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By Chris PowellMike Riley Retirement PartyThe Riverview, Simsbury, ConnecticutThursday, February 18, 2016 I’ve titled my remarks “How Mike Riley Ruined My Life.” I got the idea from his wife, Kathleen. I met Mike back around 1970 when he was clerking for state Sen. Bob Houley, Senate chairman of the Appropriations Committee. We spent many happyContinue reading “How Mike Riley ruined my life”

By CHRIS POWELL It’s traditional at events like this to have some readings from the Bible. So here’s something from the Old Testament, the third book of Moses, Leviticus Chapter 20, Verse 13: “If a man lies with a male as he lies with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination. They shallContinue reading “A toast at a same-sex wedding in Vermont”

Weicker’s Memoir Is Breathtaking for Self-Contradiction and Omission By Chris Powell Journal Inquirer Saturday-Sunday, July 15-16, 1995 Legend has it that the ancient Athenian statesman Aristides was stopped in the street by an uneducated man who didn’t recognize him and who asked for help in writing Aristides’ own name on a ballot in an electionContinue reading “Mister Bluster saves the world”