By CHRIS POWELL Criminally convicted people are generally not very healthy. Many have smoked, abused drugs and alcohol, and become mentally ill or close to it. So it’s to be expected that some will die in prison. But since prisons are government institutions largely concealed from the public, government should account fully for every deathContinue reading “Governor should make prisons account for deaths of inmates”
Tag Archives: Gov. Ned Lamont
Medicaid fraud, cuffed kids, and arrests in courthouses
By CHRIS POWELL When the Republican national budget and tax legislation was enacted in July, Democratic officials in Connecticut screamed that it would destroy Medicare and Medicaid, that Republican claims of waste and fraud in those programs were exaggerated, and that there is too little waste and fraud in those programs to worry about. NewContinue reading “Medicaid fraud, cuffed kids, and arrests in courthouses”
New Haven understands ‘sanctuary’ while Tong and Lamont pretend not to
By CHRIS POWELL What are “sanctuary states” and “sanctuary cities”? Connecticut Attorney General William Tong and Governor Lamont last week claimed not to know and to have no idea why the Trump administration has labeled Connecticut a “sanctuary state.” Will Governor Lamont allow escape from unpublic education? Poverty racket and kickbacks disgrace state government WhyContinue reading “New Haven understands ‘sanctuary’ while Tong and Lamont pretend not to”
Will Gov. Lamont allow escape from unpublic education?
By CHRIS POWELL How much more of a servant of the government employee unions does Governor Lamont want to be? Poverty racket and kickbacks disgrace state government Why can’t journalism pose key immigration questions? Connecticut Democrats get hysterical as Trump proclaims the obvious Connecticut will find out when the governor decides what to do aboutContinue reading “Will Gov. Lamont allow escape from unpublic education?”
Connecticut Democrats get hysterical as Trump proclaims the obvious
By CHRIS POWELL How easily President Trump can send Connecticut’s Democratic elected officials and its social-service industry into sanctimonious indignation and hysteria just by proclaiming the obvious. Euphemism can’t erase doubts about sex changes for minors Who will notice prison audit? And Bronin has a health issue too ‘Social equity’ is euphemism for patronage andContinue reading “Connecticut Democrats get hysterical as Trump proclaims the obvious”
Euphemism can’t erase doubts about sex changes for minors
By CHRIS POWELL Is “gender-affirming care” good or bad? Whatever it is, it’s a euphemism, a term of camouflage to prevent something from being plainly understood and to present it in a favorable light — in this case to diminish the controversy that would be recognized if the proper neutral, impartial, and descriptive term wasContinue reading “Euphemism can’t erase doubts about sex changes for minors”
Liberal reform squeezes Yale thanks to Trump and Republicans
By CHRIS POWELL For many years the ravenous far left in Connecticut has advocated taxing Yale University in New Haven. Yale’s endowment long has been managed spectacularly well and now totals more than $40 billion, the second largest university endowment in the country, trailing only Harvard’s. Let public broadcasting try living without government subsidy WhyContinue reading “Liberal reform squeezes Yale thanks to Trump and Republicans”
Why all the hungry children? And raises devour rehabilitation money
By Chris Powell Connecticut’s summer meals program for children is being treated by state government and news organizations as a sort of triumph. Necessary as it may be, the program is actually a sign of disaster. Will Connecticut keep fighting immigration law enforcement? Connecticut’s racial gap in education is actually a welfare problem Why wouldContinue reading “Why all the hungry children? And raises devour rehabilitation money”
Will Connecticut keep fighting immigration law enforcement?
By Chris Powell What will become of Joel Alexander Caiza-Nishue? What should become of him? Who will be responsible for what becomes of him? And who, besides himself, is responsible for what he is charged with doing? Connecticut should think about these things. Connecticut’s racial gap in education is actually a welfare problem Why wouldContinue reading “Will Connecticut keep fighting immigration law enforcement?”
Are Connecticut Democrats as far left as Lamont’s rival?
By CHRIS POWELL Campaigns for next year’s elections in Connecticut for governor and Congress have begun already, 16 months ahead of Election Day. That gives them plenty of time to be meaningful. Hartford, Bridgeport schools urgently need state takeover State government’s growth causes record spending on lobbyists Does Trump’s budget really spell doom for Connecticut?Continue reading “Are Connecticut Democrats as far left as Lamont’s rival?”
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