itContinue reading “Romance of rail travel won’t ever pay the bills in Connecticut”

Does Connecticut need a governor who is more than a nice guy?

By CHRIS POWELL Polls have found that Governor Lamont is well liked, and it’s hard to recall any incident during his 6½ years as governor when he got really nasty in public. But a recent poll showed ambivalence about whether he should seek a third term next year. How much do illegals cost? And limitContinue reading “Does Connecticut need a governor who is more than a nice guy?”

How much do illegals cost? And limit state treasurer’s power

By CHRIS POWELL The open borders catastrophe the Biden administration inflicted on the United States has caused enormous pain — to the legal residents who have been victims of crime committed by illegal immigrants as well as to the illegal immigrants themselves, millions of whom now face overdue enforcement of immigration law and possible deportation. Continue reading “How much do illegals cost? And limit state treasurer’s power”

Will UConn offer degrees in political correctness?

By CHRIS POWELL Thanks to President Trump, Connecticut now knows a little more about the politically correct nuttiness that afflicts the state’s public higher education. In response to the Trump administration’s directive to colleges to get rid of “diversity, equity, and inclusion” stuff or risk losing federal funding, the University of Connecticut said the otherContinue reading “Will UConn offer degrees in political correctness?”

Buying teacher union support doesn’t make schools better

By CHRIS POWELL Connecticut is a case study of the fallacy that spending on public schools correlates with student learning. The state has been increasing spending in the name of education since the state Supreme Court’s 1977 decision in the school financing case of Horton v. Meskill, which prompted state government to increase financial grantsContinue reading “Buying teacher union support doesn’t make schools better”

Trump aids Larson’s campaign; and Lamont’s disaster at PURA

By CHRIS POWELL Barring some accident, scandal, or health problem, U.S. Rep. John B. Larson probably can count on President Trump to carry him through next year’s Democratic primary in Connecticut’s 1st Congressional District. Let the Sun set elsewhere; we have enough basketball Postal service remains too quaint in Connecticut Build housing without sprawl; andContinue reading “Trump aids Larson’s campaign; and Lamont’s disaster at PURA”

Let the Sun set elsewhere; we have enough basketball

By CHRIS POWELL Why are Governor Lamont and state Treasurer Erick Russell so enthusiastic about using state pension money to make state government a minority owner of the Mohegan tribe’s Connecticut Sun women’s basketball team and move it to Hartford from the tribe’s reservation in rural eastern Connecticut? Postal service remains too quaint in ConnecticutContinue reading “Let the Sun set elsewhere; we have enough basketball”

U.S. Postal Service remains too quaint in Connecticut

By CHRIS POWELL Within living memory there were five post offices in East Windsor, one in each of the town’s villages — Warehouse Point, Scantic, Broad Brook, Melrose, and Windsorville. But there was no East Windsor post office in East Windsor. The only post office with East Windsor in its name, East Windsor Hill, wasContinue reading “U.S. Postal Service remains too quaint in Connecticut”

Build housing without sprawl; and are schools sanctuaries?

By CHRIS POWELL Supposedly there was going to be a special session of the General Assembly in the fall to arrange a compromise on the housing legislation passed by liberal Democratic legislators during this year’s regular session but vetoed by Governor Lamont. Fall is here but neither the governor nor the legislature has issued suchContinue reading “Build housing without sprawl; and are schools sanctuaries?”