By Chris Powell Transgender ideology, having conquered most of the Democratic majority in the General Assembly, suffered some pushback last week when the Appropriations Committee considered what was said to be mental health legislation. The bill contained the term “pregnant persons,” and some Black and Hispanic legislators on the committee wanted to know what hadContinue reading “Should Connecticut declare that men can become women?”
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Connecticut’s political left celebrates mental illness
By Chris Powell As President Biden reminded the country with his ill-timed proclamation, this year Easter Sunday fell on a new and more politically correct holiday, Transgender Day of Visibility. A few days earlier at the state Capitol in Hartford, Connecticut Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewicz led a celebration of a flag symbolizing transgender rights —Continue reading “Connecticut’s political left celebrates mental illness”
To end car tax, spend less; and UConn abides thuggery
By Chris Powell Many state legislators claim to be perplexed by the challenge of eliminating municipal property taxes on cars, which produce about a billion dollars per year for municipal governments. If property taxes on cars were eliminated, how would the money be replaced? One advocate of eliminating car taxes, state Senate President Pro TemContinue reading “To end car tax, spend less; and UConn abides thuggery”
Disability pension scandal is shocking — but not new
By Chris Powell Why is state government always short of money in the face of what are said to be compelling human needs? One reason is that compelling human needs are easily confused with human wants, which are infinite. Another reason is that state government is not at all careful with its money, especially whenContinue reading “Disability pension scandal is shocking — but not new”
State’s economy isn’t strong; and a teacher salary trick
By Chris Powell Democrats warn that Donald Trump’s return to the presidency will endanger Social Security and Medicare. Trump has made ambiguous and contradictory comments on those programs and is not the master of policy details. But as a practical matter President Biden’s administration already has made big cuts in Social Security and Medicare —Continue reading “State’s economy isn’t strong; and a teacher salary trick”
Lieberman long was state’s most consequential politician
By Chris Powell Joe Lieberman was Connecticut’s most consequential politician of his era, holding high office in the state for 40 of the 42 years between 1971 and 2013, 24 of those in the U.S. Senate. He was also often an insurgent and sometimes crossed his party’s establishment in a big way but got awayContinue reading “Lieberman long was state’s most consequential politician”
Hartford doesn’t need hockey; and state’s ‘values’ don’t help
By Chris Powell Some people think that Hartford’s decline began in 1997 when the city’s National Hockey League team, the Whalers, left for North Carolina. Governor Lamont seems to be one of them, though the city’s plunge into poverty and dysfunction started at least 30 years earlier. For a few years in the 1980s andContinue reading “Hartford doesn’t need hockey; and state’s ‘values’ don’t help”
Where did journalism go? And Cardona gets a pass
By Chris Powell What’s going on here? It seems as if more former Connecticut journalists now are employed doing publicity for state government than there are journalists reporting about state government. An unofficial list of recent transfers from journalism to government publicity in Connecticut includes: — Samaia Hernandex, formerly with WTNH-TV8 in New Haven andContinue reading “Where did journalism go? And Cardona gets a pass”
If schools had discipline, they would not have racism
By Chris Powell Cromwell lately has been convulsing over a student’s at-first anonymous public complaints about racist or abusive conduct by other students in school. What was the first action taken in response by the school administration and the town’s Board of Education? Of course it was to hire a consultant — an expert inContinue reading “If schools had discipline, they would not have racism”
Trooper isn’t the biggest reason why mentally ill man was killed
By Chris Powell Mubarak Soulemane shouldn’t be dead. He shouldn’t have been shot to death by state Trooper Brian North in January 2020 as he sat in the car he had hijacked, boxed in by police cruisers under a highway overpass in West Haven after a long chase from Norwalk. The car’s doors and windowsContinue reading “Trooper isn’t the biggest reason why mentally ill man was killed”
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