By CHRIS POWELL As most drivers in Connecticut have noticed, for a few years now the state’s highways have seemed full of homicidal maniacs, like the one who was arrested last week by a state trooper for going 127 miles per hour on the limited-access portion of Route 6 in Mansfield, nearly double the speedContinue reading “Get real about speed limits and student suspensions”
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Most child neglect in Connecticut involves public-schooled children
By CHRIS POWELL Abuse of children who are purportedly being home-schooled in Connecticut is an issue again. The case of a boy allegedly kept prisoner by his stepmother in his room in Waterbury for 20 years, which broke in February, has just been followed by the case of an 11-year-old girl who was allegedly killedContinue reading “Most child neglect in Connecticut involves public-schooled children”
Terrible policies created Connecticut’s underclass
By Chris Powell After three fatal shootings of young men in New Haven in less than two weeks, Mayor Justin Elicker gave news interviews to assure people that downtown is safe for holiday shopping, dining, and other festive activities. The mayor noted that, as with murders and shootings in other cities, most in New HavenContinue reading “Terrible policies created Connecticut’s underclass”
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