By CHRIS POWELL Having smiled benignly at Hartford Public High School’s graduation of an admittedly illiterate and innumerate student two years ago, Governor Lamont and the General Assembly this year passed a law formally lowering academic standards in public high schools. Public campaign financing has yet to improve the state Despite CEA’s backing Lamont, many teachersContinue reading “Like Groucho, state won’t let education encroach on football”
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Connecticut Democrats fear police at the polls more than lawbreakers
By CHRIS POWELL Given Connecticut’s worsening social disintegration, most people are probably glad to see police officers patrolling on foot or in cruisers. Residents of cities, where crime is worst, often ask for more police visibility. Despite CEA’s backing Lamont, many teachers may pick Elliott Primary campaign shows Lamont frantically pandering to leftists Can easternContinue reading “Connecticut Democrats fear police at the polls more than lawbreakers”
Despite CEA’s backing Lamont, many teachers may pick Elliott
By CHRIS POWELL Connecticut’s largest teacher union, the Connecticut Education Association, has endorsed Governor Lamont for renomination in the Democratic primary and re-election in November. “Governor Lamont’s partnership with the education community has strengthened our schools and our profession,” CEA President Kate Dias says. Primary campaign shows Lamont frantically pandering to leftists Can eastern ConnecticutContinue reading “Despite CEA’s backing Lamont, many teachers may pick Elliott”
Governor Lamont ignores more misconduct by state police
By CHRIS POWELL Caught up in his primary campaign for renomination by the Democrats, maybe Governor Lamont and his publicists are too busy to notice and respond to news reports about improprieties in state government. Or maybe they’re just not inclined to call more attention to them, even by correcting them. Voter registration case isContinue reading “Governor Lamont ignores more misconduct by state police”
Voter registration case is more than an anomaly
By CHRIS POWELL Maybe the illegal immigrant recently hailed as a martyr by Connecticut Democrats, West Hartford businessman Sead “Seyo” Cecunjanin, made an innocent mistake in 2018 when, in a transaction at the state Motor Vehicles Department, he applied to register to vote, falsely affirmed that he is a U.S. citizen, and was improperly addedContinue reading “Voter registration case is more than an anomaly”
Legislators try blackmailing Yale to save discriminatory admissions
By CHRIS POWELL It shouldn’t be shocking that the U.S. Justice Department is investigating Yale University in New Haven for illegal racial discrimination in its admissions practices. Higher education long has been discriminating that way and helped concoct a euphemism for it — “affirmative action” — a euphemism that fortunately no longer intimidates the TrumpContinue reading “Legislators try blackmailing Yale to save discriminatory admissions”
State’s anti-ICE law is a fraud, and so is ‘believe all women’
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’”
Democrats howl at enforcement of 20-year-old deportation order
By CHRIS POWELL Some Democratic elected officials in Connecticut say there was an immigration law enforcement atrocity in Bridgeport this month. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested a man as he waited in his car with his son at a bus stop for the boy’s ride to high school in New Haven. The man wasContinue reading “Democrats howl at enforcement of 20-year-old deportation order”
Governor argues weakly against voter registration ID proposal
By CHRIS POWELL Democratic leaders in Connecticut are clamoring against what Republicans in Congress are calling the SAVE Act, which would require people registering to vote to produce proof of citizenship. Since the state’s congressional delegation is entirely Democratic and there is little chance that the state will elect any Republican to Congress this year,Continue reading “Governor argues weakly against voter registration ID proposal”
Why should Connecticut waive law enforcement anywhere?
By CHRIS POWELL Hearings of the General Assembly on proposed legislation almost always could use more critical questions, especially when such questions are not merely politically inconvenient but politically incorrect. Suspension of fuel taxes won’t really save any money Public schools couldn’t meet new home-school standards Greens would cripple democracy in guise of making stateContinue reading “Why should Connecticut waive law enforcement anywhere?”
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