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”
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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?”
Does Trump’s budget really spell doom for Connecticut?
By Chris Powell According to Governor Lamont, the federal budget just enacted by the Republican majority in Congress and President Trump is nearly the end of the world. Protests haven’t explained what ‘free Palestine’ means Bears are likely to triumph long before ‘affordable housing’ does Can Republican state legislators keep up their public-interest clamor? TheContinue reading “Does Trump’s budget really spell doom for Connecticut?”
Protests haven’t explained what ‘free Palestine’ means
By Chris Powell Another protest was held at the state Capitol the other day against Israel’s war with Gaza (but not Gaza’s war with Israel). Participants again called for “free Palestine.” But no one seems to have asked what they meant by that and they haven’t explained. Bears are likely to triumph long before ‘affordableContinue reading “Protests haven’t explained what ‘free Palestine’ means”
Bears are likely to triumph long before ‘affordable housing’ does
By Chris Powell With Governor Lamont’s veto of the wide-ranging housing bill recently passed by the General Assembly, Connecticut towns aren’t likely to reach the “fair share” quotas of “affordable” housing the bill set for them. But the legislature’s failure to approve other legislation may ensure that each town ends up with another quota —Continue reading “Bears are likely to triumph long before ‘affordable housing’ does”
Can Republican state legislators keep up their public-interest clamor?
By CHRIS POWELL Being so small, the Republican minority in the General Assembly struggles just to be heard. Making a difference is usually out of reach. Murphy smears an industry on which his state depends Democrats think Trump is a worse enemy than Iran If only Connecticut Democrats hated crime as much as gun rightsContinue reading “Can Republican state legislators keep up their public-interest clamor?”
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