By CHRIS POWELL For the sake of argument, stipulate that President Trump, a Republican, never has good intentions, only demagogic ones, and has a political interest in exaggerating the problem of crime in the cities, most of which long have been mismanaged by Democrats. Newington raid shows Democrats want no immigration enforcement Democrats keep pretendingContinue reading “Awful Trump is right on crime but Connecticut is indifferent”
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Reconsidering fluoridation; and are we having fun yet?
By Chris Powell About 90% of Connecticut residents and 63% of U.S. residents are served by fluoridated water. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to become secretary of the U.S. Health and Human Services Department, considers fluoridation unsafe and aims to stop it. Kennedy has his eccentricities but that doesn’t make him wrongContinue reading “Reconsidering fluoridation; and are we having fun yet?”
More absentee ballots mean more corruption in elections
By Chris Powell Judging by voter participation in Connecticut’s most recent municipal elections, Hartford may be the most demoralized place in the state. The Hearst Connecticut newspapers report that only 14% of Hartford residents who are registered to vote did so in last year’s municipal election, when the city had the lowest voter participation amongContinue reading “More absentee ballots mean more corruption in elections”
Soccer won’t rescue Bridgeport but middle-class housing might
By Chris Powell Hartford’s decline into poverty over the last 60 years hasn’t been reversed or even halted by the expensive development projects that have shuffled the city’s downtown this way and that — first Constitution Plaza, an office building complex; then the Hartford Civic Center; then the Connecticut Convention Center; and most recently aContinue reading “Soccer won’t rescue Bridgeport but middle-class housing might”
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