By Chris Powell Journalists around the country are outraged that the publishers of the Washington Post and Los Angeles Times decided at the last minute to prevent their newspapers from publishing editorial-page endorsements of Democrat Kamala Harris for president. A few journalists at the papers have resigned over it. The writers union at the PostContinue reading “Journalistic endorsements now come in news coverage”
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Ending both political plagues will take at least four years
By Chris Powell Full of enthusiasm for the prospect, a Torrington resident writes to the Waterbury Republican-American that the forthcoming presidential election “is a chance to end the plague of Donald Trump.” Indeed, since Trump, the Republican presidential nominee for a third time, is 78, if he loses next month he almost surely won’t runContinue reading “Ending both political plagues will take at least four years”
With misleading address, Harris poses as change
By Chris Powell As a matter of oratory, Kamala Harris’ address to the Democratic National Convention accepting the presidential nomination Thursday night was excellent — clear, articulate, enthusiastic, empty of cackling — and it excited the crowd. Content was something else. The address was largely about fooling the country into thinking that she represents change,Continue reading “With misleading address, Harris poses as change”
Repulsive as Trump may be, his remarks weren’t racist
By Chris Powell For the sake of argument stipulate that Donald Trump is the most repulsive creature to walk the Earth since the dinosaurs. But that doesn’t mean he is always wrong or that his adversaries are always right. Contrary to what his adversaries are trying to construe from what they consider Trump’s repulsiveness, itContinue reading “Repulsive as Trump may be, his remarks weren’t racist”
Ousting Biden, Democrats show Trump isn’t the only liar
By Chris Powell Forgive Democratic leaders for what seems like their hypocrisy, their overthrowing their presumptive nominee for president, the incumbent, Joe Biden, who won the party’s primaries, and replacing him instantly with Vice President Kamala Harris, who didn’t have to earn support for the nomination from the party’s ordinary members. It’s no big dealContinue reading “Ousting Biden, Democrats show Trump isn’t the only liar”
Democrats get rid of Biden to save themselves, not the country
By CHRIS POWELL A historian as much as a politician, Winston Churchill foresaw the outcome of events like those of the Democratic Party’s last few weeks. “The loyalties which center upon No. 1 are enormous,” Churchill wrote. “If he trips, he must be sustained. If he makes mistakes, they must be covered. If he sleeps,Continue reading “Democrats get rid of Biden to save themselves, not the country”
Dodging a bullet frees Trump to become civil and serious
By Chris Powell Responding to the attempt to assassinate his Republican challenger, Donald Trump, and the hatefulness that has infected national politics, President Biden told the nation Sunday, “It’s time to cool it down.” It would be good if Trump expressed a similar thought this week as he accepts the Republican National Convention’s presidential nominationContinue reading “Dodging a bullet frees Trump to become civil and serious”
If democracy is at stake, Connecticut Democrats won’t save it
By Chris Powell Despite President Biden’s disastrous performance in last week’s debate with Donald Trump, Connecticut journalists could not find one leading Democrat in the state ready to ask the president to drop his campaign for re-election and let the party nominate someone presentable. Some of those leading Connecticut Democrats say democracy will be inContinue reading “If democracy is at stake, Connecticut Democrats won’t save it”
Logan and other Republicans in Connecticut can explain backing Trump
By Chris Powell Why is former state Sen. George Logan, who is sure to get the Republican nomination for U.S. representative from Connecticut’s 5th District again, dancing around the question of whether and how much he supports his party’s presumptive nominee for president, former President Donald Trump? According to the Waterbury Republican-American, at a campaignContinue reading “Logan and other Republicans in Connecticut can explain backing Trump”
Many are above the law, especially in Connecticut
By Chris Powell Responses from leading Connecticut Democrats to Donald Trump’s conviction for falsifying business records were mostly along the lines of “nobody is above the law.” U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy and U.S. Rep. Jahana Hayes, both seeking re-election, Democratic State Chairwoman Nancy DiNardo, and others couldn’t be bothered to examine their tedious cliché, norContinue reading “Many are above the law, especially in Connecticut”
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