By CHRIS POWELL The most recent politically correct charade of Connecticut’s nullifiers — including Governor Lamont, Attorney General William Tong, and the Democratic majority in the General Assembly — has been quickly exposed. It’s the new state law, enacted with the governor’s signature a month ago, purporting to prohibit federal immigration agents from wearing masksContinue reading “State’s anti-ICE law is a fraud, and so is ‘believe all women’”
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Larson’s best case vs. Bronin is the flip side of the age issue
By CHRIS POWELL Is the Democratic Party in Connecticut’s 1st Congressional District really as nuts as it seems from the primary campaign between U.S. Rep. John B. Larson and former Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin? Yale’s new mission statement may be a little too pedestrian School finance study committee is rigged in favor of educatorsContinue reading “Larson’s best case vs. Bronin is the flip side of the age issue”
Teacher union’s political racket is ready to take over Connecticut
By CHRIS POWELL For many years Connecticut’s teacher unions ran a discreet political racket. Many of their members would hold teaching jobs in towns adjacent to the towns in which they lived and then seek municipal office in their home towns, particularly office on their local board of education. They were usually elected. Republican senatorsContinue reading “Teacher union’s political racket is ready to take over Connecticut”
Murphy sees Democrats’ problem but not that he’s part of it
By Chris Powell Speaking the other day to a friendly liberal audience in Washington at the Center for American Progress, Connecticut U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy put aside his usual bombast about President Trump and offered some candor. Connecticut’s best schools aren’t those getting credit Much poverty in Connecticut arises from bad state policy Clash onContinue reading “Murphy sees Democrats’ problem but not that he’s part of it”